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Air quality impacts of EV promotion: Evidence from local charging pile adoption in China

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101922

Ye Wang , Feng Yu , Faqin Lin , Kuo Feng

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Regional employment during recessions and recoveries in Japan: A data-driven approach

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101917

Yusuke Adachi , Hikaru Ogawa , Masafumi Tsubuku

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How digital technology can improve new quality productive forces? ——Perspective of total factor agricultural carbon productivity

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101921

Hongman Liu, Xixi Li

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Investment growth target and the composition of government expenditure: Theory and evidence from China

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101920

Zhaoqiang Zhang , Jie Li , Yunyang Ji

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Rural road improvement and individual health in China

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101908

Tao Bu , Daisheng Tang , Zheng Zhang , Chengkai Jiang

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Still water runs deep: Soft power in chinese prefectures and municipalities

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101909

Shihan Li , Si Li , Qingfu Liu , Xiao Wei

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Social trust and export quality: Empirical evidence from China

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101910

Jianming Miao , Baomin Dong

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Does household lifestyle impact the decarbonization effect of carbon generalized system of preferences? Evidence from household survey in China

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101907

Xiaoying Su , Donglan Zha , Chaoqun Zhang , Kuokuo Zhao

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How is remittance related to prices and output? New evidence from Fiji’s data

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101906

Paresh Kumar Narayan , Seema Narayan , Biman Prasad , Savaira Manoa

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Import demand, digital empowerment and firm innovation

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101903

Kai Liu , Jiayi Chen , Yuan Tian , Baobo Qu , Badar Alam Iqbal

{"title":"Import demand, digital empowerment and firm innovation","authors":"Kai Liu , Jiayi Chen , Yuan Tian , Baobo Qu , Badar Alam Iqbal","doi":"10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101903","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101903","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The mechanism through which external demand influences firm innovation has garnered increasing attention. However, the impact of digital technology on this relationship, particularly on the demand side within the context of digitalization, remains underexplored. Utilizing data from the Chinese Industrial Enterprise Database, a patent database, a customs database, and the CEPII-BACI database from 2000 to 2013, this paper investigates how external demand affects firm innovation through digital empowerment. The findings indicate: (1) Destination import demand has an inhibitory effect on firm innovation. (2) Heterogeneity analysis reveals that external demand positively impacts firm innovation when the primary export destination is a high-income country or the firm operates within a high-technology industry. (3) External demand enhances firm innovation capabilities through the information-sharing and technology-upgrading effects of digital empowerment. (4) Mechanism testing shows that international external demand influences firm innovation through the scale effect and the competition effect, with the competition effect generally having a negative impact on innovation decision-making as external demand expands. This research contributes to understanding the impact of external demand on the innovation of Chinese export firms, examining how digital empowerment mediates this relationship, and providing a theoretical foundation for leveraging digital technology to promote firm innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47583,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Economics","volume":"98 ","pages":"Article 101903"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549440","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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