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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

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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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The Role of Career Stages and Skills in the Internal Migration Patterns of Shrinking Regions in Korea: A Spatial Shift-Share Analysis 职业阶段和技能在韩国萎缩地区内部迁移模式中的作用：空间偏移-份额分析

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70117

Sangyun Jeong, Up Lim

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Harmony or Disharmony? The Effect of Organized Industrial Zones on Urban Development/Growth: The Case of Bursa 和谐还是不和谐？有组织的工业区对城市发展/增长的影响：以布尔萨为例

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70118

Merve Dilman Gokkaya, Yalcin Yildirim

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Decentralization Dividends: Can Expanding Land Approval Autonomy Improve the Quality and Scale of Urban Land Use Efficiency? 分权红利：扩大土地审批自主权能否提高城市土地利用效率的质量和规模？

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70115

Fenghui Sun, Hengzhou Xu, Kunzai Niu

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Does Industrial Agglomeration Enhance Firms' Innovation Performance? An Empirical Study From Industrial Zones in Shanghai 产业集聚是否提升企业创新绩效？基于上海工业园区的实证研究

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70112

Yi Zhang, Yuefang Si, Hanyan Sun

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As Climate Risks Intensify: How Do Key Digital Technologies Promote Pollution Reduction and Carbon Mitigation? Evidence From China 气候风险加剧：关键数字技术如何促进污染减排和碳减排？来自中国的证据

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70114

Shengling Zhang, Ruibing Ji, Wei Dou, Yu Hao

{"title":"As Climate Risks Intensify: How Do Key Digital Technologies Promote Pollution Reduction and Carbon Mitigation? Evidence From China","authors":"Shengling Zhang, Ruibing Ji, Wei Dou, Yu Hao","doi":"10.1111/grow.70114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70114","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Key digital technology (KDT) serves as a critical technological foundation for advancing pollution reduction and carbon mitigation (PRCM), while increasingly reshaping regional environmental governance capacity. However, the institutional fluctuations and governance uncertainties induced by intensifying climate risks have introduced both challenges and opportunities for the environmental effectiveness of KDT. Drawing on panel data from 276 prefecture-level cities in China between 2011 and 2021, this study investigates the impact of KDT on PRCM synergy across heterogeneous regional contexts. The findings reveal that KDT significantly enhances the degree of PRCM synergy, highlighting its dual environmental benefits. Moreover, climate risks play differentiated moderating roles in this process. Specifically, climate transition risks amplify the PRCM effect of KDT, reflecting the greater marginal adaptability of technological governance under institutional risk scenarios. In contrast, the overall moderating role of climate physical risks is limited. Heterogeneity analysis suggests that under transition risks, KDT possesses compensatory capacities to address institutional uncertainty, whereas under physical risks, its effectiveness is conditioned by regional structural characteristics and governance capacity. Mechanism analysis further demonstrates that KDT influences PRCM synergy through a chain pathway encompassing “source prevention–process control–end-stage blocking.” Spatial effect analysis indicates a siphon effect of KDT, with significant negative spillovers on the PRCM synergy of adjacent regions, implying the risk of widening inter-regional disparities in environmental governance outcomes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47545,"journal":{"name":"Growth and Change","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147268892","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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Urban Concentration and Economic Growth: The Role of Second-Tier Cities 城市集中与经济增长：二线城市的作用

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70113

Dongyeol Lee

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High-Tech Regions as Innovators of Traditional Technologies 高新区作为传统技术的创新者

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Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70109

Ruoran Liu, Joanna Ganning

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The Conditional Impact of Recent Economic, Global, and Technological Challenges on Productivity Growth in EU Regions 近期经济、全球和技术挑战对欧盟地区生产率增长的条件影响

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70111

Maria Tsiapa

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