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From Isolation to Integration: The Legacy of Treaty Ports on Inter-City Connectivity 从孤立到融合：通商口岸对城市间互联互通的影响

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-06-16 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70073

Shi Chen, Daidai Shen, Huan Yang

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Local Crime Spillover Onto Public–Private Partnership Financing Commitment: Do Urban Proximity and Local Affluence Matter? 地方犯罪对公私合作融资承诺的溢出效应：城市邻近性和地方富裕程度有影响吗？

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-05-25 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70070

King Yoong Lim, Lin Lang, Diego Morris, Waseem Toraubally

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Do Land Value Taxes Curb Land Prices? Capitalization, Speculation, and Spatial Inequality in Loja, Ecuador 土地价值税能抑制地价吗？厄瓜多尔洛哈的资本化、投机和空间不平等

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70063

José María Tubío-Sánchez, Fabián Reyes-Bueno

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Dynamic Probit Models With Network Interdependence and Unobserved Heterogeneity With an Application to Multinational-Firm Participation in China 具有网络相互依赖和未观察异质性的动态Probit模型——在中国跨国公司参与中的应用

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-06-09 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70072

Peter H. Egger, Michaela Kesina

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Beyond Dispersion: Density, Industry, and Political Fragmentation in the Geography of Regional Job Centers 超越分散：区域就业中心地理上的密度、工业和政治分裂

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70058

Zakhary Mallett, Nicholas Wilsey

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House Prices and Bank Lending to SMEs: Evidence From UK Local Authorities 房价与中小企业银行贷款：来自英国地方当局的证据

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70069

Jalal Siddiki, Zilong Wang

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Uneven Greening: Dynamics of Urban–Rural Income Gap During the Green Transition 不均匀绿化：绿色转型时期城乡收入差距动态

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70074

Xiaoping He, Jiahui Chen, Yuxuan Yu

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The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost-Benefit Analysis 便利的代价：出行时间评估和成本效益分析的享乐主义方法

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70065

Isaac Mann, David M. Levinson

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Voting Red Again: How Social Capital and Local Change Drove the Trump Swing 再次投票：社会资本和地方变革如何推动特朗普的摇摆

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Journal of Regional Science Pub Date : 2026-09-09 Epub Date: 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1111/jors.70071

Pedro Fierro, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Francisco Rowe, Ellen Johanna Helsper

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Telecom Expansion and Internal Migrants in Indian Cities 印度城市的电信扩张与内部移民