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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.We report here a new methodology to prepare functional poly(acetylene)s under aqueous conditions. This methodology is underpinned by poly(O‐propargyl‐N‐amino carbamate) (P1), a reactive poly(acetylene) carrying acyl hydrazines. Thus, P1 reacts with aldehydes to give functional poly(acetylene)s, including cationic, hydrophobic, and sugar‐loaded poly ...
Tom Leigh +8 more
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Private Pension Funds in Hungary: Politics, Institutions, and Performance [PDF]
The new pension system launched in Hungary in 1998 is epoch-making for having introduced a mandatory private pension scheme (MPPS). However, the political decision-making on pension reform and the scheme operations have been greatly influenced by ...
Iwasaki, Ichiro, Sato, Kazuko
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Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Long‐term exposure to air pollution has been linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) incidence, yet evidence is mixed, partly because of challenges with PD diagnosis and definition. We examined this association in a nationwide administrative cohort.
Thomas Cole‐Hunter +14 more
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Improving regulations and supervision of pension funds : are there lessons from the Banking Sector? [PDF]
The main objective of this paper is to review the regulatory framework for pension funds, and examine whether there is scope for improvements in pension regulation, particularly in light of regulatory and supervisory developments in the banking industry.
Gutierrez, Joaquin +2 more
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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton +6 more
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Lessons from the financial crisis: Funded pension funds should invest conservatively [PDF]
We model a three-pillar pension system and analyse in this context the impact of the financial crisis on the aggregate economy, using an overlapping generations model where individuals live for two periods.
Du Caicai, Muysken Joan, Sleijpen Olaf
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Mean-variance portfolio selection for defined-contribution pension funds with stochastic salary. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2014 Zhang C.
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Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With the aim to explore the potential of machine learning for nonprofit research, this article contrasts traditional linear regression with four contemporary supervised machine learning approaches. Concretely, we predict (1) reputation ratings and (2) the total number of volunteers for 4021 non‐profit organizations in the U.S.
Moritz Schmid +2 more
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The relevance of index funds for pension investment in equities [PDF]
The rise of index funds over the past 25 years has been a remarkable phenomenon. The traditional rationale for the success of index funds is market efficiency, net of transaction costs.
Fernandes, Kshama, Shah, Ajay
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