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To Continue or Discontinue Use? An Empirical Assessment of Users' Intentions Toward E-Levy Policy Anchored on the Theory of Reasoned Action 继续使用还是停止使用？基于理性行为理论的电子征收政策用户意向实证评估

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70030

Victor Bondzie-Micah, Geoffrey Bentum-Micah

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Assessing the Impact of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on the U.S. State's Debt and Pension Solvency: A Dynamic Model 评估税收和支出限制对美国国家债务和养老金偿付能力的影响：一个动态模型

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70033

Ljubinka Andonoska, H. Daniel Xu

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Political CSR: Doing Good or Doing Well? 政治CSR：做得好还是做得好？

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70038

Michael Greiner, Jaemin Kim, Jennifer Cordon Thor

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How Much Influence Do Political Factors Have on Environmental Degradation in MENA Countries? The Method of Moments Quantile Approach 政治因素对中东和北非国家环境退化的影响有多大？矩分位数法

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70042

Ali Celik

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Role of Absorptive Capacity and Science and Technology Parks in Regional Innovation: A Triple Helix Perspective From India 吸纳能力与科技园区在区域创新中的作用：来自印度的三重螺旋视角

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70029

Rituparna Chatterjee, Ipsita Roy

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Unravelling the Geopolitical Dimensions of the 1962 Sino–Indian Conflict: How the US Shaped the Sino–India Split 解析1962年中印冲突的地缘政治维度：美国如何塑造中印分裂

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70041

Lakshmana Kumar

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Correction for “Financial Growth of Sport Industry in the Extreme Context: Evidence From Iran Under Economic Sanction and COVID-19 Pandemic” 更正“极端背景下体育产业的金融增长：来自伊朗经济制裁和新冠疫情的证据”

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70017

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Correction to “The Impact of Geopolitics Risk and Uncertainty on Cryptocurrency: Inference on Ukraine Russian War” 更正“地缘政治风险和不确定性对加密货币的影响：对乌克兰和俄罗斯战争的推论”

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70040

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A Comparative Analysis of Earnings Between Internal Return Migrants and Nonmigrants in India 印度国内移民与非移民收入的比较分析

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70034

Vasavi Bhatt, Minali Grover, Shweta Bahl

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Do Birds of the Same Feather Flock Together? Exploring the Relationship Between Capital Flight, and Physical Extraction of Non-Metallic Natural Resources 物以类聚，人以群分？探讨资本外逃与非金属自然资源物理开采的关系

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-21 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70035

Shivangi Pathak, Gupteswar Patel, Ashis Kumar Pradhan, Ronny Thomas

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