Abnormalities in value-based decision making during adolescence have often been attributed to non-linear, inverted-U shaped development of reward-related processes. This hypothesis is strengthened by functional imaging work revealing an inverted-U shaped relationship between age and reward-related activity in the striatum. However, behavioural studies have mostly reported linear rather than non...

This study examines the non-monotonic (U-shaped, inverted U-shaped or curvilinear) relationship between corporate governance (CG) and bank performance of commercial banks operating across four countries whose CG framework is based on OECD principals CG. Using a dataset 4230 bank-years observation from 2012–2021, shows that governance–performance relations may be but not using two-line approach ...

The past decade has seen impressive developments in financial technology (FinTech) China. As a new and innovative method that competes with, also supplements, traditional methods, fintech had significant impact on businesses thus challenged the role of commercial banks as credit intermediaries sector. This paper examines potential risks brings to China, collects data from 19 systemically import...

Although the relationship between stress intensity and memory function is generally believed to follow an inverted-U-shaped curve, strikingly this phenomenon has not been demonstrated under the same experimental conditions. We investigated this phenomenon for rats' performance in a hippocampus-dependent learning task, the radial arm water maze (RAWM). Variations in stress intensity were induced...

I re-examine the inverted-U relationship between competition and innovation (originally modeled and tested by Aghion et al. [2005]) by using data from publicly traded manufacturing …rms in the US. I control for the possible endogeneity of competition by using various measures of foreign competition as instruments. I …nd a positive relationship between competition (as measured by the inverse of ...