This article explores the relationship between the quality of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and the cost of equity capital by analyzing the financial data and CSR reports of A-share listed firms in China from 2008 to 2014. It is shown that the quality of CSR disclosure is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of the global economy and industry. However, the Next Generation EU (NG-EU) plan, which aims to provide a strong economic recovery for EU member states, has been criticised for its allocation delay and increased risk of hysteresis, that...

Human activities widely exhibit a power-law distribution. Considering stock trading as a typical human activity in the financial domain, the first aim of this paper is to validate whether the well-known power-law distribution can be observed in this activity. Interestingly, this paper determines...

Developing low-cost and efficient materials for dye pollutant removal under mild condition remains a great challenge. Here K+ and Tb3+ co-doped porous MnO2 (K-Tb-MnO2) nanoparticles with tailored properties including crystal structure, surface area and catalytic activity have been synthesized....

Recently, it is crucial to develop a new synthetic membrane with a superior permeability and rejection for reduction energy consumption and miniaturization equipment. Herein, a novel of thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membranes, were fabricated successfully with natural Grape Seeds...

This paper studies how language frictions translate into differences in borrower outcomes in the mortgage market. Using newly available survey data, I document significant descriptive differences in perceptions of mortgages, application experiences, and interest rates between limited English...

The quality of perishable products declines continuously during the transportation process, rendering the delivery of a product with good freshness a challenging task in urban areas. We investigate how to plan the activities to preserve the freshness level of products within a specific distance...

As a new monetary policy tool, the central bank’s written communication has an important impact on the decision of venture capital of enterprises. This study quantifies the central bank’s written communication through the text analysis method, using the annual data of 1440 Shanghai and...

In recent years, increasing concerns over climate change and transportation energy consumption have sparked research into the influences of urban form and land use patterns on motorized travel, notably vehicle miles traveled (VMT). However, empirical studies provide mixed evidence of the...

The performance analysis of a supercritical organic Rankine cycle system driven by exhaust heat using 18 organic working fluids is presented. Several parameters, such as the net power output, exergy efficiency, expander size parameter (<em>SP</em>), and heat exchanger requirement of evaporator and the...