The repercussions of disruptions in the global crude oil market have a substantial influence on economies worldwide. Oil shocks are considered important estimators of many economic variables. The current research examines the effects of oil price shocks on food prices in China using monthly data...

Notwithstanding the negative effects arising from global economic recession, E-commerce transactions in China has increased steadily. Meanwhile, the legal system still lacks specific regulations concerning consumer protection of distance contracts. Nevertheless, the distance consumer market in...

The long awaited first Act of China Private International Law, Law of Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relations of People's Republic of China (LALFCR), was adopted on October 28 2010, and will come into force on April 1 2011. Unprecedented, the legislation of China expresses its...

Following in the footsteps of the man whose name is associated with the Forty Thieves, and whose immortal words gave him access to the treasure, the twenty-first century's Alibaba found his pot of gold in Chinese consumer with his 'Open Sesame': the protection that Alipay delivers to consumers....

Utilizing VAR-DCC-MVGARCH model and volatility spillover index, we examine international spillovers and spillbacks between SMICs and the U.S. Results show that SMICs and the U.S. present dynamic and asymmetric volatility spillovers and spillbacks during and beyond financial crisis. The effects...

Variance-optimal hedging in a discrete-time framework is a practical options strategy that aims to reduce the residual risk. It has been widely used in volatility trading desks. In this paper, we solve the variance-optimal hedging problem for affine GARCH models both semi-explicitly and through...

Herein, a novel filed-free electrochemical sensor based on inverted Y-type DNA conformation was developed for the ultrasensitive determination of tetracycline (TC). In this sensor, a ferrocene was immobilized on a DNA strand near the interface and showing a signal as reference. Meanwhile, a...

This study explored the influence of fibrous and filmy polyethylene terephthalate (PET) on the transportation of NPs in saturated porous media. With the strong electrostatic repulsion, the negatively charged PET fibers (-57.5 mV) improved the transport of NPs, and the mass percentage of NPs...