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Journal Article
The impact and mechanism of the relaxation of fertility policy on income distribution: Evidence from China's Selective Two Children Policy
by Qian Huang , Shoulin Fang , Dongmei Wang , Weiheng Sun , Youcheng Zhou  and  Feiling Lu
Abstract
Numerous studies have explored the impact of family planning policies on income distribution, but the impact of policy relaxation remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, we investigate the effects of China's selective two-child policy, which was implemented in 2013, using provincial panel data from 2011 to 2016. Specifically, we employ a generalized difference-in-diffe [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Business School, Imperial College London, London, UK
College of Letters & Science-Economics Dept, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

Journal Article
Divergences among ESG rating systems: Evidence from financial indexes
by Conghao Zhu  and  Cunyi Yang
Abstract
This paper specifically underscores the disparities among various ESG rating systems in China, highlighting their varied interpretations and emphasis on corporate financial factors. Analyzing data on Chinese listed firms from 2009-2022, we observe that while company size and leverage ratio uniformly correlate with ESG scores across rating agencies such as Bloomberg, Huazheng, W [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Journal Article
Assessing the long-term impact of macroeconomic and environment dynamics: Does sustainable energy production shape the environmental landscape of south ASIAN nations?
by Umra Waris  and  Pallavi Sri
Abstract
This study delves into the intricate interconnections among the financial sector, macroeconomic dynamics, and the advancement of sustainable energy production in South Asia. Utilizing data from 1987 to 2022 in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, the research employs the Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) method to analyze financial market responses. The findings re [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
HKBK degree College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Journal Article
Ways to improve cross-regional resource allocation: Does the development of digitalization matter?
by Haitao Wu , Yu Hao , Chuanzhen Geng , Weiheng Sun , Youcheng Zhou  and  Feiling Lu
Abstract
The long-term extensive economic development has caused China's resource and environmental problems, especially the resource misallocation. The way China prioritises its limited resources is being significantly impacted by the rise of the digital economy and the interconnectedness of new technologies and the real economy. This paper quantitatively examines the linear and nonlin [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Business School, Imperial College London, London, UK
College of Letters & Science-Economics Dept, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

Review
CRISPR-Cas9 Unleashed: Gene-Slicing Adventures in the Cancer Battlefield
by Shivakumar Sonnaila  and  Shilpi Agrawal
Abstract
Cancer, a global health menace, continues to pose significant challenges in terms of incidence and mortality, necessitating innovative therapeutic strategies. Despite existing treatments, the limitations persist, prompting a quest for novel approaches. The emergence of immunotherapy marked a transformative era in solid tumor treatments, yet its efficacy is constrained by advers [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fulbright College of Art and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

Letter
Getting high on the market: Stock price movements, drug abuse, and health implications
by Tomasz Piotr Wisniewski  and  Brendan John Lambe
Abstract
Using an international dataset, this letter finds that high stock returns are associated with increased death rates from drug use disorders. Although the out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare also rises following a stock market surge, the net effect on life expectancy is significantly negative. [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
College of Business, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal Article
A simulation study on the insurance claims distribution using Weibull distribution
by Hamza Abubakar  and  Muhammad Lawal Danrimi
Abstract
The Weibull distribution is extensively useful in the field of finance, insurance and natural disasters. Recently, It has been considered as one of the most frequently used statistical distributions in modelling and analyzing stock pricing movement and uncertain prediction in financial and investment data sets, such as insurance claims distribution. It is well known that the Ba [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Isa Kaita College of Education, Katsina State, Nigeria

Journal Article
Entrepreneurial universities: Modelling the link between innovation producers and innovation users shows that team structures in the tech transfer function improves performance
by Charles Mondal , Mousa Al-Kfairy  and  Robert B. Mellor
Abstract
To investigate successful technology transfer, the potential path of innovations from the university research bench to the knowledge recipient is modelled. Universities exist in highly regulated environments and the initial path of decision-making is a hierarchical model and where decisions flow upward from manager to manager until a small number of candidate innovations for co [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi 144534, United Arab Emirates

Review
Role of macrophage polarization in cancer progression and their association with COVID-19 severity
by Abhimanyu Thakur , Rumpa Banerjee , Sudha Thakur , Gaurav Kumar  and  Shyam Sundar Thakur
Abstract
Macrophages are a type of white blood cells that can exist in two different functional states, known as M1 and M2. M1 macrophages secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines that can promote tumor growth and metastasis, whereas M2 macrophages secrete anti-inflammatory cytokines that can inhibit tumor progression. This phenomenon, referred to as macrophage polarization, has been implicat [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Eminent College of Pharmaceutical Technology, Barasat, Kolkata, India.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyanagar College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

Review
Novel sulindac derivatives for colorectal cancer chemoprevention that target cGMP phosphodiesterases to suppress Wnt/β-catenin transcriptional activity
by Sindhu Ramesh , Peyton Johnson , Khalda Fadlalla , Austin Moore , Chung-Hui Huang , Kristy Berry , Yulia Y Maxuitenko , Xi Chen , Adam B Keeton , Gang Zhou  and  Gary Piazza
Abstract
Approximately 28 million individuals in the United States face the risk of developing precancerous colonic adenomas (polyps) and potentially progressing to colorectal cancer (CRC). While a promising strategy for CRC prevention involves pharmacological intervention, such as cancer chemoprevention or interception, currently, there are no FDA-approved drugs capable of preventing t [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA

Journal Article
Aggregate Investor Sentiment and Time-Varying Price Discovery: Evidence from the Options Market
by Yaping Zhou  and  Dayong Lv
Abstract
Previous literature shows that the price-discovery ability of options market varies substantially over time. Using data of Shanghai Stock Exchange 50 exchange-traded fund options, this paper shows that options prices contribute relatively less to price discovery during low-sentiment periods, but the price-discovery ability of options market remains unchanged during high-sentime [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Review
A comprehensive review on biogenically synthesized inorganic nanoparticles and their applications in anticancer activities
by Zahra Barreto , Areej Fatima , Tuba Tariq , Ayesha Zafar , Muhammad Saqib Saif , Amina Zafar , Areeba Yousaf , Huang Xue  and  Murtaza Hasan
Abstract
The progression in nanotechnology has revolutionized the biomedical sciences for diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer. There have been many kinds of nanomaterials but Inorganic nanomaterials have been considered potential candidates for anticancer activities due to their high biocompatibility, less toxicity, high stability, and high precision in targeting affected ce [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China

Journal Article
Public Diplomacy and Chinese OFDI: Empirical Evidence from the Africa
by Xinjian Ye , Zhuolin Wu , Shuocong Gu  and  Shikuan Zhao
Abstract
Public diplomacy is a significant factor in promoting policy communication, people-to-people bonds, and the protection of foreign assets between two nations, but there is little research on the economic worth of public diplomacy. Python was used to crawl the daily search frequency of "China", "African countries", and related terms to construct the heat index of China-Africa pub [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK

Journal Article
Impact of Social Capital on Land Arrangement Behavior of Migrant Workers in China
by Minglei Zhu , Xiaowei Song  and  Wenxin Chen
Abstract
In China, the land arrangement behavior of over 160 million rural-urban migrant workers is closely related to the optimal allocation of rural land resources and sustainable development of urban and rural areas. Although previous studies show that social capital affects migrant workers’ land arrangement behavior, few empirical studies reveal the relationship between them, [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
College of Management, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Journal Article
A Study of Hierarchical Risk Parity in Portfolio Construction
by Debjani Palit  and  Victor R. Prybutok
Abstract
The construction and optimization of a portfolio is a complex process that has been a historically active research area in finance. For portfolios with highly correlated assets, the performance of traditional risk-based asset allocations methods such as the mean-variance (MV) model is limited when numerous assets are correlated. A novel clustering-based asset allocation method, [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, USA

Journal Article
Portfolio Allocation with Medical Expenditure Risk-A Life Cycle Model and Machine Learning Analysis
by You Du  and  Weige Huang
Abstract
This paper explores how the medical expenditure risk affects the households’ portfolio choice across health status theoretically in a life cycle model and empirically using machine learning methods. Medical expenditure risk, as a background risk, has the potential to influence households’ financial decisions. A higher medical expenditure risk leads to a larger fluct [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting, Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, USA

Journal Article
Forecasting Parameters in the SABR Model
by Li Chen , Jianing Zhu  and  Cunyi Yang
Abstract
We present two approaches to forecasting parameters in the SABR model. The first approach is the vector autoregressive moving-average model (VARMA) for the time series of the in-sample calibrated parameters, and the second is based on machine learning techniques called epsilon-support vector regression (ε-SVR). Using daily data of S&P 500 ETF option prices from Janu [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Journal Article
Green transportation taxes and environmental sustainability: China experience
by NAILA NUREEN , Muhammad Sibt e Ali  and  Muhammad Sharjeel
Abstract
Environmental degradation is becoming a fundamental issue as it is directly associated with human lives and environmental sustainability. This research particularly highlights the significance of green transportation taxes in achieving environmental sustainability due to limited available literature considering the environmental sustainability and green transportation taxes nex [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of business administration, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Review
Research progress of nanomedicine for tumor immunotherapy
by Xingyi Wan , Mengyan Jiang  and  Shriya Madan
Abstract
Cancer, a pervasive threat to human health, presents formidable challenges to traditional treatment approaches. Tumor immunotherapy has emerged as a promising strategy for combating malignancies by bolstering the body's immune response to thwart tumor metastasis and recurrence. Nonetheless, the intricacies of tumors, patient heterogeneity, and the presence of tumor-immunosuppre [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
College of Biological Resources and Environmental Engineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China

Journal Article
Effects of Education Equalization Measures on Housing Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Suzhou, China
by Shang Xie , Muhammad Ateeq ur Reman  and  Kang Mao
Abstract
Educational equity is the foundation of social equity, and education equalization is one of the serious issues to be solved by the government. This work considers one education equalization reform conducted by Suzhou Industrial Park of China, namely, the comprehensive "five to nine" (CFTN) housing purchase admission qualification adjustment policy, as an example and uses the re [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing,China