Purpose - This paper explores the association between directors' and officers' liability insurance (D&O insurance) and management tone manipulation. Design/methodology/approach - This study uses data from A-share listed non-financial companies from 2009 to 2021 as its sample for empirical tests....

This study uses the Wave 2 (2013), Wave 3 (2015) and Wave 4 (2018) released by Harmonized China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to examine the effect of cognitive ability on stock investment in the middle-aged and older populations in China. This study investigates the...

In this study, we employ the 2001-2013 Survey of Consumer Finances to examine how prior investment outcomes affect portfolio allocation in defined contribution (DC) plans. Results show that investors with prior gains are more likely to invest all DC plan assets in stocks. Factors such as risk...

With the rapid economic growth in most Emerging Market Countries, the energy intensity showed a striking decline. To explore this energy puzzle, we evaluated energy intensity reduction in 30 Emerging Market Countries, which were referred to as E30 in this paper. A combined conceptual analysis...

Rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising devices for large-scale energy storages due to their high safety and low cost. Up to now, many cathode materials have been reported for AZIBs. Nevertheless, existing cathode materials still suffer from their limited specific capacity...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as a predominant power source are widely used in large-scale energy storage fields. For the next generation energy storage LIBs, it is primary to seek the high capacity and long life span electrode materials. Nickel-based metal-organic frameworks with a series...

Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has emerged as a competitive approach for many energy-related technologies due to the low overpotential and fast reaction dynamics. The main challenge lies in fabricating high-efficient catalysts with optimized electronic structure and understanding the intrinsic...

Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has emerged as a competitive approach for many energy-related technologies due to the low overpotential and fast reaction dynamics. The main challenge lies in fabricating high-efficient catalysts with optimized electronic structure and understanding the intrinsic...