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Is Leverage Effective in Increasing Performance Under Managerial Moral Hazard? [PDF]

We consider a model in which the principal-agent relation between inside shareholders and the management affects the firm value.We study the effect of financing the project with risky debt in changing the incentive for a risk-neutral shareholder (the ...
Calcagno, R.
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Copper Nanocrystallization in Anodic Oxide Films of Ti–Cu‐Based Bulk Metallic Glass and Its Effect on the Corrosion Resistance and Cytocompatibility

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Viktoriia Shtefan, Thorgund Nemec, Ute Hempel, Annett Gebert and coworkers demonstrate that anodic treatment of Ti–Cu‐based metallic glass in a nontoxic pyrophosphate electrolyte forms a protective bilayered Ti/Zr‐oxide film enriched with Cu nanocrystals.
Viktoriia Shtefan, Nora Fernández Navas, Thorgund Nemec, Ivan Kaban, Ute Hempel, Andrea Voss, Volker Hoffmann, Darius Pohl, Annett Gebert   +8 more
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Natural Bone‐Derived Ceramic Scaffolds Functionalized with Chitosan‐Gold, Chitosan‐Magnesium, and Chitosan‐Zinc for Enhanced Antibacterial Activity

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports the development of antibacterial ceramic scaffolds derived from natural bovine bone. The bones were processed through sequential boiling and hydrogen peroxide treatment to remove organic matter, producing porous, mineral‐rich scaffolds.
Mohamad Hassan Taherian, Anh Thi Le, Anh Thi Van Le, Dung My Thi Dang, Tin Chanh Duc Doan, Chien Mau Dang, Martin Bolduc   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Structural Estimation of Principal-Agent Models by Least Squares: Evidence from Land Tenancy in Madagascar [PDF]

We develop a method to structurally estimate principal-agent models by ordinary least squares (OLS). We set up a general principal-agent model which explicitly incorporates the wealth levels of each party and the opportunity cost to the agent of entering
Bellemare, Marc F., Brown, Zachary S.
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Design, comparison and selection of two competition incentive mechanisms. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li D, Wang H, Ye J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding and Optimizing Li Substitution in P2‐Type Sodium Layered Oxides for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work explores Li‐substituted P2 layered oxides for Na‐ion batteries by crystallographic and electrochemical studies. The effect of lithium on superstructure orderings, on phase transitions during synthesis and electrochemical cycling and on the interplay of O‐ versus TM‐redox is revealed via various advanced techniques, including semi‐simultaneous 
Mingfeng Xu, Giovanni Gammaitoni, Michael Häfner, Eduardo Villalobos‐Portillo, Carlo Marini, Matteo Bianchini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal decentralization, local government innovation preference, and enterprise technological innovation: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Tu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Mixed‐Matrix‐Membranes, Hydrogels, and Cryogels based on Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Biopolymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner, Julian Burkhart, Kateryna Borysova, Chiara Mazzariol, Klaus Müller‐Buschbaum   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hang ’em with probability zero: Why does it not work? [PDF]

A celebrated result in the economics of crime, which we call the Becker proposition (BP), states that it is optimal to impose the severest possible punishment (to maintain effective deterrence) at the lowest possible probability (to economize on ...
Ali al-Nowaihi, Sanjit Dhami
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Governance Challenges of Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects and the Potential of Digital Tools: Insights from Kenya. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Mantey V, Birner R, Birkenberg A, Bosch C, Yameogo VG, Mburu J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source