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Cross-border R&D, absorptive capacity and innovation performance

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.010

Tingzhu Li , Debin Du

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Structural change, income distribution and unemployment related to Covid-19: An agent-based model 与 Covid-19 有关的结构变化、收入分配和失业：基于代理的模型

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.013

Bernhard Schütz , Oliver Reiter , Michael Landesmann , Branimir Jovanović

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Technological content of export diversification—Evolution along the economic growth process

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.012

Aleksandra Parteka, Zuzanna Helena Zarach, Aleksandra Kordalska

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Commodity import price rising and production stability of Chinese firms

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.009

Hao Wei , Yuan Liu

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Income inequality in times of high inflation in Europe

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.011

Massimo Aprea, Michele Raitano

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Robot, trade and employment: Unravelling the relationship within the European context

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.004

Chiara Franco , Francesco Suppressa

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The impact of supply chain digitization on the carbon emissions of listed companies—A quasi-natural experiment in China

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.007

Chenyu Meng , Yongsheng Lin

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Legal gender equality as a catalyst for convergence

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.003

Can Sever

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China's import competition, innovation strategies, and the role of unions

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.006

Alessia Matano , Paolo Naticchioni

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The impact of 2008 tax reform on profit shifting of foreign enterprises in China