This study was conducted to advance methodology of utilizing leading indicators in prediction of occupational health and safety losses. The qualitative association between leading and lagging indicators is not well documented in the literature. A method was proposed to link leading indicators to...

Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Survey, we reveal the non-linear dependence, between-squares correlation, between stock returns and earning risk exists. To understand how this non-linear dependence affects household life-cycle profile, we develop a life-cycle model that incorporates...

We propose a stochastic control model to study corporate investment with generalized investment frictions, including investment lags and various of adjustment costs. We find that the dominance of the ``good news principle'' or ``bad news principle'' is determined by the joint effect of...

The poor thermal performance of prefabricated house roof in severe cold area results in the increase of heating energy consumption and uncomfortable indoor thermal environment. Roof energy-saving retrofits are necessary, and the specific retrofit measures are investigated from the perspective of...

Using trading information of a comprehensive sample of relisted Chapter 11 firms in the past few decades, we find that the one-year market-adjusted buy-and-hold returns of post-reorg equity are over 50%. An equal-weighted calendar-time portfolio generates 7.2% annualized excess returns over a...

The tanglesome environments of high radiation and strong acid or alkali lead to the currently reported materials used to detect ReO4− (surrogate for 99TcO4− with nonradioactive) far from meeting the requirements of practical applications. Here, we report the ionic liquids modified covalent...

The fundamentals of promoter effects in the Fischer−Tropsch synthesis over Co-based catalysts were systematically investigated by employing the Rh, Ir, Sb and Ga as promoters of Co/Al 2 O 3 . Various characterizations showed the higher dispersion and reducibility over Rh- and Ir- promoted...