This thesis analyses the impact of tax policy on firms' leverage ratios in a balanced panel of 129 medium-sized listed companies from II European countries from 1993 to 2005. A general model of company leverage is applied within which King's tax ratios are used to capture tax policy changes,...

Live streaming commerce, a combination of live streaming and e-commerce, has been a huge phenomenon over the past few years. Recently, lucky draw (also known as sweepstakes) stands out as one of the most popular promotion innovations for traffic acquisition in live streaming commerce. As a...

To incentivize on-time delivery performance, meal delivery platforms often penalize their drivers for late deliveries. However, fierce competition forces these platforms to quote short meal delivery times. But shorter delivery times create extra pressure for drivers to drive at excessive speeds...

Problem Definition: We explore the efficiency of two major marketing strategies – price discounts and short videos – in live streaming commerce. Specifically, we study the following questions: (i) What is the sales effect of price discounts? (ii) What is the overall sales effect of posting...

Biomass aerogel has attracted wide attention due to natural superiorities of biomass materials and prominent characteristics of aerogel materials. While the single function of biomass aerogel restricts its further development, multifunctional biomass aerogel is becoming an urgent need. In this...