Ultrafine CoSe2 nanoparticle/porous silicon oxycarbonitride composite (CoSe2/P-SiOCN) is developed as modifying material of separator to improve the electrochemical performance of lithium-sulfur batteries by promoting polysulfides (LiPSs) trapping and the redox kinetics of sulfur species....

This paper undertakes an intraday analysis of related investment vehicles traded in the NYSE and AMEX. This paper investigates how the trading behaviors of three related investment vehicles (American Depository Receipt, Exchange-traded Fund, and Closed-end Fund) differ across countries using...

This paper aims to test whether equity returns are predictable over various horizons. We propose a reliable and powerful nonparametric test to examine the predictability of equity returns, which can be interpreted as a signal-to-noise ratio test. Our comprehensive in-sample and out-of-sample...

The extreme economic conditions exhibited during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, in conjunction with the historic government policy response, posed an enormous challenge to the accuracy of credit-loss forecasting models trained on loan performance data prior to the pandemic. In this paper, we...

A problem that often arises in the process of searching for a job or for a candidate to fill a position is that applicants do not know if they will receive an offer from any given firm with which they interview, and, conversely, firms do not know whether applicants will definitely take positions...

Ensuring sufficient liquidity is one of the key challenges for designers of prediction markets. Various market making algorithms have been proposed in the literature and deployed in practice, but there has been little effort to evaluate their benefits and disadvantages in a systematic manner. We...

This paper studies markets, such as Internet marketplaces for used cars or mortgages, in which consumers engage in sequential search. In particular, we consider the impact of information-brokers (experts) who can, for a fee, provide better information on true values of opportunities. We...

Over the last three decades, China's product, labor, and capital markets have become gradually more integrated within its borders, although integration has been significantly slower for capital markets. There remains a significant urban-rural divide, and Chinese cities tend to be under-sized by...

Under the condition of the finite sample or the unknown distributed error term, testing for spatial dependence in panel data models is an unresolved problem in spatial econometrics. In this paper, a fast double bootstrap (FDB) method is used to construct bootstrap Moran's I tests for Moran's I...