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Do industrial robots bring happiness? The moderating role of public trust
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.033
Wen Wang, Wang-Zhe Han
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The adoption of international standards and export behavior of multi-product firms: A perspective based on differentiated competitive strategies
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.034
Suyun Wang , Hai Zhu
{"title":"The adoption of international standards and export behavior of multi-product firms: A perspective based on differentiated competitive strategies","authors":"Suyun Wang ,&nbsp;Hai Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>International standards, as a foundational element for technical regulations, play a pivotal role in facilitating global trade. This study constructs a novel database to assess China's adoption of international standards and demonstrates its positive impact on the export performance of multi-product firms. The paper distinguishes firms by their competitive strategies—quality-based versus cost-based—and analyzes the differential effects of international standards adoption on their export behavior. The results show that firms with quality-based competitive strategies raise prices, expand product ranges, and reduce the share of core products in exports. In contrast, firms with cost-based competitive strategies lower prices, narrow product offerings, and focus on core products. Mechanism analysis reveals that international standards adoption positively affects multi-product firms' export behavior through quality signaling and scale effects. These findings offer new insights into the impact of international standards adoption on export behavior and underscore the importance of standard harmonization for developing countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 351-362"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impact of artificial intelligence technology application on total factor productivity in agricultural enterprises: Evidence from China
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.032
Mengqi Ding, Qijie Gao
{"title":"The impact of artificial intelligence technology application on total factor productivity in agricultural enterprises: Evidence from China","authors":"Mengqi Ding,&nbsp;Qijie Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The agricultural sector exhibits significant differences in production methods, efficiency, and models compared to other industries. The question remains whether the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture can positively impact total factor productivity (TFP). This study investigates the effect and mechanism of AI application on the TFP of agricultural enterprises, using A-share listed agricultural companies from 2011 to 2022 as the research sample. The findings reveal that AI acts as an “agricultural accelerator” for production efficiency, significantly enhancing the TFP of agricultural enterprises. This conclusion holds even after a series of robustness tests and the use of instrumental variables to address endogeneity. In terms of the impact mechanism, AI promotes TFP improvement in agricultural enterprises by enhancing innovation capacity, optimizing the human capital structure, and reducing costs while increasing efficiency. Additionally, the impact of AI is more pronounced in enterprises whose main business is edible agricultural products, larger-scale operations, private enterprises, and those located in the eastern regions. This study provides theoretical guidance for developing precise AI application plans for agricultural enterprises in China and other developing countries, and offers important policy implications for sustainable agricultural development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 399-415"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143704505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Can e-commerce bring dividends to rural households? New evidence from the income inequality perspective
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.036
Yaling Luo, Lei Zhou, Weike Zhang
{"title":"Can e-commerce bring dividends to rural households? New evidence from the income inequality perspective","authors":"Yaling Luo,&nbsp;Lei Zhou,&nbsp;Weike Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Income inequality is a major barrier to economic growth and social harmony. It is crucial to explore whether rural e-commerce development (RECD) can efficiently alleviate income inequality in rural households (IIRH). This study examines the impact of RECD on IIRH based on the 2020 China Rural Revitalization Comprehensive Survey data. This paper found that RECD exerts a substantial and positive impact on reducing IIRH, and this finding remains robust after a series of robustness checks. Furthermore, the paper also finds that this effect is stronger for rural households with higher levels of digital usage and human capital. Mechanism analysis further reveals that RECD reduces IIRH by increasing information availability, improving financial accessibility, and enhancing the capacity of rural households to manage their land independently. These findings provide insights for the future evolution of rural e-commerce as well as for the design of policies aimed at addressing IIRH.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 363-379"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143704503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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“Fidelity” or “exploitation”: Social trust and corporate greenwashing
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.035
Jianye Wang , Yubing Ke
{"title":"“Fidelity” or “exploitation”: Social trust and corporate greenwashing","authors":"Jianye Wang ,&nbsp;Yubing Ke","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As culture plays an important role in corporate decisions, this paper examines whether and how social trust affects corporate greenwashing. Using data from China's A-share listed heavily polluting companies over the period of 2010–2022, we find that regional social trust positively affects corporate greenwashing, indicating the presence of <em>Trust Exploitation</em>. The effect is more pronounced among non-state-owned firms, firms in the eastern region, and firms with a weak competitive market position and high financial risk. Furthermore, mechanism tests show that social trust weakens internal and external monitoring, reduces information transparency, reinforces managerial short-sightedness, and raises the proportion of male executives, through which corporate greenwashing is affected. This study adds to the literature on the determinants of corporate greenwashing from the perspective of informal institutions and enriches the literature on the negative economic consequences of social trust.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 336-350"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Impact of Chinese environmental protection tax law on high-pollution firms' employment growth - A quasi natural experiment
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.031
Yunshu Shao , Yuxiang Cheng
{"title":"Impact of Chinese environmental protection tax law on high-pollution firms' employment growth - A quasi natural experiment","authors":"Yunshu Shao ,&nbsp;Yuxiang Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental protection tax law increases high-pollution firms’ cost and leads to changing of firms’ employment structure. This study analyzes how the Chinese environmental protection tax (eco-tax) policy influences employment growth rates. This study utilizes the difference-in-difference (DID) to conduct the research. The main result shows that this policy promotes employment growth of high-pollution firms in China. The mechanism analysis utilizes the mediation effect model, indicating that the eco-tax promotes high-pollution firms’ employment growth through the mediation effects of increasing labor sectors’ contribution, improving corporation market performance, and attracting employees by higher salary. The heterogeneity analysis has three main indications. (1) The eco-tax promotes the employment growth of labor-intensive firms but not technology- and asset-intensive firms. (2) The eco-tax policy has a significant positive effect on the employment growth of high-pollution enterprises dominated by low-skill workers. (3) The eco-tax policy facilitates the employment growth of high-pollution firms that are in less economically developed areas, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), high-digitalized, and intensively devoting to green innovation, and the results vary among firms with different main labor force contributions and employee proficiencies. It demonstrates that the eco-tax policy should be diversified based on the primary labor force contributions. The results also illustrate the necessity to promote non-SOEs’ environmental protection participation, improve digitalization levels, and promote green innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 416-437"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143724158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Does government deleveraging affect corporate cost stickiness?
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.029
Li Wang , Yajun Tang , Haicheng Shu , Ziqing Zhang
{"title":"Does government deleveraging affect corporate cost stickiness?","authors":"Li Wang ,&nbsp;Yajun Tang ,&nbsp;Haicheng Shu ,&nbsp;Ziqing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Asymmetric cost behavior is a significant topic within the field of manage- ment accounting. Adjustments in macroeconomic policies inevitably exert profound influences on corporate management decisions, potentially leading to changes in cost behavior. This paper, grounded in the macroeconomic backdrop of China's deleveraging policy, delves into the potential impact of this policy on cost stickiness at the micro-enterprise level. The study reveals that the enforced implementation of the deleveraging policy has, to some extent, inhibited cost stickiness in enterprises. Variations in the methods and degrees of deleveraging adopted by enterprises result in differing levels of inhibition on cost stickiness. Compared to equity-increasing deleverag- ing, debt-reducing deleveraging demonstrates a more pronounced effect in mitigating cost stickiness. Furthermore, in the heterogeneity analysis, the inhibitory effect of the deleveraging policy on cost stickiness is particularly evident in enterprises with higher external financing dependence, those with- out well-established bank-enterprise relationships, and those subject to in- dustrial policy constraints. This research provides empirical validation and support for the anticipated motivational factors behind cost stickiness within the Chinese context, thereby expanding and deepening the understanding of how macroeconomic policies influence micro-enterprise behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 288-303"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impact of digital infrastructure on labor productivity
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.030
Xiang Zhao, Jiali Liu
{"title":"The impact of digital infrastructure on labor productivity","authors":"Xiang Zhao,&nbsp;Jiali Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The enhancement of labor productivity is a critical determinant of economic growth and plays a key role in intensifying global competition. The study employs a staggered difference-in-differences model to evaluate the impact of the Broadband China policy on labor productivity, using panel data from 280 cities from 2011 to 2021. The results show that: (1) The Broadband China policy has a significant positive effect on labor productivity, with the conclusion holding after a series of robustness checks. (2) Mechanism analyses indicate that the primary channels through which the policy promotes labor productivity are the alleviation of labor mismatch, the enhancement of urban innovation capacity, and the upgrading of human capital. (3) Heterogeneity analyses suggest that the policy's effect on labor productivity is more pronounced in regions with higher levels of marketization, industrial clustering, and industrial structure, compared to regions with lower levels of these factors. This study provides valuable insights into the optimal utilization of digital infrastructure to enhance labor productivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 274-287"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pathway to carbon reduction in China: The role of coupling synergies of the digital economy and green finance
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.027
Mingyang You , Bo Wang , Jun Zhao , Hongyun Huang
{"title":"Pathway to carbon reduction in China: The role of coupling synergies of the digital economy and green finance","authors":"Mingyang You ,&nbsp;Bo Wang ,&nbsp;Jun Zhao ,&nbsp;Hongyun Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.027","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>On the basis of calculating the coupling of synergies of the digital economy and green finance (DEGF), this study utilizes the data of 30 provinces from 2014 to 2021 to explore whether this coupling accelerates carbon reduction. This study also analyses the heterogeneity and mechanism. We find that the coupling of synergies of the DEGF has increased substantially during the sample period, from mildly disordered to barely synergy. Moreover, this study finds that the coupling of synergies of the DEGF has helped stimulate carbon-reduction activities significantly. This effect is particularly prominent in the western area and non-free trade zone provinces. Regarding the mechanism routes, increasing economic size and improved technical innovation are valid transmission paths of the coupling of synergies of the DEGF for boosting carbon mitigation. Accordingly, we propose some useful and practical policy implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 258-273"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The heterogeneous impact of rural residents' income growth on consumption carbon emissions: Based on the QUAIDS and EASI models
IF 7.9 2区 经济学
Economic Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.021
Rendong Wang , Lei Li , Chengjun Wang
{"title":"The heterogeneous impact of rural residents' income growth on consumption carbon emissions: Based on the QUAIDS and EASI models","authors":"Rendong Wang ,&nbsp;Lei Li ,&nbsp;Chengjun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eap.2025.03.021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Income growth has a significant effect on the upgrading of residents' consumption structure and the generation of consumption carbon emissions (CCE). However, the effects of various income growth patterns on the consumption structure and CCE in rural China across different income levels, regions, and time periods are still not well understood. Using unbalanced provincial panel data of rural areas in China from 1999 to 2020, this study examines the effects of income growth on CCE across different periods and regions for various income groups. By employing estimated income elasticities, the study predicts the impact of different income growth patterns on CCE. A comparison of all outcomes is conducted using the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) and the Exact Affine Stone Index Implicit Marshallian Demand System (EASI). The results reveal significant inequalities in both income and CCE among rural residents, with increased transfer payments resulting in relatively lower carbon emissions. Furthermore, static simulations tend to overestimate CCE. Our findings suggest that implementing transfer payments to low-income rural populations and guiding all rural residents to consume low-carbon products would help mitigate the rapid increase in consumption carbon emissions among rural residents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54200,"journal":{"name":"Economic Analysis and Policy","volume":"86 ","pages":"Pages 245-257"},"PeriodicalIF":7.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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