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From conflict to coordination: A new framework to measure the synergy level of pollution-carbon-growth 从冲突到协调：衡量污染-碳增长协同水平的新框架

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101961

Zhengge Tu , Jingyu Mao , Xinlei Xiao , Gang Ma

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Educational expansion and attitudes toward son preference in China 中国的教育扩张与重男轻女观念

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101960

Jie Zhang, Chenyu Meng

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Market access and firms’ energy intensity: Evidence from China’s highway construction 市场准入与企业能源强度：来自中国高速公路建设的证据

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101958

Weijie Jiang , Mengke Ye , Xingzhe Yang

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Institutional quality and macrofinancial resilience in Asia 亚洲的制度质量和宏观金融弹性

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101957

John Beirne , Pradeep Panthi

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Service sector liberalization and firms’ carbon emission intensity reduction: Evidence from China 服务业自由化与企业碳排放强度降低：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101956

Jiaxuan Gao , Yanling Wang , Hongjun Xie

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Spatial mobility of China’s population in the digital economy 中国人口在数字经济中的空间流动性

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101941

Huiyong Zhong , Xiaobin Wang

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Research productivity of scientists in Asia for the growth of nations 亚洲科学家的研究生产力促进了国家的发展

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101953

Jang C. Jin

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The effectiveness of financial industry in promoting the high-quality development of energy industry 金融业促进能源产业高质量发展的有效性

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101945

Zhenpeng Tang , Xinyi Lin , Houyin Long

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Investigating the influence of parents' work hours on children's human capital formation: An empirical study of Chinese families 父母工作时间对子女人力资本形成的影响：基于中国家庭的实证研究

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101955

Shixiong Cheng , Can Shu

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Corporate diversification strategies and bankruptcy risk: A re-examination based on COVID-19 企业多元化战略与破产风险：基于新冠肺炎疫情的再审视

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Journal of Asian Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2025.101954

Dezhu Ye , Wenjun Ji , Nan Sun

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