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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100224

Abdul Shaban

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100225

Muzamil Farooq

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Gender gap and local economic diversity in microfinance: Evidence from the microcredit program in Brazil 小额信贷中的性别差距和地方经济多样性：来自巴西小额信贷项目的证据

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100217

Diego N. Teixeira , Gervásio F. Santos , Tyago O. Carmo

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Success factors for scaling urban circular businesses in the food sector 扩大食品行业城市循环企业规模的成功因素

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100219

Angelica Siegel , Eveline van Leeuwen

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Agglomeration and skills: explaining regional wage disparities in Colombia 集聚与技能：解释哥伦比亚地区工资差异

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100220

Andres García-Suaza, Diana Londoño

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The changing role of functional urban areas in regional policy: Identifying inner peripheries in the new development paradigm 功能区在区域政策中的作用变化：在新发展范式中识别内部边缘

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100221

Paweł Churski , Czesław Adamiak , Anna Dubownik , Tomasz Komornicki , Maciej Pietrzykowski , Barbara Szyda , Przemysław Śleszyński

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Unraveling the nexus: Subjective well-being and left-behind places 解开联系：主观幸福感和留守地区

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100222

Anastasia Panori , Athanasios Kalogeresis , Elli Papastergiou , Thanasis Ziogas , Dimitris Ballas

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Immigration, place, and the right: Explaining support for the radical right in Italy during 2022 Italian National Elections 移民、地方和权利：2022年意大利全国选举中对意大利激进右翼的支持

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100214

Moreno Mancosu , Giulia Sarcone

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Green shrinkage: The heterogeneous regional effects of environmental regulation on green innovation 绿色收缩：环境规制对绿色创新的异质区域效应

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100216

Yujing Wang , Zeqiang Ni , Jingshu Yang , Hui Li , Qing Liu

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New patterns and trends of migration: Hybrid-crimes among indonesian migrant workers in Southeast Asia 移民的新模式和趋势：东南亚印尼移民工人的混合犯罪

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Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100215

Arthur Josias Simon Runturambi , Ridwan Arifin

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