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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
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On the conjugate weight function and ultradifferentiable classes of entire functions. [PDF]
Adv Oper TheorySchindl G.
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British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Two classes of probabilistic models are compared: the true and error (TE) type models and models in the family of the basic local independence model (BLIM). The former finds applications in the study of human preference, whereas the latter has been developed within the theory of knowledge structures with the aim of producing knowledge ...
Luca Stefanutti +2 more
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Context-Aware Online Model Splitting and Device Association for Semi-Decentralized Federated Learning in Internet of Things. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Xu B, Wang S, Tang X.
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Calibrating Bayesian inference
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Bayesian statistics has gained popularity in psychological research due to its intuitive uncertainty quantification and convenient information‐updating rules. In many applications, however, prior distributions are introduced merely as instruments to facilitate computation, rather than as representations of genuine subjective belief ...
Yang Liu +2 more
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Multi-Feature Dynamic Reconstruction of Photovoltaic Systems with Battery Storage for Real-Time Grid Monitoring. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Xia T, Lu M, Ding Z, Liu H, Huang L.
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Collusion through debt and managers
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate the anticompetitive effects of debt financing and managerial incentives in the presence of managers incurring personal bankruptcy costs. We characterize the strategic value for firms' shareholders of resorting to debt and managerial incentives as complementary devices to sustain collusion among firms, when managerial bankruptcy ...
Raffaele Fiocco +2 more
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Establishing Shape Correspondences: A Survey
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Shape correspondence between surfaces in 3D is a central problem in geometry processing, concerned with establishing meaningful relations between surfaces. While all correspondence problems share this goal, specific formulations can differ significantly: Downstream applications require certain properties that correspondences must satisfy ...
A. Heuschling, H. Meinhold, L. Kobbelt
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Natural bioplastics enable sustainable triboelectric nanogenerators for biomechanical energy harvesting and rehabilitation monitoring. [PDF]
RSC AdvBarua A +4 more
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Medial Axis Aware Learning of Signed Distance Functions
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract We propose a novel variational method to compute a highly accurate global signed distance function (SDF) to a given point cloud. To this end, the jump set of the gradient of the SDF, which coincides with the medial axis of the surface, is explicitly taken into account through a higher‐order variational formulation that enforces linear growth ...
Samuel Weidemaier +2 more
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