Operational risk events have severely impacted the development of third-party payment (TPP) platforms, and have even led to a discussion on the operational risk capital charge settlement by relevant international regulators. However, prior studies have mostly focused on qualitative mechanism...

This paper explores the impact of risk preference as well as interlinked credit and insurance contract on peasants' new technology adoption. The results show that (1) risk preference has a significant impact on peasants' adoption of innovative seeds, and the influence of exact probabilistic risk...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

Methanol-to-olefin (MTO) is a typical example of the new coal chemical industry. Due to the large volume of generated wastewater, complex composition, and heavy environmental hazard, wastewater recycling is critical for sustainable industrial development and ecological protection. Herein, a...

Background: Copper is an essential micronutrient and plasma copper plays an important role in the development of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-specific mortality. However, nationwide data on the plasma copper concentrations and determinants in Chinese adults with...

Effective risk allocation is crucial for the success of transport infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) projects. However, the inherent features of multiple entities, multiple tasks, and dynamicity make it highly challenging to obtain a risk allocation solution. This study aims to...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

This paper employs a conditional quantile regression approach to examine the roles of family SES, early childhood life-events, unobserved heterogeneity and pure state dependence in explaining the distribution of depression among adolescents and young adults using data on the children of the US...

While internationally, large-scale forestry projects have gained in importance for climate change mitigation, the implementation of such projects, particularly in regions with smallholder forestry like Southeast and East Asia, faces various obstacles. The organization of smallholders is one...