Online labor marketplaces facilitate the efficient matching of employers and workers across geographical boundaries. The exponential growth of this nascent online phenomenon holds important social and economic implications, as the hiring decisions made on these online platforms implicate the...

We document that as borrowers’ shareholders cross-hold more equity of the lenders, both the price (i.e., loan spread) and non-price (i.e., financial covenants) terms included in the loan contract are more favorable for the borrowers. We address endogeneity concerns by controlling for borrower...

Straw deep returning as an interlayer is a novel practice to enhance soil carbon and nutrients. However, the impact of applying various amounts of straw as an interlayer on soil quality still remain unclear in the saline soil. Therefore, a field experiment was carried out over four years...