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Mass migration and natives’ health at birth: Evidence from Syrian refugee inflows to Turkey 大规模移民与本地人出生时的健康：来自流入土耳其的叙利亚难民的证据

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.08.003

Siwar Khelifa

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Export expansion, demand for external finance, and regional financial development: Evidence from China 出口扩张、外部融资需求与区域金融发展：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.11.001

Dahai Fu , Yi Lu , Shufei Wang

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The impact of input-trade liberalization on firms’ borrowings 投入贸易自由化对企业借贷的影响

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.008

Farida Abdelsalam, Maria Bas

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Trade liberalization and gender dynamics: The impact of policy uncertainty on sex ratios at birth in China 贸易自由化与性别动态：政策不确定性对中国出生人口性别比的影响

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.11.002

Fan He , Wei Huang , Tim F. Liao , Yuanyuan Ma

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Open-source information and repression 开源信息和压制

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.006

Manuel Oechslin

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Transnational diffusion of identity politics 身份政治的跨国扩散

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.005

Soeren C. Schwuchow

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Intellectual property rights protection and firm innovation: Evidence from half million firms in China 知识产权保护与企业创新：来自中国50万家企业的证据

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.003

Bochuan Dai , George Chao Ma , Tao Shen

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Global value chains: Do they impact the allocation of foreign aid? 全球价值链：它们会影响外援的分配吗？

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.007

Basak Bayramoglu , Jean-François Jacques , Julie Lochard

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Higher education funding, welfare and inequality in equilibrium 高等教育经费、福利和不平等处于平衡状态

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.07.011

Gustavo Mellior

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Exchanging money for love? A regional analysis of EU cohesion policy and Euroscepticism 用金钱换爱？欧盟凝聚力政策与欧洲怀疑主义的区域分析

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Journal of Comparative Economics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2025.10.003

Michael Bayerlein , Matthias Diermeier

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