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Does Internet Development Put Pressure on Energy-Saving Potential for Environmental Sustainability? Evidence from China
by Siyu Ren , Zhiyuan Liu , Rinat Z hanbayev  and  Mingyue Du
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With the development of information technology and its application in environmental governance, the role of the internet in improving energy efficiency and reducing energy-saving potential (ESP) has attracted more attention. In this study, the slack-based model (SBM) and the unexpected model, along with the entropy method, were applied to measure China's energy-saving potential [...] Read more

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Monetised sustainability impacts of integrated planning in the manufactured construction products industry: A transport perspective from New Zealand
by Kamal Dhawan , John E. Tookey , Ali GhaffarianHoseini  and  Mani Poshdar
Abstract
The extensive, interdisciplinary nature of construction supply chains make them prone to inefficiencies at organisational interfaces. Inefficiencies are accentuated by the project-centric delivery paradigm, and complex logistics systems between multiple stakeholders. They manifest as a multitude of concurrent activities, processes, and systems both on and off-site. Transportati [...] Read more

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Advances in rapid detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with DNase-based sensors
by Shriya Madan  and  Yongzhi Chen
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen, and its presence in medical environments and water bodies has attracted widespread attention. Traditional detection methods are usually time-consuming and cumbersome, so it is necessary to develop a rapid and sensitive detection technology. DNase can specifically recognize and cut DNA molecules complementary to its substrate sequence [...] Read more

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Follow Suit: Imitative governance, resource inclination, and regional innovation efficiency
by Shutter Zor , Jingru Chen , Jietie Ailimujiang  and  Fayao Wang
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Influenced by traditional notions of solidarity, when a province’s planning can be highly aligned with that of the central government, the province is perceived to be more collective and thus able to receive financial or resource favors from the central government. This consistency, as is often the case, reflected in doing the same thing as the central government. This si [...] Read more

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Public Diplomacy and Chinese OFDI: Empirical Evidence from the Africa
by Xinjian Ye , Zhuolin Wu , Shuocong Gu  and  Shikuan Zhao
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Public diplomacy is a significant factor in promoting policy communication, people-to-people bonds, and the protection of foreign assets between two nations, but there is little research on the economic worth of public diplomacy. Python was used to crawl the daily search frequency of "China", "African countries", and related terms to construct the heat index of China-Africa pub [...] Read more

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Research on the Impact of Digital Finance on China's Urban-Rural Income Gap
by Zhe Zhang
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The integration of digital technology and traditional finance has further achieved the goal of low-cost and sustainable financial services and contributed to high-quality economic development. Based on the data from 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021, this paper empirically analyzes the impact of digital finance on the urban-rural income gap. The results show that digital [...] Read more

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Can University Scientific Research Activities Promote High-Quality Economic Development? Empirical evidence from provincial panel data
by Tao Zhu , Xingmin Zhang  and  Xiaoqian Liu
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Scientific and technological innovation and human capital savings are important ways to promote the high-quality development of China's economy. On this basis, using the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2009 to 2017, this paper empathically tests the impact of university research activities on high-quality growth of China's economy, and explores the influence mechanism [...] Read more

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Competition in French hospital: Does it impact the patient management in healthcare?
by Carine Milcent
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This research paper examines changes in patient care management in acute care hospitals between 2001 and 2011. During this time, there were two opposing factors at play: the competition effect of the reform and the policymaker’s decision to reduce public hospitals across France. By studying the trends, it is evident that there has been a significant overall shift in patie [...] Read more

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A simulation study on the insurance claims distribution using Weibull distribution
by Hamza Abubakar  and  Muhammad Lawal Danrimi
Abstract
The Weibull distribution is extensively useful in the field of finance, insurance and natural disasters. Recently, It has been considered as one of the most frequently used statistical distributions in modelling and analyzing stock pricing movement and uncertain prediction in financial and investment data sets, such as insurance claims distribution. It is well known that the Ba [...] Read more

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COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: GMM/IV Panel VAR evidence from US states
by Lotanna E. Emediegwu
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This paper estimates panel vector autoregressions to analyze the endogenous connection between COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Using weekly, US state-level data, the study finds evidence of a significant positive effect of NCD-related mortality on deaths due to COVID-19. I find this effect to be higher for males than females. Results are robust to several sensiti [...] Read more

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College Selectivity, Choice of Major, and Post-College Earnings
by William Brian Muse  and  Iryna Muse
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College choice and choice of major are the most important decisions for future earnings. It is still unclear, however, what makes a greater difference—college or major—or whether a choice of college matters more for some majors, but not the others. Using cross-classified models and College Scorecard data, I show that a discipline is more consequential for future ear [...] Read more

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Green Credit Policy, Institution Supply and Enterprise Green Innovation
by Chunji Zheng , Feng Deng , Chengfeng Zhuo  and  Weiheng Sun
Abstract
Green credit policy (GCP) relies on financial means to promote environmental governance. Whether it can achieve the goals of economic development and environmental protection, especially in the context of different institutional supplies, remains to be scientifically tested. Based on the implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines in 2012, this study uses panel data [...] Read more

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Does the foreign negative list system aggravate domestic banking industry risks?
by Zineb Hminna , Xuehuan Lu , Tianlei Dai  and  Huiping Gao
Abstract
In the context of the continuous deepening reform of the foreign investment negative list system and the increasing pressure on financial risk prevention and resolution, it is of great significance to study the impact of the foreign investment negative list system on banking risks. This study is conducted on the basis of systematically sorting out the mechanism of the foreign n [...] Read more

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Unraveling the impact of energy demand and exports on environment and economy: A case study of South Asian Economies
by Kiran Batool , Muhammad Adeel  and  Abdulhalim Musa Abubakar
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This study employs empirical analysis using an econometric model that examines the interdependence among environmental degradation, exports, and economic development with energy use. It also provides an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for selected South Asian economies utilizing time-series data. The findings reveal a long-term, stable equilibrium link between energy demand a [...] Read more

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Effects of Education Equalization Measures on Housing Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Suzhou, China
by Shang Xie , Muhammad Ateeq ur Reman  and  Kang Mao
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Educational equity is the foundation of social equity, and education equalization is one of the serious issues to be solved by the government. This work considers one education equalization reform conducted by Suzhou Industrial Park of China, namely, the comprehensive "five to nine" (CFTN) housing purchase admission qualification adjustment policy, as an example and uses the re [...] Read more

Journal Article
Political Promotion and Manufacturing Firm Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Firms
by Long Wang , Qifeng Zhao  and  Wenyin Chen
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the impact of political promotion on the productivity of manufacturing firms using the database of Chinese industrial enterprises from 1998 to 2007. We found that the political promotion of officials had a negative impact on manufacturing firm productivity, and this impact varied according to the characteristics of officials and enterprises. [...] Read more

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Innovation with ecological sustainability: Does corporate environmental responsibility matter in green innovation?
by Xiaoli Hao , Wenqian Fu  and  Khaldoon Albitar
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Green innovation, driven by China's new development concept, plays a crucial role in high-quality economic development. In line with the green development trend, businesses increasingly prioritize whether their corporate environmental responsibilities (CER) can effectively enhance corporate green innovation (CGI) levels. This paper examines the influence and mechanism of CER on [...] Read more

Journal Article
CEO power, corporate governance, and firm leverage
by Shahbaz Sheikh
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This study empirically examines the effect of corporate governance on the relation between CEO power and firm leverage. Results from OLS and industry fixed effects regressions show that CEO power is positively associated with firm leverage. However, this association is driven by the strength of corporate governance as powerful CEOs tend to choose higher levels of debt only when [...] Read more

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State intervention in land pricing and endogenous risk aversion
by Yong He
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This study explores the cause and effect of endogenous risk aversion in land pricing, where state intervention through taxation remains a general practice. Using a consumption-based asset pricing model incorporating taxation, it is shown that high taxation, due to the indexation effect, supporting land prices and reducing individuals' risk expectations, could lead to an endogen [...] Read more

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How do R&D factors affect total factor productivity: based on stochastic frontier analysis method
by Shikuan Zhao , Wen Tian  and  Abd Alwahed Dagestani
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Based on provincial panel data from 1998-2018, this paper estimates research and development (R&D) factors, and a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model is constructed to examine the effects of R&D factors on regional total factor productivity (TFP). The results show that both R&D capital stock and R&D personnel can significantly promote regional TFP, but the [...] Read more