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Multi-factor productivity (MFP) in 2024 is estimated to have decreased by 0.6% compared with a year ago and by 0.7% compared with 2019; this contrasts with trend growth in MFP of around 1.8% per year ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are regarded as a key low-carbon technology to address sustainability challenges like climate change and air pollution. However, the real-world environmental impacts resulting ...

This study constructs a two-sector two-class economic growth model to analyze an economy described in Marx’s Capital, where only the capitalist owns the means of production and maximizes the surplus ...

Acquiring reliable knowledge amidst uncertainty is a topical issue of modern science. Interval mathematics has proved to be of central importance in coping with uncertainty and imprecision.

During the fight against COVID-19, China’s public hospitals played the main role in taking on the most urgent, dangerous and arduous medical treatment and work. Therefore, in order to promote the high ...

Economic production is organized in supply chain networks. The resilience of supply chains is, therefore, crucial for robust economic growth. Governments have discussed policies to improve the ...

Livestock supply chains account for 14.5% of global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. There is a consensus that approaches that improve cattle productivity while enhancing carbon sequestration can ...

We modeled gross domestic product (GDP) losses attributable to firearm-related fatalities in each of thirty-six Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries using the ...