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Not Commodities, but Living Beings: A Critique of Animal Commodification 不是商品，而是生命：对动物商品化的批判

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12643

Ermelinda Rodilosso

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Economic Factors That Influence Geographic Differentials in the Percentage of Families Who Own Dogs: An Exploratory Empirical Study for the United States 影响养狗家庭百分比地理差异的经济因素：美国探索性实证研究

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12642

Richard J. Cebula, Gigi M. Alexander, Richard C. Hollingsworth

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Overcoming Scientific Cruelty: Bernard Rollin's Fight for Animal Rights 克服科学的残酷：伯纳德·罗林为动物权利而战

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12637

Barry Kipperman

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Mastery, Equality, or Reciprocity? Ambiguities of Human–Animal Relationships 掌握，平等，还是互惠？人与动物关系的模糊性

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12638

Clifford W. Cobb

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Is Natural Medicine Necessarily Kinder to Animals Than Modern Medicine? The Use of Bears in Traditional Chinese Medicine 天然药物一定比现代药物对动物更仁慈吗？熊在中医中的应用

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-04-27 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12632

Zhao Shichang, Li Jiarui, Tang Qing

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Is “Animal Welfare” a Foreign Notion to China? “动物福利”对中国来说是舶来品吗？

IF 1 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12634

Junfeng Wang, Qinghua Chu, Lu Liu

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Characteristics of Trade Networks in Countries Along the Belt and Road and Their Impact on Innovation Capacity “一带一路”沿线国家贸易网络特征及其对创新能力的影响

IF 0.9 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12621

Ding Xiong, Xin Zhong, Yunying Yu, Renjie Guo, Zili Wang

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Technology Licensing With Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility in a Vertically Differentiated Duopoly 纵向差异化双头垄断中具有战略企业社会责任的技术许可

IF 0.9 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12620

Dongdong Li, Wenyao Lin, Chenxuan Shang

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Unveiling the Possibilities to Minimize the External Debt Burden Through Remittances in Top Remittance's Recipient Countries: A Quantile Regression Approach 揭示通过汇款最多的受援国汇款来减少外债负担的可能性：分位数回归方法

IF 0.9 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12619

Gilal Ashfaque Ali, Liu Hong, Niaz Hussain Ghumro

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Atmospheric carbonization through private forestry 私营林业造成的大气碳化

IF 0.9 4区经济学

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12571

Marty Rowland

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