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This paper studies private saving decisions in Latin America in the 1990s, with special focus on corporate saving. We investigate the puzzling omission of corporate saving in private saving studies, and afterwards we cal...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on pensions and saving by studying the influence of funded pension systems on the gross national saving rate using a sample of 48 developed and developing countries over...

Working on a sample of OECD countries spanning the period 1970-2003, this paper contributes to the Feldstein-Horioka literature by making three main innovations: (1) It estimates, for the first time, regressions at the i...

"This paper presents a technical, financial and environmental analysis of four different hybrid buses operated under Buenos Aires driving conditions. A conventional diesel bus is used as reference and three electric hybr...

"The German Government has the objective the reduce by 11% the electrical energy consumption until 2020. Cooling facilities represent 14% of this consumption and bring huge savings potential. Solar thermal cooling and he...

"A wide availability of in field Oil & Gas facilities which still have a marginal productive life can be a good opportunity to produce geothermal energy. The challenge is to make good decisions about the company’s asse...

"The high emissions of greenhouse gases and the impact generated on the environment by human behavior during the last few years has led many governments to decide to promote the use of electric cars for passenger transpo...

In December, 2019, a local outbreak of pneumonia of initially unknown cause was detected in Wuhan (Hubei, China), and was quickly determined to be caused by a novel coronavirus,1WHOWHO statement regarding cluster of pneu...

We develop and analyze low-complexity cooperative diversity protocols that combat fading induced by multipath propagation in wireless networks. The underlying techniques exploit space diversity available through cooperat...

BACKGROUND: Synthesis of multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in a systematic review can summarize the effects of individual outcomes and provide numerical answers about the effectiveness of interventions. Filter...

Adsorptive separation is very important in industry. Generally, the process uses porous solid materials such as zeolites, activated carbons, or silica gels as adsorbents. With an ever increasing need for a more efficient...