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Whac-a-mole: China's debt policies and local debt risks 打地鼠：中国债务政策与地方债务风险

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102963

Jingting Zhang, Junping Zeng

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Reliability of analyst recommendations based on the DS-LightGBM model 基于DS-LightGBM模型的分析师建议的可靠性

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102961

Zhimin Li , Weidong Zhu , Yong Wu , Zihao Wu

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Robot adoption and corporate supply chain efficiency: Evidence from China 机器人采用与企业供应链效率：来自中国的证据

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102958

Chongchong Xu , Anna Min Du , Boqiang Lin

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Consumption measurement and the limits of insurance: Evidence from Australia 消费计量与保险限度：来自澳大利亚的证据

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102956

Jennifer Z. Sun

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What it costs: Family firms' supply chain efficiency losses 代价：家族企业供应链效率损失

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102959

Xin Huang , Hao Huang , Fushun Zhang , Tianren Li

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Do multicultural barriers hinder fintech development? A pre-registered report 多元文化障碍是否阻碍了金融科技的发展？预注册报告

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102953

Haiyang Zhang, Lina Wang, Wenda Song

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Mixed-ownership reform and AI adoption in state-owned enterprises: A pre-registered report 国企混合所有制改革与人工智能应用：一份预注册报告

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102954

Ziteng Han, Lingxi Chen, Teng Zhong

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The impact of excessive financial investment on corporate risk 金融过度投资对企业风险的影响

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102955

Haonan Zhang , Qinghua Zhang , Jian Chen

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Insider trading patterns during the COVID period COVID期间的内幕交易模式

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102957

George J. Jiang , Xiaoli Ma , Yun Ma

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Does cultural diversity affect trade credit provision? 文化多样性是否影响贸易信贷供应？

IF 5.3 2区经济学

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2025.102952

Liang Ma, Yuetang Wang, Yuan Yuan

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