The importance of consumer multihoming (joint purchases) for market performance: Mergers and entry in media markets

Consumer “multihoming” (watching two TV channels, or buying two news magazines) has surprisingly important effects on market equilibrium and performance in (two‐sided) media markets. We show this by introducing consumer multihoming and advertising finance into the classic circle model of product differentiation. When consumers multihome (attend more than one platform), media platforms can charge only incremental value prices to advertisers. Entry or merger leaves consumer prices unchanged under consumer multihoming, but leaves advertiser prices unchanged under single‐homing: Multihoming flips the side of the market on which platforms compete. In contrast to standard circle results, equilibrium product variety can be insufficient under multihoming.     

Ecological integrity as an economic variable: An application to forested landscapes in the southern United States

Ecological integrity is important to fully describe the development of an economy. We calculated an aggregate index that quantifies the closeness of a forested region to a natural state. This naturalness index was based on the diversity of native tree species and sizes for ecological subregions in a seral condition. The index used the spatial–temporal array of sample plots from the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) database of the USDA Forest Service. In the 70 survey units of the southern US between 1961 and 2005 the naturalness of forests generally improved with per capita personal income and population. The increase with income was consistent with the hypothesis of an environmental Kuznets curve for forested landscapes.     

采用改进遗传算法的变压器优化设计

电力机车变压器的优化设计,采用遗传算法是比较好的选择,但传统遗传算法存在一些弊端,文章从编码方式、遗传操作等几个方面探讨了如何对其进行改进,并使用Visual C++编写了一套设计软件,实践证明这种改进是有效的。     

基于遗传算法的钢筋混凝土梁离散优化设计

首先给出钢筋混凝土矩形截面简支梁的离散优化模型，进而给出了简化的数学模型，设计了相应的适应度函数，用改进遗传算法来寻求最优设计方案，取得了较好的效果。     

基于遗传算法的军用集装箱装载优化

以军用集装箱装载为研究对象，在考虑实际应用中的一些约束条件下，构造了军用物资的装载优化模型，提出了一种军用集装箱三维装载的遗传算法。该算法考虑了货物放置方向、装载客积、装载质量及装载重心等约束条件。最后对一个案例进行了计算，验证了该模型的有效性，并且利用3ds max得到了装载方案的三维图。     

基于遗传算法的核函数参数优化

核主分量分析是一种输入输出特征非线性变换技术。选择最优或接近最优的非线性变换核函数参数,使类的可分性测度最大,是KPCA应用于特征提取的关键。本文采用高斯变异遗传算法作优化技术,实现了KPCA和GA的集成,适合核函数参数的优化选择。仿真表明,该技术可行、有效。     

建立绿色会计核算体系初探

目前我国正处在经济高速增长期。年GDP增长率9％-11％，同时又造成了严重的环境污染，土地大规模沙化，空气质量下降，长江、黄河等七大水系都遭受到了前所未有的污染。因此，对环境破坏进行成因分析，建立绿色会计体系，计价、计量自然环境。才能达到遏制环境污染的目的。     

基于GASA算法的提前或拖期问题优化

针对企业生产的提前 /拖期问题,提出了提前 /拖期问题的数学模型,在此基础上,利用GASA混合优化策略优化之,既保留了传统遗传算法能很快达到最优值领域的优点,又通过结合模拟退火算法大大改善传统遗传算法在后期的收敛性。     

Top executive gender diversity and financial reporting quality

We examine whether gender diversity of chief executive and chief financial officers (CEOs and CFOs) is associated with financial reporting quality. The CEOs and CFOs of publicly traded companies are both required to certify the appropriateness of their financial statements and annual disclosures. We argue that gender diverse dyads (groups) of executives can bring different perspectives and professional skepticism to financial reporting. Using a sample of different CEO/CFO gender dyads during 2006–2019, we postulate and find evidence of higher accruals quality among firms led by gender-diverse dyads compared to accruals quality reported by firms led by all-male CEO/CFO pairs. Additional analyses reveal that the auditors of firms with gender-diverse executive dyads issue audit reports later, charge higher audit fees, and are more likely to be one of the Big 4 firms. These findings support the view that top executive gender diversity enhances financial reporting quality, which has important implications for corporate governance mechanisms.