Obesity incidence has reached pandemic levels, which is accompanied by high incidence and poor prognosis for various types of cancers including gastrointestinal ones. Mechanisms underlying the association postulated including elevated levels of insulin, IGF-I, and altered adipokine...

We investigate the relationship among multinational operation, ownership and capital structure using data from China's A-share listed companies. We find that, in general, multinational enterprises (MNEs) have lower leverages than domestic enterprises (DEs). More importantly, we document a...

Energy ladder model and energy stacking model have been proposed in the literature to describe the relations between income growth and transition of energy consumed by households. Both models are largely descriptive and provide limited guidelines for quantitative verification. By contrast, the...