{"title":"Green Collaborative Innovation Network's Dynamic Evolution and Influencing Factors of Logistics Industry in China","authors":"Xu Runhan, Liu Zuankuo, Liu Rongkun, Xu Qingqing","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article constructs a green collaborative innovation network of the logistics industry in China and analyzes the evolution, and identifies endogenous network configurations and exogenous node attributes affecting the formation from the perspective of complex networks. The results show that the green collaborative innovation network structure presents loose characteristics, low concentration of innovation resources, and weak ability of innovation subjects to control information and innovation resources, particularly universities and research institutes. The outward expansion of new partnerships is lacking. Innovation subjects with similar geographical locations are more likely to collaborate on green innovation technologies. The findings provide a theoretical basis for promoting high-quality development of the logistics industry.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"1033-1057"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223995","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}
Jinlong Qiu, Mengmei Cui, Guangpeng Li, Zhenye Yao
{"title":"Does Supply Chain Finance Create More Jobs? Evidence From China","authors":"Jinlong Qiu, Mengmei Cui, Guangpeng Li, Zhenye Yao","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12355","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Based on the empirical data of China's A-share listed firms from 2011 to 2021, we find that supply chain finance (SCF) significantly increases corporate employment by fostering innovation within organizations, increasing investments in long-term assets, and stimulating sales growth. The positive effect is stronger in firms in digitally advanced regions, facing high supply chain risk, and led by management teams with financial backgrounds or low levels of myopia. Furthermore, SCF mainly enhances employment of highly skilled individuals. Reasonable employment expansion resulting from SCF is conducive to the sustainable development of firms without creating labor redundancy.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"1011-1032"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224317","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}
{"title":"Does Exposure to Refugees Impact Political Support for Right-Wing Parties? Empirical Evidence From Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil","authors":"Rodrigo Schneider, Smriti Tiwari","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12354","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this paper, we study the extent to which exposure to Venezuelan refugees in Brazil affected the support for right-wing candidates in the 2018 elections in Brazil. We take advantage of the granular data provided by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court to build a novel data set containing the distance from each polling station in the city of Boa Vista in the State of Roraima, which received the largest number of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil, to its closest refugee shelter. We find that polling stations that are closer to these shelters showed larger support for right-wing candidates. Our results are robust to a placebo test, in which we look at the three (2006, 2010, 2014) elections, before the refugee crisis, to establish that distance to the closest shelter is not a pretreatment variable that explains political ideology.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"997-1010"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224404","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}
{"title":"Navigating Economic Policy Uncertainty: The Role of ESG Performance in Mitigating the Risk of Nonfinancial Firms in China","authors":"Yinan Fan, Sajid Anwar, Rui Long","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12352","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Amid rising economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and escalating financial risks facing nonfinancial firms in China, this study investigates the impact of EPU on firm-level risk exposure, with a particular focus on the moderating role of environmental, social, and governance(ESG) performance. Using panel data from nonfinancial firms listed on China's A-share market between 2011 and 2020, the empirical analysis finds that higher levels of EPU significantly increase both systematic and idiosyncratic risks. Importantly, stronger ESG performance mitigates the positive relationship between EPU and firm risk, underscoring ESG as a strategic buffer in periods of heightened policy uncertainty and reflecting the broader interaction between corporate governance and China's political-economic environment. Further analysis reveals heterogeneity in this moderating effect: ESG performance plays a more pronounced role in firms that are highly sensitive to policy changes or located in regions with higher levels of marketization. These findings remain robust across various model specifications and endogeneity checks, highlighting the strategic value of ESG in managing policy-induced risks within China's evolving institutional landscape.</p>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"958-977"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecpo.12352","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chunmei Liang, Maokai Geng, Xiaonan Li, Zihao Jing, Qi Wang
{"title":"Digital Inclusive Finance, Entrepreneurial Vitality and Common Prosperity: Evidence From China's Provinces","authors":"Chunmei Liang, Maokai Geng, Xiaonan Li, Zihao Jing, Qi Wang","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12353","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The contribution of digital technology to driving the high-quality development of inclusive finance has become a key focus in advancing common prosperity, especially against the backdrop of China's evolving economic environment. Using panel data from 30 provinces in China spanning the years 2011 to 2022, this study investigates the positive impact of digital inclusive finance on the achievement of common prosperity. The results demonstrate that digital inclusive finance significantly boosts common prosperity by stimulating the residents' enthusiasm for entrepreneurship. Specifically, opportunity entrepreneurship plays a more substantial mediating role in this process compared to necessity entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the effectiveness of digital inclusive finance in fostering the realization of common prosperity would be diminished by excessive financial regulation. The study also highlights that the positive effects of digital inclusive finance are more significant in regions with advanced digital infrastructure and favourable policy environments, as well as the east and middle of China. These results further underscore the importance of targeted policies that leverage digital finance to drive common prosperity at both the regional and national levels.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"978-996"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224144","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}
{"title":"Climate Risks for Investors' Green Attentions From China?","authors":"Liu Desheng, Jia Xin, Li Mingzhu, Miao Wang","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12350","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>With global warming, climate risk has become an important factor influencing investors' decision-making. This study empirically examines how climate risk influences investors' green attentions and explores the underlying mechanisms by developing a conceptual model that links climate risk to investors' green attentions. The results show that climate risk greatly heightens investors' green attentions, and a series of robustness tests, the conclusion remains valid. This research contributes to the existing body of literature regarding the effects of climate risk from the viewpoint of investors and enhances the involvement of investors in the governance of corporate climate risk.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"946-957"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224129","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}
{"title":"Supply Chain Digitalization and Firms' Access to Bank Loans: Evidence From China","authors":"Qian Liu, Libin Qin, Xuena Liu","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12351","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using a quasi-natural experiment of Supply Chain Innovation and Application Pilot program, this study reveals that supply chain digitalization significantly increases firms' access to bank loans. Supply chain digitalization promotes firms' access to bank loans by alleviating information asymmetry, reducing financial risk and facilitating the development of supply chain finance. The impact of supply chain digitalization on bank loans is stronger among firms with higher industry uncertainty, lower proportion of independent directors and higher digital transformation levels. Moreover, the study shows that supply chain digitalization significantly reduces the cost of firms' bank loans and helps companies obtain more credit loans instead of mortgage loans. The economic consequence analysis shows that supply chain digitalization can ultimately improve firms' market value. Our findings provide references for building the modern supply chain system.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"931-945"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224293","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}
{"title":"Can Politics Explain Contracting Out?","authors":"Andrew Abbott, Shasikanta Nandeibam, Lucy O'Shea","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12349","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The theoretical literature suggests that political ideology matters in the decision to contract out public sector services, whereas the empirical literature is divided. We seek to explain the divide in the empirical literature by providing a link from theory to our empirical analysis by describing the nature of political competition. Using the number of seats in English local government as a measure of political ideology, we find that those governments dominated by Conservative party members have a higher likelihood of contracting out, whereas the opposite is true for the Greens. We also investigate the marginal effect of a Conservative seat. Our results suggest that local governments are more likely to contract out waste management and recycling services, the greater the number of seats that are controlled by the right-wing party (Conservatives). However, an additional Conservative seat seems to have a stronger positive influence when one of the other opposition parties (the Liberal Democrats) is controlling the local legislature rather than the Conservative themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"915-930"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecpo.12349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-Varying Interactions Between US–China Political Relation, Flight Frequency, and Inbound Tourism","authors":"Shiteng Xu, Yifei Cai, Yahua Zhang, Chunan Wang","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12347","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates the dynamics among US–China political relations, flight frequency, and inbound tourism through the utilization of a time-varying parameter vector autoregression model. As political relations warm, there is a notable uptick in flight frequency between the two nations. Moreover, the rising flight frequency would further increase inbound tourists. Interestingly, our analysis reveals no substantial evidence supporting a significant impact of inbound tourists on either political relations or flight frequency. The study concludes with insightful policy implications drawn from these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"903-914"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecpo.12347","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does R&D Mediate the Link Between Corporate Governance and Enterprise Value? Evidence From Family Firms Across Jurisdictional Contexts","authors":"Ella Xu, Guangxin","doi":"10.1111/ecpo.12345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12345","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the mediating effect of R&D investment on the relationship between corporate governance and enterprise value, considering ownership (i.e., family vs<i>.</i> non-family firms) and jurisdictional differences (i.e., common law vs. civil law). Using a multinational sample from 2009 to 2018, this study reveals that R&D negatively and partially mediates the relationship between corporate governance and enterprise value, with a more substantial effect in family firms within a civil law context. This supports the assumption that family firms are more conservative towards R&D investment. This study highlights the need for strategic decision-making to consider ownership differences and legal context in shaping enterprise value.</p>","PeriodicalId":47220,"journal":{"name":"Economics & Politics","volume":"37 3","pages":"880-902"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecpo.12345","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}