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Career concerns and investment maturity in mutual funds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An important puzzle in financial economics is why fund managers invest in short-maturity assets when they could obtain larger profits in assets with longer maturity. This work provides an explanation to this fact based on labor contracts signed between
Portilla, Yolanda
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Implantable Microarray Patch: Engineering at the Nano and Macro Scale for Sustained Therapeutic Release via Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.
This review focuses on the application of synthetic biodegradable microarray patches (MAPs) in sustained drug delivery. Compared to conventional MAPs which release drugs into the skin in an immediate manner, these implantable MAPs release drugs into skin microcirculation gradually as the biodegradable polymers degrade, thus offering sustained release ...
Li Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of buy-side analysts on mutual fund trading [PDF]

open access: yes
We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performance of fund managers. Using data provided by a large global asset manager, we relate buy-side analysts' recommendations to fund transactions on a daily basis.
Frey, Stefan, Herbst, Patrick
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Transparent, Sprayable Plastic Films for Luminescent Down‐Shifted‐Assisted Plant Growth

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.
Spreading the light: A modular approach to down‐shifting europium‐containing polyoxotitanium luminescent cages is developed, allowing their incorporation into sprayable plastic coatings on agricultural greenhouses for accelerated plant growth. Abstract The world's steadily growing population and global heating due to climate change are a threat to food
Rosa Müller   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pension Fund Investment

open access: yes, 2023
Given the increasing importance of funded pension systems around the world, it is crucial to understand the impacts of such systems on the real economy. This thesis examines the economic effects of pension funds from various perspectives. The three chapters of this thesis produce new empirical evidence on that issue by applying advanced micro ...
openaire   +1 more source

From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing New Zealand Superannuation [PDF]

open access: yes
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is being established as a means of smoothing out the impact on the rest of the Crown’s finances of the transition that will take place over the next fifty years to a permanently higher proportion of the population ...
Brian McCulloch, Jane Frances
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioural Biases of Japanese Institutional Investors; Fund management and Corporate Governance [PDF]

open access: yes
This study examines the behavioural biases of Japanese institutional investors and discusses implications for their role in corporate governance, based on the findings of a questionnaire survey of fund managers carried out in 2003.
Suto, Megumi, Toshino, Masashi
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