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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Fatigue Life Anisotropy of API 5L X42 Pipeline Steel in Axial Force-Controlled Tests. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Beltrán-Zúñiga MA +6 more
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Mean-stress sensitivity of an ultrahigh-strength steel under uniaxial and torsional high and very high cycle fatigue loading. [PDF]
Fatigue Fract Eng Mater Struct, 2022 Schönbauer BM +6 more
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Fatigue &Fracture of Engineering Materials &Structures, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This work investigates the performance of the direct current electric potential difference (DCEPD) method for measuring crack extension (∆a$$ \Delta a $$) during fracture toughness tests of ductile steels exhibiting delaminations perpendicular to the main crack plane, known as splits.
Sergio Luis Gonzalez Assias +2 more
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Ore Genesis of the Jiawula Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Inner Mongolia: Constraints from C-H-O Isotopes, In Situ S Isotopes, Fluid Inclusions, and LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Chalcopyrite. [PDF]
ACS OmegaLi H, Mi W, Zuo Y, Xu J, Ren Z.
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The Fatigue Behaviors of a Medium-Carbon Pearlitic Wheel-Steel with Elongated Sulfides in High-Cycle and Very-High-Cycle Regimes. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Liu L, Ma Y, Liu S, Wang S.
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The Impact of Autonomous Truck Technology on US Interstate Trade
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent advances in autonomous and semi‐autonomous vehicle technologies promise substantial cost savings for goods shipped by truck. In this study, we quantify the impacts of these transport cost reductions on the US interstate trade using a structural gravity model of domestic trade. Based on projected cost savings from the widespread adoption
Taejun Mo +4 more
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Microwave Resonant Probe-Based Defect Detection for Butt Fusion Joints in High-Density Polyethylene Pipes. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Pan J, Zhu C, Tan L.
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Evolution of the Numerical Model Describing the Distribution of Non-Metallic Inclusions in the Tundish. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2021 Merder T +4 more
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Engineered surface strategies to manage dental implant‐related infections
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract When exposed to the oral environment, dental implants, like natural surfaces, become substrates for microbial adhesion and accumulation, often leading to implant‐related infections—one of the main causes of implant failure. These failures impose significant costs on patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems.
João Gabriel S. Souza +7 more
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