The large leakage accidents of heavy metals from industrial facilities pose a serious environmental problem; however, not enough studies have been conducted to assess the long-term ecological risk associated with such accidents. This study assessed the alterations in the bacterial community of...

The well-documented nonparticipation in the stock market by many households and the highly negative correlation between stock and housing investment are puzzling. We show that stock and housing markets are cointegrated, and thus households significantly increase housing expenditure, reduce stock...

One lingering challenge of randomized controlled trials (or A/B tests) is to estimate the effects of long-term treatments at an early stage of the experiment. Learning such effects is crucial for management, as product updates (e.g., new UIs or algorithms) are intended to remain in the system...

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, reducing antibiotic consumption while preserving healthcare quality presents a critical health policy challenge. We investigate the role of practice styles in patients' antibiotic intake using exogenous variation in patient-physician assignment....

Although social advertising has become a major online advertising channel in recent years, its effectiveness is not fully understood. In this study, we use data from a large-scale field experiment with a major social media platform (WeChat Moments) to investigate how the display of social cues...

This paper develops a novel agent-based transportation model of a university campus, primarily focusing on vehicle-related travel and the associated parking search process. In developing and validating the model, the study uses a wide range of data sources including: (1) a brief “trip-diary”...

Die Bekämpfung von Antibiotikaresistenzen stellt eine der größten gesundheitspolitischen Herausforderungen dar. Dabei wird das Verschreiben von Antibiotika in Allgemeinarztpraxen als eine der Hauptursachen für das Auftreten resistenter Bakterien angesehen. Schwer zu ermitteln ist jedoch, ob...