We examine whether blockchain characteristics such as network size and computing power affect cryptocurrency prices and returns. Consistent with theoretical models, cryptocurrency prices are cointegrated with these two blockchain characteristics. Further, a stochastic discount factor with...

Cryogenic generation is one of the most important ways to utilize cold energy during LNG (liquefied natural gas) regasification. This paper fundamentally investigates LNG cryogenic generation with the Stirling cycle method based on previous studies. A basic process of LNG cryogenic generation...

Purpose – Efficiency of server side search engines is very low in cases of slow internet connections. Therefore, this study aims to examine use of client side search tools. Design/methodology/approach – A previously introduced client side JavaScript search model was used. New data were...

Using a database of more than 2,000 international bank M&A deals completed between 1990 and 2007 and the unique bank regulation data collected by Barth, Caprio, and Levine (2006), we analyze the effects of bank regulations on bank's cross-border M&As around the world. Results suggest that banks...

This paper investigates the monitoring effect of institutional investors on portfolio firms' audit quality. We identify an exogenous discontinuity in institutional ownership around the Russell index threshold to overcome the endogeniety concerns. We find that an exogenous increase in a firm's...

Cross-affiliation emerges as a new and fast-developing means to promote collaboration in financial research. We find that the average number of affiliations reported per author in the top-three finance journals increases steadily from 1.1 to 1.3 from 1995 to 2016. Scale-free power laws...

I am a dentist who has worked for several public-health organizations, most recently for the Indian Health Service in Alaska. My article is about my experience of working with Alaska Natives and my struggles in the dental profession; it is more or less a personal account. Because dentistry is...

This paper investigates the informational motive of corporate policy in corporate social responsibility (CSR), as managers' assessments of cost-benefit tradeoff of social goodness are likely to be influenced by the information supply from stock analysts. We exploit the exogenous changes in...

Nitrogen gas crossover (NGC) and nitrogen accumulation at the anode of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are ineluctable and it would lead to inferior performance and even irreversible damage to functional components. To mitigate this issue, multiphysics numerical models (MNMs) are...