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When Metropolitan Location Is Not Enough: How Digital Technology Supported Businesses During COVID-19 当大都市位置不够时：数字技术如何在COVID-19期间支持企业

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70125

Chloé Duvivier, Diego Cardenas-Morales, Jean Dubé

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Spatial Fluidity and the Outcomes of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: An Analysis Based on Investment Flows 创业生态系统的空间流动性与结果——基于投资流动的分析

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-09 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70126

Angélica Pigola, Bruno Fischer, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes

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Innovation Ecosystems in Catalonia: Exploring Location Patterns of High-Tech Firms 加泰罗尼亚的创新生态系统：探索高科技企业的区位模式

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-06 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70127

Keli Araujo-Rocha, Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod

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Digital Technology Adoption and Subjective Well-Being in China: Evidence of Heterogeneous Effects Across Urban and Rural Contexts 中国数字技术采用与主观幸福感：城乡背景下异质性效应的证据

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-03 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70123

Jiacheng Liu, Ye Yuan

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Agglomeration Economies and Intergovernmental Cooperation in Productive Disaster Management Expenditure 集聚经济与生产性灾害管理支出的政府间合作

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70124

Sudong Kim

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The Topology of Aging: Modeling Elderly Population Dynamics Through Complex Sectoral Networks in Rural Spain 老龄化的拓扑结构：通过复杂的部门网络在西班牙农村模拟老年人口动态

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70122

Oscar Luis Alonso-Cienfuegos, Ana Isabel Otero-Sanchez

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Resolving the Growth-Equality Paradox? The Synergistic Effects of Returnee Entrepreneurship Policies on Income Distribution 解决增长-平等悖论？海归创业政策对收入分配的协同效应

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-03-26 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70121

Shaozhuang Wang, Xueru Yang

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Green Borrowed Size: A Crucial Mechanism to Promote Green Innovation in Peripheral Cities 绿色借贷规模：促进周边城市绿色创新的关键机制

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70120

Tongbin Yang, Xuexu Piao, Guodong Wang

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Digital Inclusive Finance, Spatial Spillover and Regional Consumption Inequality Mitigation in China: A Perspective From the Consumption Potential Release 数字普惠金融、空间溢出与中国区域消费不平等缓解——基于消费潜力释放的视角

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70119

Zixin Yin, Ning Chang

{"title":"Digital Inclusive Finance, Spatial Spillover and Regional Consumption Inequality Mitigation in China: A Perspective From the Consumption Potential Release","authors":"Zixin Yin, Ning Chang","doi":"10.1111/grow.70119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70119","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To achieve common prosperity in China, this study addresses Chinese inequality from the spatial convergence perspective of consumption potential release, considering the influence of digital inclusive finance. First, a dynamic evaluation method is used to build the residents' consumption potential release index to reflect regional consumption. Provinces are then classified into leading prosperous and other regions based on their material and spiritual affluence. This approach allows us to empirically study the catch-up effect in consumption potential release between the leading prosperous regions and other regions and how digital inclusive finance influences it. The results show that China's inter-regional consumption potential release gap has narrowed. The spatial spillover of consumption between the leading prosperous regions and other regions contributes to narrowing the consumption potential release gap. However, the direct effects and spatial spillover of digital inclusive finance inhibit this. Based on these findings, we provide policy recommendations for alleviating regional consumption inequality in China.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147614887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Inter-City Collaborative Innovation and Synchronization of Regional Economic Growth: Evidence From China 城市间协同创新与区域经济增长同步：来自中国的证据

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-28 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70116

Yijie Li, Jiansheng You

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