At political boundaries, local leaders often have weak incentives to reduce polluting activity because the social costs are borne by downstream neighbors. This paper exploits a natural experiment set in China in which the central government changed the local political promotion criteria and...

At political boundaries, local leaders often have weak incentives to reduce polluting activity because the social costs are borne by downstream neighbors. This paper exploits a natural experiment set in China in which the central government changed the local political promotion criteria and...

We used GC/MS assisted with elemental analysis to compare the organic compounds in oil, water and gas phases before and after the reaction, and finally deduced the mechanism of the viscosity reduction of heavy oil through catalytic aquathermolysis. The results indicated that the catalyst could...

Intra-site search engines (ISEs) dedicated to private electronic markets have become popular with the fast-growing electronic markets. Among several research facets regarding the advertising services of ISEs, we focus on how to optimise the ISE-based advertising market mechanism by improving the...

Does gender identity affect judicial decisions? This paper provides novel evidence of in-group gender bias in judicial decisions for almost all the divorce cases in China. Exploiting effectively random assignment of cases to judges, the analysis finds that a claim with a male plaintiff is 3.9%...

Abstract: A systematic analysis of the emergency management policies helps to discover the existing state and problems of the system, as well as formulate of policy proposals for enhancing the country’s overall emergency response capability. From the perspective of comprehensive emergency...

Traditional carbonate-based electrolytes are not suitable for high voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs), which seriously hinders the development of high-energy density LMBs. Here, a novel flame retardant fluorine-rich electrolyte (termed FFT) composed of 1.2 M lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF...

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have shown growing potential in the applications of ion detection, anti-counterfeiting ink and light-emitting devices. However, the photoluminescence (PL) properties of GQDs will be lost when they interact with some heavy metal ions. Effective strategies to improve...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of engine-specific tax programs that are widely used in developing countries to contain car carbon emissions. Using the largest national tax abatement program for small displacement vehicles in 2015 and administrative data in China, our study identifies...