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Demand Shocks, Export Diversification, and Firm Performance During the Great Trade Collapse
Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the impact of external demand shocks from the 2008 to 2009 Great Trade Collapse on the performance of Chinese exporters and examines how export diversification mitigates these effects. Using Chinese Customs data merged with financial data from all listed Chinese firms, we construct firm‐specific demand shocks based on pre ...
Qianlin Hong +3 more
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Book Review: Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna by Jan Gancarski
EXARC Journal, 2018 The book Skanseny Archeologiczne i Archeologia Eksperymentalna published by the Podkarpackie Muzeum in 2012 brings up the subject of open-air museums, opportunities and disadvantages of the promotion of cultural tourism and experimental archaeology ...
Justyna Neuvonen
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The lake sink in Atlantic salmon smolt downstream migration
Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The objective was to estimate the movements and survival of Atlantic salmon smolts migrating downstream through a river–lake system consisting of two large, interconnected lakes (areas 58.2 and 13.2 km2, minimum crossing distance 29 and 16 km).
Jan Heggenes +3 more
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Geologija, 2005 The objective of the research project was to establish the extension of Hg pollution as a consequence of mining and smelting activities in a narrow Alpine valley. The St. Ana mine was first exploited as early as in 1557 and was finally abandoned in 1902.
Tamara Teršič +2 more
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Genetic structure of sugar kelp in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (Québec, Canada)
Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.Abstract The sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima, is cultivated at low scale in Quebec, Canada, and current practice involves seeding meiospores or gametophyte stocks onto spools carrying twine and transferring these to a seaweed farm site. As the stocks can originate from locations spanning several hundreds of kilometers from the farm sites, such ...
Marie Treillefort +9 more
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Application of SEM/EDS to environmental geochemistry of heavy metals
Geologija, 2009 Heavy metals represent a ubiquitous constituent of the near-surface environment, present in widely varyingconcentrations that typically have little impact on human behaviour and health.
Mateja Gosar, Miloš Miler
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Revegetation using native vegetation is a commonly used technique to reclaim landscapes degraded by mining activities. Revegetation efforts in the arid Southwestern United States face physical, geochemical, hydrological, and biological challenges unique to drylands.
Sierra T. Lauman +3 more
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The Need for Improved Public Transparency in the Era of Due Diligence Regulations
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To address environmental and human rights issues in global commodity supply chains, governments increasingly require information from companies on their sourcing, as part of due‐diligence regulations (DDRs). This shift towards accountability to the regulator rather than to the public calls into question the role left for public transparency ...
Valentin Guye +2 more
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Recovery of Copper from Waste Cables Used in Electrical Applications
The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science, 2015 The recycling of copper cables wastes has as main objective the recovery of copper. The effectiveness of this operation is guaranteed by the following factors: infrastructure able to collect, select and sort these wastes; a market capable to capitalize ...
Vasile BASLIU +2 more
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Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Monopsony Power: Evidence From China
Review of International Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the effect of trade liberalization on firms' monopsony power in the labor market. We estimate firm‐specific markdowns from production data in the manufacturing industry and document the trends in China between 1998 and 2007. Taking China's entry to the WTO as a policy shock, we use a difference‐in‐differences (DiD) approach combined ...
Pengzhan Qian, Dan Xie
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