We analyze the profitability of horizontal mergers in Cournot markets, where firms are divided into two groups based on the extent to which their products are differentiated. We show that both within-group and cross-group mergers are more likely to occur when either products are more distant...

Cu 2 O@SnS 2 heterojunction photocatalysts with one-dimensional hierarchical nanostructure were prepared by solvothermal method. The Cu 2 O@SnS 2 hierarchical nanostructure is composed of Cu 2 O nanowire core as well as in situ grown ultra-thin SnS 2 nanosheets on Cu 2 O nanowires. Compared with...

SnO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely employed as electron transport layers (ETLs) in planar n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Perfect SnO 2 ETL/perovskite interface plays a key role in high efficiency PSCs, however, the main issues caused by the self-aggregation of the SnO 2 NPs and the...

Many studies have purported to show that online investor sentiment measures could help to improve the prediction accuracy of stock return volatility. Unfortunately, most of them were lack of out-of-sample validations, had inadequate validation samples, or failed to include proper controls in...