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Is Chinaʼs Capital Liberalisation Policy Effective? 中国的资本自由化政策是否有效？

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70005

Lirong Wang, Jinnan Zhou, C. James Hueng

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Rural Transformation, Water Scarcity and Policy Responses in China 中国的农村转型、水资源短缺与对策

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70004

Jinxia Wang, Zhiyi Guo, Dong Wang, Kaixing Huang, Zhuanlin Wang, Ruoying Mei, Rujuan Li, Jikun Huang, Chenhui Zhang, Chunlai Chen

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The BRICS Nations Framework for Curbing Carbon Emissions: Evidence From Energy Intensity, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Policy 金砖国家遏制碳排放框架：来自能源强度、可再生能源和环境政策的证据

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70002

Xuying Zhu, Hadi Hussain, Song Fang

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Real Wage Growth in Papua New Guinea Over Three Decades 三十年来巴布亚新几内亚的实际工资增长情况

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70001

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Martin Davies

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Partner of Choice: Australian National Interest in Infrastructure Development Programs in Papua New Guinea 首选合作伙伴：巴布亚新几内亚基础设施发展计划中的澳大利亚国家利益

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70003

Lucy Pennington

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The Impact of Parental Health Shocks on Child Schooling and Labour: Evidence From Thailand 父母健康冲击对儿童就学和劳动的影响：泰国的证据

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1002/app5.70000

Sasiwooth Wongmonta

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Price and Non-Price Factors in Development of Rice Cultivation: Case Studies From Southern India and Mekong-Delta Vietnam 水稻种植发展中的价格和非价格因素：印度南部和越南湄公河三角洲的案例研究

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-25 DOI: 10.1002/app5.399

Deepak Johnson, Takashi Kurosaki

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Do Political Relations Colour Chinaʼs Trade With Southeast Asian Partners? A Vector Autoregression Approach 政治关系是否影响了中国与东南亚伙伴的贸易？向量自回归方法

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1002/app5.400

Brandon Harrington

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Challenging colonial logics of habit in Australiaʼs economic statecraft with Pacific Islands 在澳大利亚与太平洋岛屿的经济外交中挑战殖民习惯逻辑

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1002/app5.398

Maima Koro, Henrietta McNeill

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Investorsʼ view of mandatory corporate social responsibility as a public policy: The case of section 135 of the Indian Companies Act 2013 投资者将强制性企业社会责任视为一项公共政策：印度《2013 年公司法》第 135 条案例

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1002/app5.397

LeRoy Tim Ruhupatty, Melisa Ann Ruhupatty

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