When energy consumption becomes an important contributor to climate change due to carbon dioxide emission, household energy consumption behavior attracts a growing body of attention from scholars and policy makers. This study first illustrates 37 nations’ household energy consumption with...

In this paper, we show that quantitative portfolio construction techniques can deal with 'reasonable’ constraints and deliver most of the expected (ie before constraints) value-added. To do so, we use the case of a hypothetical environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investor who...

Manufacturers customarily provide only a few product variants to address the average needs of users in the major segments of markets they serve. When user needs are highly heterogeneous, this approach leaves many seriously dissatisfied. One solution is to enable users to modify products on their...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the currently known techniques to tackle money laundering in Bitcoin mixers, and examine what gaps exist that would allow a criminal to get away with laundering Bitcoin obtained through illicit activities. This paper first establishes the relevant...