Identifying the node spreading influence in networks is an important task to optimally use the network structure and ensure the more efficient spreading in information. In this paper, by taking into account the shortest distance between a target node and the node set with the highest k-core...

Competing firms are affected by financial reporting mainly through revealing relevant information. As suggested by recent literature (Bagnoli, et al. 2010), the biased disclosure has impact on the firms' competitive position in a product market setting. So when such information is distorted by...

The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, we aim to clarify the mechanism by which use of farm machinery in Chinese agriculture has grown rapidly over the past decades, using a separate Cobb–Douglas (SCD) production function. Second, we determine under what condition will China's grain...