EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. Studies of CAL...

Power grid interconnection is an effective way for energy interchange among subareas to improve energy utilization. The conventional integrated Power Flow (PF) method is effective to analyze system operation state under the circumstance of complete power network information. However, for...

The release of heavy metal elements (HMEs) in coal have drawn special attention because of the risk of toxicity to both human health and the environment. In the present study, the minerals distribution and occurrence modes of Chromium (Cr) and Lead (Pb) in low-rank coal were studied by...

This paper examines the relation between corporate ownership structure and bank loan syndicate structure. We find that the divergence between control rights and cash-flow rights of a borrowing firm's largest ultimate owner has a significant impact on the concentration and composition of the...

This document reports additional tables discussed in the paper “Corporate Innovation in the Cyber Age”. This tables complements those included in our study. In particular, Table OA.I extends Table I, in the paper, by reporting a long list of recent working paper investigating the financial...

Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, the incidence of skills mismatches in the Canadian workforce was found to be about 27 percent. The overeducated (undereducated) were found to earn less (more) than their adequately educated counterparts. The overeducated could realize a wage gain...

Background: In 1996, the number of persons newly infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the US was estimated to be 36 Objective: To estimate employment effects associated with hepatitis C morbidity. Design: An economic model of labour supply, which used the outcome measure workforce...