The aim of this study was to identify the key provinces and sectors for energy conservation in China. First, this study extended the traditional multi-regional input-output (MRIO) table and established an energy consumption MRIO (EMRIO) model. The energy consumption linkages of 30 provinces in...

Italy joined the so-called "Industry 4.0" European framework in 2016, which designed and approved a national plan to regulate this key issue for regional development. To better support such a framework, the present study attempts to quantify the contribution of the Italian regions to the output...

Abstract: This paper models and empirically tests a self-enforcing feature of the value added tax (VAT) which is absent in the theory: An incentive that makes formal traders buy from suppliers who pay VAT too. In addition, it explores how the government can deploy this feature to enforce VAT...

We investigate whether relative contributions of genetic and shared environmental factors are associated with an increased risk in melanoma. Data from the Queensland Familial Melanoma Project comprising 15,907 subjects arising from 1912 families were analyzed to estimate the additive genetic,...