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Climate risk and corporate debt decision 气候风险与企业债务决策

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103261

Chuyu Jiang , Yating Li , Xuan Zhang , Yang Zhao

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CEOS’ climate risk perception bias and corporate debt structure ceo气候风险感知偏差与企业债务结构

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103254

Shupei Huang , Xinya Wang , Yi Xue , Xinzhi Zhang

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Does extreme climate exacerbate the risk spillover in green finance markets? evidence from a multi-horizon investment perspective 极端气候是否加剧了绿色金融市场的风险溢出？多视角投资的证据

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103262

Qichang Xie , Ruize Gong , Lei Yin , Xin Xu

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U.S.-China trade frictions and supply chain reconstruction: Perspective from indirect links 中美贸易摩擦与供应链重构：间接环节视角

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103256

Changyuan Luo , Ning Wang

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Current account dynamics and saving-investment nexus in a changing and uncertain world 在一个不断变化和不确定的世界中，经常账户动态和储蓄-投资关系

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103238

Menzie Chinn , Hiro Ito

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U.S. monetary policy and portfolio spillover effects: The role of global production network 美国货币政策与投资组合溢出效应：全球生产网络的作用

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103255

Tong Qi , Jiezhou Ying

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Industry growth at the lower bound 行业增长处于下界

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2025.103283

Arsenios Skaperdas

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Exchange rate regime and optimal policy: The case of China 汇率制度与最优政策：以中国为例

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2025.103277

Yujeong Cho , Yintao He , Yiping Huang , Jieru Wang , Changhua Yu

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The exchange rate elasticity of the Swiss current account 瑞士经常账户的汇率弹性

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2025.103279

Johannes Eugster , Giovanni Donato

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Monetary policy spillovers: Is this time different? 货币政策溢出效应：这次不同吗？

IF 2.8 2区经济学

Journal of International Money and Finance Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2025.103278

Hongyi Chen , Peter Tillmann

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