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Some curiosites about the Engel method to estimate equivalence scales
This paper lends legitimacy to the food share as an indicator of welfare by demonstrating the conditions necessary in empirical work for the Engel method of estimating equivalence scales to provide an exact measure of welfare. In analogy to a money metric of utility, the Engel's food share is shown to be a “quantity metric of utility.”Engel method
On the Compton clock and the undulatory nature of particle mass in graphene systems
In undulatory mechanics the rest mass of a particle is associated to a rest
periodicity known as Compton periodicity. In carbon nanotubes the Compton
periodicity is determined geometrically, through dimensional reduction, by the
circumference of the curled-up dimension, or by similar spatial constraints to
the charge carrier wave function in other condensed matter systems. In this way
the Compton periodicity is effectively reduced by several order of magnitudes
with respect to that of the electron, allowing for the possibility to
experimentally test foundational aspects of quantum mechanics. We present a
novel powerful formalism to derive the electronic properties of carbon
nanotubes, in agreement with the results known in the literature, from simple
geometric and relativistic considerations about the Compton periodicity as well
as a dictionary of analogies between particle and graphene physics.Comment: 10 pages, 1 table, 1 figure. Published versio
Weyl states and Fermi arcs in parabolic bands
Weyl fermions are shown to exist inside a parabolic band, where the kinetic
energy of carriers is given by the non-relativistic Schroedinger equation.
There are Fermi arcs as a direct consequence of the folding of a ring shaped
Fermi surface inside the first Brillouin zone. Our results stem from the
decomposition of the kinetic energy into the sum of the square of the Weyl
state, the coupling to the local magnetic field and the Rashba interaction. The
Weyl fermions break the time and reflection symmetries present in the kinetic
energy, thus allowing for the onset of a weak three-dimensional magnetic field
around the layer. This field brings topological stability to the current
carrying states through a Chern number. In the special limit that the Weyl
state becomes gapless this magnetic interaction is shown to be purely
attractive, thus suggesting the onset of a superconducting condensate of zero
helicity states
Counterfactual analysis using a regional dynamic general equilibrium model with historical calibration
This paper develops a regional dynamic general equilibrium model calibrated using two regional SAMs for the Italian region Valle D’Aosta for the years 1963 and 2002. A historical calibration procedure is performed over the 40 years period and a validation exercise ensures that the modelled tendencies closely approximate the actual observed growth patterns of the main regional macroeconomic variables. The dynamic general equilibrium model provides an original and powerful tool for historical counterfactual analysis not available using standard dynamic general equilibrium models. The model is used to compare the growth path followed by the region during the period of interest with different scenarios intended to rank the social desirability of alternative behaviours of the regional administration.historical calibration, historical validation, regional dynamic general equilibrium model, historical counterfactual analysis
Econometric Identification of the Cost of Maintaining a Child
The paper estimates the cost of maintaining a child, of different ages, the cost of being a single and the cost of additional adults present in a family with the aim of making the income levels of different households comparable. The study investigates the issue of econometric identification of equivalence scales within a demand system modified to include demographic characteristics consistently with economic theory. It shows that a robust estimation of equivalence scales must take into formal consideration the problem of econometric identification. The estimation also proposes an encompassing demographic specification which permits isolation of the costs due to differences in needs and differences in household life-styles and scale economies.Equivalence scales, identification, interhousehold comparisons, economies of scale
Curvatronics with bilayer graphene in an effective spacetime
We show that in AB stacked bilayer graphene low energy excitations around the
semimetallic points are described by massless, four dimensional Dirac fermions.
There is an effective reconstruction of the 4 dimensional spacetime, including
in particular the dimension perpendicular to the sheet, that arises dynamically
from the physical graphene sheet and the interactions experienced by the
carriers. The effective spacetime is the Eisenhart-Duval lift of the dynamics
experienced by Galilei invariant L\'evy-Leblond spin particles
near the Dirac points. We find that changing the intrinsic curvature of the
bilayer sheet induces a change in the energy level of the electronic bands,
switching from a conducting regime for negative curvature to an insulating one
when curvature is positive. In particular, curving graphene bilayers allows
opening or closing the energy gap between conduction and valence bands, a key
effect for electronic devices. Thus using curvature as a tunable parameter
opens the way for the beginning of curvatronics in bilayer graphene.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures. Revised version with additional materia
Multi-patch model for transport properties of cuprate superconductors
A number of normal state transport properties of cuprate superconductors are
analyzed in detail using the Boltzmann equation. The momentum dependence of the
electronic structure and the strong momentum anisotropy of the electronic
scattering are included in a phenomenological way via a multi-patch model. The
Brillouin zone and the Fermi surface are divided in regions where scattering
between the electrons is strong and the Fermi velocity is low (hot patches) and
in regions where the scattering is weak and the Fermi velocity is large (cold
patches). We present several motivations for this phenomenology starting from
various microscopic approaches. A solution of the Boltzmann equation in the
case of N patches is obtained and an expression for the distribution function
away from equilibrium is given. Within this framework, and limiting our
analysis to the two patches case, the temperature dependence of resistivity,
thermoelectric power, Hall angle, magnetoresistance and thermal Hall
conductivity are studied in a systematic way analyzing the role of the patch
geometry and the temperature dependence of the scattering rates. In the case of
Bi-based cuprates, using ARPES data for the electronic structure, and assuming
an inter-patch scattering between hot and cold states with a linear temperature
dependence, a reasonable agreement with the available experiments is obtained.Comment: 18 pages, 18 figures, to be published on Eur. Phys. J.
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