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Mergers in the Presence of Adverse Selection
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the presence of adverse selection, mergers can increase welfare through a reduction in inefficient sorting. I characterize the sorting externality internalized between merging firms in a tractable discrete choice model. Mergers benefit consumers when the firms are small, willingness to pay is moderately increasing in cost, and consumer ...
Conor Ryan
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Chinese Loans and Africa's Agricultural Investment: A Bayesian Multilevel Modelling Analysis
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chinese lending to Africa expanded substantially after 2000, with agriculture often presented as a strategic sector in China–Africa development cooperation. This study examined whether Chinese loans to African agriculture reflected a differentiated financing strategy or formed part of a broader development finance portfolio.
Adrino Mazenda
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— Forklift is a tool that enables an individual to lift and place heavy and large loads. Any malfunction in the forklift can hinder the production process or loading and unloading activities at a precast concrete company, leading to significant losses ...
Brianantha, Derry
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Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Large language models (LLMs) offer scalable alternatives to human experts when analyzing political texts for meaning, using natural language understanding (NLU). Qualitative NLU methods relying on human experts are severely limited by cost and scalability.
Kenneth Benoit +4 more
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Steel companies are one of the manufacturing companies that play an important role in the Indonesian economy. In the production process, these companies use various production machines, one of which is the Continuous Casting Machine (CCM).
Putri, Febta Alkarin
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British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Generalizability theory (G‐theory) defines a statistical framework for assessing measurement reliability by decomposing observed variance into meaningful components attributable to persons, facets, and error. Classic G‐theory assumes homoscedastic residual variances across measurement conditions, an assumption that is often violated in ...
Philippe Rast, Peter E. Clayson
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Latent Poisson count models for action count data from technology‐enhanced assessments
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent advances in computerized assessments have enabled the use of innovative item formats (e.g., drag‐and‐drop, scenario‐based), necessitating a flexible model that can capture systematic influence of item types on action counts. In this study, we present a refinement scheme that can explicitly model common features of items and allows ...
Gregory Arbet, Hyeon‐Ah Kang
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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich +4 more
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Mesh Processing Non‐Meshes via Neural Displacement Fields
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Mesh processing pipelines are mature, but adapting them to newer non‐mesh surface representations—which enable fast rendering with compact file size—requires costly meshing or transmitting bulky meshes, negating their core benefits for streaming applications.
Yuta Noma +4 more
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A Comparative User Study on Control‐Flow Visualizations of Event Log Data
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.This paper compares seven commonly used control‐flow visualizations using a formal user study with 48 participants. Directly‐Follows Graphs (DFGs), Petri nets, Business Process Model and Notations, Process trees, variant timelines, Icicle plots, and Sankey visualizations are evaluated on their performance on different tasks, understandability, and user
S. van der Linden +4 more
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