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Global production scenarios: Actual unbundling, potential rebundling and geoeconomic rewiring across value chains 全球生产情景：跨价值链的实际拆分、潜在重新捆绑和地缘经济重新布线

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100616

Raffaele Giammetti , Ariel L. Wirkierman

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Upfront efforts for upcoming benefits? ISO 9001:2015 certification and firms’ performance in 33 countries 为即将到来的利益而做的前期努力？ISO 9001:2015认证和公司在33个国家的表现

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100620

Didier Wayoro, Wilfried Nonguierma, Michelle Parkouda

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Foreign direct investment, economic growth, governance quality and the informal economy: Empirical insights from an emerging economy 外国直接投资、经济增长、治理质量与非正规经济：来自新兴经济体的实证见解

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100619

Cong Minh Huynh , Nam Hoai Tran

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Does tax incentive improve corporate resilience?A quasi-natural experiment based on value-added tax retained rebate policy 税收激励能提高企业的抗风险能力吗？基于增值税留存退税政策的准自然实验

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100617

Youliang Jin, Xuan Feng, Huixiang Zeng

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Does financial inclusion increase participation in global value chains? Evidence from African countries 普惠金融能提高全球价值链参与度吗？来自非洲国家的证据

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100618

Dieudonné Mignamissi , Simplice A. Asongu , Eric Xaverie Possi Tebeng , Yolande E. Ngoungou

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Evaluating the combined effects of inspections and technical assistance on international trade 评价视察和技术援助对国际贸易的综合影响

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100613

Linda Fernandez , Monica Das

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Currency exposure and economic growth: Friend or foe? 货币风险敞口与经济增长：是敌是友？

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100612

Hari Venkatesh , Gourishankar S. Hiremath

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Deep-water ports and international trade: A structural gravity estimation 深水港与国际贸易：结构重力估计

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100614

Theresa M. Greaney, Pratistha Gyawali

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The end of miracle? China's economic growth pattern 奇迹的终结？中国的经济增长方式

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100615

Akira Kohsaka

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Regional heterogeneity in the impacts of drought in China 中国干旱影响的区域异质性

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100611

Jiana Chen

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