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Flattening of government hierarchies and growth of farmers’ income
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101836
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How to guide venture capital to startups? Evidence from China's Science and Technology Innovation Board 如何引导风险资本进入初创企业?来自中国科技创新局的证据
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101834
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The power of speed: High-speed railways and scientific research competitiveness in China 速度的力量:高速铁路与中国科研竞争力
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101833
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An aging population and sustainable government debt: The case of Korea 人口老龄化与可持续的政府债务:韩国案例
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101831
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Tax incentives and corporate digital transformation: Evidence from China’s accelerated depreciation policy 税收激励与企业数字化转型:来自中国加速折旧政策的证据
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101832
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Impact of heterogenous capabilities on export performance amid the digital transformation 数字化转型中异质能力对出口绩效的影响
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101829
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The productivity spillover effect of foreign divestment: Evidence from Chinese industrial enterprises 外资撤资的生产力溢出效应:来自中国工业企业的证据
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101824
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Reducing farmland abandonment by raising women’s education levels: Evidence from China 通过提高妇女教育水平减少农田撂荒:来自中国的证据
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101825
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Does increasing robot density exacerbate wealth inequality? 机器人密度的增加是否会加剧财富不平等?
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101830
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Cost of escaping air pollution: A way to prevent excessive expansion of industrial areas 逃避空气污染的代价:防止工业区过度扩张的方法
IF 2.9 3区 经济学
Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101823
{"title":"Cost of escaping air pollution: A way to prevent excessive expansion of industrial areas","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asieco.2024.101823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To pursue economic growth, many emerging markets prioritize providing land and resources to industries rather than people, resulting in people being forced to relocate. This paper uses Taiwan’s largest industrial city (Kaohsiung) as an example to discuss the negative spillover effect brought about by its most polluted industrial area (the Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park, KLIP). This study finds that the proximity between residences and the pollution sources and air pollution severity both cause housing prices to decrease. The results also show that among different air pollution indicators, SO<sub>2</sub> concentration exerts the largest influence on housing prices. This may be because the SO<sub>2</sub> emitted by large coal-fired power plants and oil refineries in the KLIP is linked to pollution-based haze and creates a visible atmospheric brown haze. By discussing the industrial park’s air pollution problem, this paper illustrates the harm of the overdevelopment of an industrial park. To prevent people’s relocation events resulting from the overdevelopment of an industrial park occurring in the future, we must regularly estimate the shadow price that residents living near the industrial park are required to pay to escape air pollution. This paper also puts forward suggestions that contribute to the sustainable development of industrial parks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47583,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142433316","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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