Stop-loss and limited loss random variables are two important transforms of a loss random variable and appear in many modelling problems in insurance, finance, and other fields. Risk levels of a loss variable and its transforms are often measured by risk measures. When only partial information...

Based on the questionnaire of 10 sample ancient towns and villages in Shanxi Province, we analyze the poverty occurrence characteristics of ancient towns and villages in Shanxi Province: the poverty incidence in ancient towns and villages is high, with the slow pace of poverty reduction; the...

Since entering 21st century, the Chinese economy has obtained unprecedented development opportunity, growing rapidly. We emphatically analyze the remarkable performance and the immense changes of the Chinese economy in economic output, foreign trade, foreign investment and enterprise strength,...

The purpose of this paper is to, firstly explain the reason of international trade according to recent theories; secondly, collect several sorts of opinions about free trade and protectionism referring to relevant literatures; thirdly describe export barriers in different aspects, such as...

Due to the anisotropy of natural graphite crystal, the lithium-ion transfer efficiency is poor at large current density for graphite anode. To solve this problem, the composite anode was prepared by co-pyrolysis of coking coal and graphite tailings. Results showed that the liquid plastic mass...

The poor wear resistance and bio-inertness surface of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) limits the implant applications of PEEK and its composites. Carbon fiber (CFR) was used to boost the wear resistance of PEEK, however, the bioactivity of Carbon fiber reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR-PEEK)...

Balancing economic growth and environmental damage is an important issue for developing countries. This paper studies the effects of government economic growth target pressure on corporate carbon emissions. We combine manually collected government growth target data and detailed firm-level data...