Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*
There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
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Enhancing Engine Performance and Sustainability: Gold Nanoparticles and Machine Learning for Biodiesel Optimization in Compression Ignition Systems. [PDF]
Gadagi A +7 more
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Does analyst participation in earnings conference calls curb real activities earnings management?
Abstract Sell‐side equity analysts serve as external monitors, yet evidence on how they fulfill this monitoring role remains limited. We examine whether analysts utilize earnings conference calls to monitor firms suspected of real earnings management and assess the implications of such monitoring.
Yuan Ji, Oded Rozenbaum
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Fortification of Durum Wheat Pasta with Nut Oil Cake: Effects on Nutritional and Technological Properties. [PDF]
Gałkowska D, Pycia K, Krykhta A.
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Design of a Burner Stove Fueled by Used Oil and Used Cooking Oil
Andik Abdul Jalil, Mulyadi Mulyadi
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Market Valuation of Risk Reporting: The Role of Business Model Disclosure
Narrative risk reporting is essential to providing investors with information about company risks. Recent regulations require large companies to disclose narrative information about their main risks, opportunities, and business model (BM) value drivers.
Chiara Crovini +3 more
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Investigation of Quality Enhancement Mechanisms in Tenobe Somen Noodles During Storage and Maturation. [PDF]
Wu Q, Li W, Qi Y, Liu S, Chen Z, Xu B.
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CEO‐Board Social Ties and Corporate Tax Avoidance
ABSTRACT This study examines CEO‐board social ties that engage in corporate tax avoidance. We find that an increasing proportion of CEO‐board social ties in a firm is associated with higher levels of tax avoidance. Our results withstand several endogeneity tests, including propensity score matching, entropy balancing and a difference‐in‐differences ...
Chen Chen +3 more
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Biodiesel production from sunflower and cooking waste oil in the presence of magnetic perlite as an efficient nanocatalyst: a new platform in chemical engineering. [PDF]
Khakpour F, Mahmoudian M, Shadjou N.
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Abstract Background and aims Epidemiologic research suggests that adolescent cannabis use is associated with psychological distress (i.e. depression and anxiety symptoms); however, most studies have relied on 20th‐century data, when cannabis was significantly less potent than today.
André J. McDonald +12 more
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