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More technology, more loans? How advanced digital technologies influence firms’ financing conditions 更多的技术，更多的贷款？先进的数字技术如何影响企业的融资状况

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Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.11.011

Raffaello Bronzini , Anna Giunta , Eleonora Pierucci , Marco Sforza

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Diverging paths: AI exposure and employment across European regions 不同的路径：人工智能在欧洲地区的暴露和就业

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.010

Dario Guarascio , Jelena Reljic , Roman Stöllinger

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The rise and fall of inflation in the Euro Area (2021-2024): A heterodox perspective 欧元区通胀的上升和下降（2021-2024）：一个非正统的观点

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.004

Vicente Ferreira , Alexandre Abreu , Francisco Louçã

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The impact of green finance on energy transition and carbon emission targets: Exploring the double threshold and spatial spillover effects among the regions 绿色金融对能源转型和碳排放目标的影响：区域间的双门槛效应和空间溢出效应

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.012

Chonghui Zhang , Cong Wang , Huanhuan Jin , Mo Xu , Tomas Balezentis , Leonardo Agnusdei

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IT liberalization, trade expansion, and firm innovation: Evidence from China 信息技术自由化、贸易扩张与企业创新：来自中国的证据

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.011

Chao Fang , Peng Wu , Xiaoyan Yu , Chao Zhang

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Structural change in Morocco: Rethinking industrial policies 摩洛哥的结构变化：重新思考产业政策

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.008

Wissal Sahel, Idriss El Abbassi

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Structural change and its discontents 结构变化及其不满

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Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.009

Marco Rodolfo Di Tommaso , Elena Prodi , Dante Di Matteo , Elisa Barbieri

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Roof or real estate? An agent-based model of housing affordability in The Netherlands 屋顶还是房地产？基于代理的荷兰住房负担能力模型

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Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.11.014

Ruben Tarne, Dirk Bezemer

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Is artificial intelligence leading to a new technological paradigm? 人工智能正在引领一种新的技术范式吗？

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.006

Giacomo Damioli , Vincent Van Roy , Daniel Vertesy , Marco Vivarelli

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Higher prices in a more competitive market: The paradox in the retail electricity market in the United Kingdom 竞争更激烈的市场中更高的价格：英国零售电力市场的悖论

IF 5 2区经济学

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.12.001

Huanhuan Chen , Jinke Li , Nigel O'Leary , Jing Shao

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