Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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Assessment of Machine Learning Model Performance for Clinical Prediction of Insulin Resistance in the Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents-ERICA. [PDF]
Silva JA +3 more
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Poisson approximation for a sum of independent Yule random variables [PDF]
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Comparison of modelling approaches for liquid fluidized beds
Abstract This study presents a comparison of three promising numerical models for the detailed simulation of liquid–solid fluidized bed. These models differ in their treatment of the solid phase, ranging from treating each particle individually to treating the collection of particles as a continuum.
Andreu Bernad‐Serra +3 more
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An overdispersed count regression model for analyzing road accident fatalities and injuries in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Newaz MN +4 more
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Restricted Tweedie stochastic block models
Abstract The stochastic block model (SBM) is a widely used framework for community detection in networks, where the network structure is typically represented by an adjacency matrix. However, conventional SBMs are not directly applicable to an adjacency matrix that consists of nonnegative zero‐inflated continuous edge weights.
Jie Jian, Mu Zhu, Peijun Sang
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Developing count regression techniques for predicting the number of new type 2 diabetes cases in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Al-Hussein F +3 more
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Asymptotic properties of cross‐classified sampling designs
Abstract We investigate the family of cross‐classified sampling designs across an arbitrary number of dimensions. We introduce a variance decomposition that enables the derivation of general asymptotic properties for these designs and the development of straightforward and asymptotically unbiased variance estimators.
Jean Rubin, Guillaume Chauvet
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Prevalence of stunting and its determinants among children under five in 35 Sub-Saharan African countries (2011-2024): Insights from recent demographic health survey data using a generalized linear mixed-effects model with robust poisson regression. [PDF]
Moloro AH +8 more
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A goodness‐of‐fit test for regression models with discrete outcomes
Abstract Regression models are often used to analyze discrete outcomes, but classical goodness‐of‐fit tests such as those based on the deviance or Pearson's statistic can be misleading or have little power in this context. To address this issue, we propose a new test, inspired by the work of Czado et al.
Lu Yang +2 more
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