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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Marty Rowland

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Congratulations to Robert Schalkenbach Foundation on 100 Years 祝贺罗伯特·沙肯巴赫基金会成立100周年

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12618

Vernon K. Walker

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When Economic Prowess Is a Liability—Unpredictable Black Swan Events Such as the Financial Crisis and COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupt Hotel Value Dynamics 当经济实力成为一种负担时——金融危机和COVID-19大流行等不可预测的黑天鹅事件会破坏酒店价值动态

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12615

Ying Chen, Don Capener

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The Economics of External Information and Risky Behavior: A Case Study of Avalanche Forecasting and Backcountry Incidents 外部信息和风险行为的经济学：雪崩预测和边远地区事件的个案研究

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12617

Perry Ferrell, Joshua C. Hall, Yang Zhou

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Economic Freedom and Presidential Elections: A Bayesian Spatial Probit Hierarchical Modeling Approach 经济自由与总统选举：贝叶斯空间概率分层建模方法

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12616

Donald J. Lacombe, Timothy Shaughnessy

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The Belt and Road Initiative and Urban Entrepreneurship: Evidence From the Opening Policy From China “一带一路”倡议与城市创业：来自中国开放政策的证据

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12614

Ding Xiong, Xin Zhong, Kai Sun, Sirui Zhao

{"title":"The Belt and Road Initiative and Urban Entrepreneurship: Evidence From the Opening Policy From China","authors":"Ding Xiong, Xin Zhong, Kai Sun, Sirui Zhao","doi":"10.1111/ajes.12614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12614","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Entrepreneurship is a vital source of high-quality employment in China and is crucial in advancing Chinese-style modernization. Using panel data from 281 prefecture-level cities in China from 2003 to 2021, this study employs difference-in-differences and double machine learning models to examine the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on entrepreneurship. The research findings are as follows: The BRI implementation significantly enhances entrepreneurship at city and provincial levels, with results remaining robust across various tests. The BRI promotes entrepreneurship through industrial innovation, digital trade development, and economic agglomeration. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the BRI's positive effects on entrepreneurship are more pronounced in small and medium-sized cities and central and western regions. Furthermore, the BRI exhibits significant spatial spillover effects, stimulating entrepreneurship in neighboring cities. The initiative also effectively reduces relative disparities in entrepreneurship across regions, particularly between eastern, central, and western areas, thus promoting coordinated regional development. Additionally, triple-difference results indicate that the BRI's positive effects on urban industrial innovation are mainly concentrated in manufacturing sectors such as energy, equipment, and information technology. This study complements the BRI's effects and provides policy implications for narrowing regional entrepreneurship gaps and promoting high-quality full employment in China.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47133,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Economics and Sociology","volume":"84 3","pages":"481-496"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143905001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does ESG Performance Affect Supply Chain Concentration? Evidence From China ESG绩效是否影响供应链集中度？来自中国的证据

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American Journal of Economics and Sociology Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12612

Panpan Feng, Yimeng Zhang, Seongil Jeon

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