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Japan and South Korea's engagement in the Chinese market post-RCEP implementation: A case study of the semiconductor industry 实施《关于建立更紧密经贸关系的安排》后日本和韩国在中国市场的参与情况：半导体行业案例研究

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100085

Yuxin Peng (Ph.D. student at Ritsumeikan University)

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Comparing the effectiveness of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in South Africa: An application of Keynes' Macroeconomic Theory 比较《非洲增长与机会法案》（AGOA）和中非合作论坛（FOCAC）在南非的成效：凯恩斯宏观经济理论的应用

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-05-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100081

Marvellous Ngundu , Mulatu F Zerihun , Malibongwe C Nyathi

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Does innovation facilitate meeting the CO2 emission reduction targets of China: A non-linear approach 创新是否有助于实现中国的二氧化碳减排目标？非线性方法

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100079

Yifan Wang , Nadia Doytch , Mohamed Elheddad , Wei Li , Mengna Chi

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Board gender diversity in China and Eastern Europe 中国和东欧董事会的性别多样性

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100077

Ichiro Iwasaki , Xinxin Ma , Satoshi Mizobata

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Is the WTO terminally ill? Threats to the international trading system 世贸组织病入膏肓了吗？国际贸易体系面临的威胁

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100078

Zdenek Drabek

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Digital revolution, blockchain technologies and central bank digital currencies: Implications for Asian economic cooperation 数字革命、区块链技术和中央银行数字货币：对亚洲经济合作的影响

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2024.100080

Ali M. Kutan

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Searching for global equilibrium: How new economic statecraft undermines international institutions 寻求全球平衡：新经济国策如何破坏国际机构

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2023.100076

Vinod K. Aggarwal, Andrew W. Reddie

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Erratum regarding missing Declaration of Competing Interest statements in previously published articles 关于以前发表的文章中缺少 "竞争利益声明 "的勘误

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2023.100067

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Searching for a new institutional structure for the global trade system: What role for Asia in the age of US-China competition? 为全球贸易体系寻找新的制度结构:亚洲在美中竞争时代扮演什么角色?

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2023.100068

Richard Pomfret

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The “real” exchange rate regime in China since 2015′s exchange rate reform 2015年汇率改革以来中国的“真实”汇率制度

Asia and the Global Economy Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.aglobe.2023.100064

Jinzhao Chen

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