When employers cannot tell whether a school truly has many good students or whether it is just giving easy grades, schools have an incentive to inflate grades to help their mediocre students. However schools also care about preserving the value of good grades for their good students. We...

This paper considers the problem of a monopoly matchmaker that uses a schedule of entrance fees to sort different types of agents on the two sides of a matching market into different markets, where agents randomly form pairwise matches. We make the standard assumption that the match value...

During a period of extraordinary urban growth, China's per-capita carbon footprint could soar. A growth in households' willingness to purchase “green” products and to engage in voluntary restraint could help offset this pollution increase as the free market will design products to cater to...

In markets for entry-level professionals, the insurance motive drives some participants to sign early contracts. The rush to early contracting can be self-fulfilling, as both its effect on expectations about demand-supply balance in the subsequent spot market and the effect on it from changes in...

We propose new models, simulations, and data analyses to elaborate on the process of formation of a network. In these models, new agents search edges instead of nodes before connecting to other agents. The edges can represent patents between technology firms, assets between dealers, viruses...

We propose new models, simulations, and data analyses to elaborate on the process of formation of a network. In these models, new agents search edges instead of nodes before connecting to other agents. The edges can represent patents between technology firms, assets between dealers, viruses...

In concern of resource sustainability and environmental friendliness, organic compounds as electrode materials for rechargeable batteries have attracted increasing attentions on account of their recyclability and highly tailorable properties. However, some organic electrode materials show...

Understanding the gist of graphene in fluid lubrication is crucial to develop graphene-enhanced industrial lubricants, yet the prerequisite for modulating high-performance graphene hybrid lubricants is to change its inherent surface characteristics and obtain good dispersion stability. Herein,...

The interface photodynamic heat transformation technology is one of the most promising solar energy application technologies. Despite the vigorous development of high-efficiency interface conversion materials, hindrances such as low conversion rate and poor stability are still encountered....

Three-short pass cooling channels are typical internal cooling structures used in turbine blades. It well manipulates the flow field and controls heat transfer. However, a high-pressure pressure drop is one of the main concerns of this cooling channel design. Numerous prior works have varied...