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Sustainability in the wake of crisis: Transforming climate change-induced disasters into drivers of renewable energy innovation in business 危机后的可持续性：将气候变化引发的灾难转化为企业可再生能源创新的动力

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106777

Hiva Rastegar , Aymen Sajjad , Gabriel Eweje , Kazunori Kobayashi

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On the emergence of international currencies: An experimental approach 关于国际货币的出现：实验方法

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106744

Marcos Cardozo , Yaroslav Rosokha , Cathy Zhang

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Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America 对专家建议的反弹：拉丁美洲对 COVID-19 建议的反应

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106752

Facundo Albornoz , Nicolas Bottan , Guillermo Cruces , Bridget Hoffmann , María Lombardi

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Local far-right demonstrations and nationwide public attitudes towards migration 地方极右翼示威和全国公众对移民的态度

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106766

Teresa Freitas-Monteiro , Christopher Prömel

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Productivity performance, distance to frontier and AI innovation: Firm-level evidence from Europe 生产力绩效、前沿距离和人工智能创新：欧洲企业层面的证据

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106762

Larissa da Silva Marioni , Ana Rincon-Aznar , Francesco Venturini

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Not all about the money: Service quality information improves consumer decision-making 不全是钱的问题：服务质量信息改善消费者决策

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106769

Janneke Blijlevens , Swee-Hoon Chuah , Ananta Neelim , Johanna E. Prasch , Ahmed Skali

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Hospital capacity reporting in Germany during Covid-19 德国在 Covid-19 期间的医院能力报告

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106730

Simon Reif, Sabrina Schubert

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Who is to suffer? Quantifying the impact of sanctions on German firms 谁会受害？量化制裁对德国企业的影响

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106767

Holger Görg , Anna Jacobs , Saskia Meuchelböck

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Highway havens for hidden horrors: Expressway connections and child trafficking in China 隐藏恐怖的高速公路避风港：高速公路连接线与中国的儿童贩运

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106765

Xinyan Liu , Yu Bai , Yanjun Li , Yajie Sun

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Moral bandwidth and environmental concerns during a public health crisis: Evidence from Germany 公共卫生危机期间的道德带宽和环境问题：来自德国的证据

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106753

Julia Berazneva , Daniel Graeber , Michelle McCauley , Sabine Zinn , Peter Hans Matthews

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