Wave energy is being increasingly regarded in China as a major and promising resource. There are many different ways to convert wave energy to electricity and some other energy. Hydraulic systems are used most widely in some of them to realize this conversion. An overview of hydraulic systems in...

Little appears to be known about the value of urban green spaces (tree canopy cover and grassy areas) in a Mediterranean climate, or in relation to multifamily buildings. This study starts addressing this gap by quantifying the impact of urban green spaces on the value of 1197 multifamily...

Cash-out refinance transactions present unique challenges for borrowers as they involves a myriad of moving financial variables, making it difficult to evaluate the costs and benefits of the loans. While many states have passed legislation to protect borrowers from loan flipping by “net...

This paper asks which aspects of a structural Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Regression (NPIVR) can be identified well and which ones cannot. It contributes to answering this question by characterising the identified set of linear continuous functionals of the NPIVR under norm constraints....

Bioenergy is the major domestic energy for rural households in developing countries due to its cheap or easy-getting characteristics. Productive use of bioenergy is an important strategy for rural households to improve not only their income, but also their health, living environment and so on....

Although it had a a lower income level than India in 1980, China's 2006 per capita gross domestic product stands more than twice that of India's. This paper investigates the role of the business environment in explaining China's productivity advantage using recent firm-level survey data. The...