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Volume 86, issue C, 2025

Import liberalization and pollution reduction: Firm-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing pp. 1-18

Xiaosong Wang, Siyuan Tian, Yuding Zhou and Le Li

Does national ESG performance move together with climate warming? pp. 19-29

Juan Tan, Xing-Yun Zou, Xin Zhang and Chun-Ping Chang

Green digital finance and energy transition: Considering the differentiating role of regional policy uncertainty pp. 30-48

Mengfan Du and Yue-Jun Zhang

ESG disclosure and corporate human capital upgrading in China pp. 49-64

Mingjie Ni

Environmental and economy-wide impacts of green fiscal policies on digital economy development: A CGE-based analysis pp. 65-75

Xiang-Yan Qian, Yan-Yan Yu, Song-Yang Yan and Hong-Dian Jiang

The invisible hand of transfer: The income distribution effect of water resource fee to tax pp. 76-97

Peng Yao, Zhijin Tian and Jinze Li

Firm digitalization and inter-firm financing along the supply chain pp. 98-116

Jinkang Zhang, Linlin Zhang, Shan Wang and Dazhuang Zhang

How green bonds exert a demonstration effect on firms within the same region pp. 117-136

Chengming Li, Guanyu Guo, Huangying Gu and Xiaoqi Dong

The non-observed economy in the national accounts: New evidence for EU and EFTA Member States pp. 137-164

Alexandra Fernandes

Examining the Effect of Macroeconomic, Institutional, and Capital Market Drivers on Infrastructure Investment pp. 165-190

João Pedro Gonçalves dos Santos, Vítor Manuel Ferreira Moutinho, Mara Madaleno and Zélia Maria da Silva Serrasqueiro Teixeira

The effects of mixed ownership reforms on Chinese firms’ emissions pp. 191-209

Kefan Xu, Peng Yuan and Renjie Yu

Does population aging aggravate energy poverty: An examination of clean cooking fuel choice in rural China pp. 210-230

Min Yao and Lei Liu

Energy at risk: Exploring energy security in a geopolitically unstable world pp. 231-244

Ping-Chuan Jiang, Gen-Fu Feng and Chun-Ping Chang

The heterogeneous impact of rural residents' income growth on consumption carbon emissions: Based on the QUAIDS and EASI models pp. 245-257

Rendong Wang, Lei Li and Chengjun Wang

Pathway to carbon reduction in China: The role of coupling synergies of the digital economy and green finance pp. 258-273

Mingyang You, Bo Wang, Jun Zhao and Hongyun Huang

The impact of digital infrastructure on labor productivity pp. 274-287

Xiang Zhao and Jiali Liu

Does government deleveraging affect corporate cost stickiness? pp. 288-303

Li Wang, Yajun Tang, Haicheng Shu and Ziqing Zhang

How do firms adapt trade liberalization through diverse innovation strategies? pp. 304-320

Guo Wentao, Nian Hongyu and Zhang Zhiqiang

The impact of FDI on the development of China's low-carbon economy in the context of the “Dual Circulation” policy pp. 321-335

Xiaotong Wang, Yuezhu Wang and Gujie Li

“Fidelity” or “exploitation”: Social trust and corporate greenwashing pp. 336-350

Jianye Wang and Yubing Ke

The adoption of international standards and export behavior of multi-product firms: A perspective based on differentiated competitive strategies pp. 351-362

Suyun Wang and Hai Zhu

Can e-commerce bring dividends to rural households? New evidence from the income inequality perspective pp. 363-379

Yaling Luo, Lei Zhou and Weike Zhang

Do industrial robots bring happiness? The moderating role of public trust pp. 380-398

Wen Wang and Wang-Zhe Han

The impact of artificial intelligence technology application on total factor productivity in agricultural enterprises: Evidence from China pp. 399-415

Mengqi Ding and Qijie Gao

Impact of Chinese environmental protection tax law on high-pollution firms' employment growth - A quasi natural experiment pp. 416-437

Yunshu Shao and Yuxiang Cheng

Mitigating energy poverty in the European union welfare states through renewable energy and technological innovation pp. 438-460

Eugenia Ramona Mara

Towards energy security: Could renewable energy endure uncertainties in the energy market? pp. 461-474

Junyi Dou, Kun Li, Meng Qin and Lucian Liviu Albu

Asymmetric nexus of green energy inclusion and green trade spillover effects on economic growth: Insights from China's experience for EAC-6 pp. 475-493

Elias Gakuru, Shaohua Yang, Ling Yang, Yuting Wang, Olufemi Samuel Adegboyo, Ndayambaje, J․d and Chaudhary Saad Ullah Hussain

Digital inclusive finance and corporate debt financing: Empirical evidence from China pp. 494-509

Yongbin Cai, Xinyu Tan, Wenbin Fang, Shamsun Nahar and Feiyang Wang

Resilient reserves: Climate adaptive pilot cities policy and firms’ cash holdings pp. 510-527

Changcai Luo, Dixin Cai and Junbing Xu

Energy-use rights trading, technological innovation, and green transformation of energy-intensive manufacturing enterprises pp. 528-544

Weijie Zhang and Bowen Li

Differences make a difference: Board diversity and enterprise digital transformation pp. 545-558

Huaining Xu, Shasha Liu and Gaowen Kong

Digital transformation under the pressure of uncertainty in the banking sector pp. 559-575

Japan Huynh

ENGO geographical proximity and corporate environmental performance pp. 576-589

Qian Li and Zhouyuanye Wang

Empowering green growth: The role of corporate digital transformation in boosting renewable energy investment in China pp. 590-605

Yu-Xin Yang and Jing-Yue Liu

Digital–real economy integration and urban low-carbon development in China pp. 606-621

Zhenhua Xu, Wenhao Xu and Daleng Xin

Revisiting the impact of financial shocks on the fiscal position of euro area countries pp. 622-635

Darja Zabavnik and Miroslav Verbič

Bond market opening under trade conflict: The role of foreign investors in pricing pp. 636-652

Guangning Tian, Nanxuan Wang, Jiansuer Julaiti and Yipeng Li

Does ISO 50001 adoption reduce manufacturing energy intensity? Micro-evidence from China pp. 653-672

En-Ze Wang and Tong Pan

Imported intermediate goods embedded technology and intra-firm skill premiums pp. 673-691

MingRong Wang and XinYue Liu

Effects of high-tech industrial agglomeration and innovation on regional economic development in China: Evidence from spatial-temporal analysis and Spatial Durbin Model pp. 692-712

Donglan Huang, Guoteng Xu, Chengjiang Li and Shu Yang

The effect of the environmental protection tax on corporate labor demand: Evidence from China pp. 713-730

Qiuyue Yin, Chenyu Meng, Zhanfeng Dong and Bin Li

The impact of accountability for illegal operation and investment on investment efficiency of SOEs: Evidence from China pp. 731-748

Li Wang, Dongqian Qin and Lu Pan

The power of credit: can the implementation of a social credit system reduce the risk of corporate debt default? pp. 749-763

Xiaoke Zhao, Huirong Li and Shengtao Liu

Does digital transformation affect corporate mergers and acquisitions? From the perspective of information asymmetry pp. 764-778

Xinhe Zhang, Shujing Yue, Jiayi Tao and Xiaobing Lai

The impact of a scholarship with no compulsory service requirements on international students' migration decisions upon graduation pp. 779-793

Xue Peng and Erbiao Dai

Land use tournaments and urban green total factor productivity: Evidence from the reform in China pp. 794-811

Hongliang Sun, Jie Chen, Yanbo Wu and Youmeng Wu

Does economic sanctions bring risks to technological innovation in China? pp. 812-825

Yuhang Zhai, Wei He, Xinxin Zhao and Yaobo Shi

Hometown CEOs and greenwashing: From the perspective of energy consumption pp. 826-838

Xinhui Yang, Chih-Wei Wang, Jie Zhang and Weizheng Lin

Evaluating the impact of special additional deductions policy on urban-rural household vulnerability: Insights from China Family Panel Studies pp. 839-857

Yali Li, Ronald Marquez, Luhua Xie and Xinyi Li

Can innovation-driven policies enhance Chinese cities’ energy security? pp. 858-879

Yuegang Song, Miaomiao Zhu, Chongmiao Du and Xuming Zhou

Exploring the relationship between climate policy uncertainty perception and green technology innovation in Chinese enterprises pp. 880-892

Siqi Li, Hao Fan, Zijin Wang and Qiuyun Zhao

The impact and mechanism of government environmental policy innovation on industrial agglomeration: An empirical study based on a Quasi-natural experiment of the river chief system policy in the Yangtze River economic belt pp. 893-911

Zheng Wang, Erwang Yan, Zhiyong Zhang, Congyu Li and Qiyuan Gong

Quantifying the risk of renewable energy droughts in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) using MERRA-2 weather data pp. 912-928

Joel Gilmore, Tim Nelson and Tahlia Nolan

Driving a green future: Spatial econometric analysis of climate finance aid in renewable energy transition in developing countries pp. 929-949

Xiaohang Ren, Keyi Hong and Lizhu Tao

Service liberalization and export market power——Evidence from chinese manufacturing firm-product level data pp. 950-962

Jing Li, Yifei Li, Xiangxue Lu and Tenglong Zhong

One Country – Two Monetary Policies: Evidence from a new indicator of the PBoC’s monetary policy support for poor regions pp. 963-977

Makram El-Shagi, Lunan Jiang and Lin Zhang

Sino-US trade friction and the firm value: Evidence from listed firms in China pp. 978-987

Mengxun Liu, Faqin Lin, Fan Feng and Guang Xiong

Empowering energy transition: Revisiting the dynamic impacts of Carbon emissions trading and the crude oil market pp. 988-1001

Xiaoqing Wang, Wenxin Jin and Sebastian-Emanuel Stan

Does crop insurance increase farmers’ income? Evidence from the pilot program of agricultural catastrophe insurance in China pp. 1002-1019

Fangfang Li, Dongwei He, Jianghui Liu and Na Hong

Job loss and earnings inequality: Distributional effects of formal re-employment in Chile pp. 1020-1036

Rafael Carranza, Joaquín Prieto and Kirsten Sehnbruch

How effective are emission taxes in reducing air pollution? A satellite-based case study for Spain pp. 1037-1063

Thilo Erbertseder, Martin Jacob, Hannes Taubenböck and Kira Zerwer

Unveiling the impact of green energy on green productivity: A focus on hydrogen and the green transition in European regions pp. 1064-1082

Heidi Bogdzinski, Ivan Sergio and Jan Wedemeier

How financial development shapes globalization's impact on income inequality in Asia? pp. 1083-1098

Virender Kumar and Simran,

What affects national innovative capacity? The role of economic growth and trade openness pp. 1099-1118

Chien-Chiang Lee and Ya-Nan Zhao

Digital inclusive finance and rural entrepreneurial survival: The moderating role of digital and financial literacy pp. 1119-1136

Bin Li and Ya Pan

The impact of enterprise income tax on firm export: Evidence from income tax revenue sharing reform in China pp. 1137-1158

Su Yunqing and Lu Weijun

Institutional investors and ESG performance: Evidence from China pp. 1159-1181

Ping Zhang, Binbin Ma and Chuenyu Chi

The impact of food safety regulation on the health of middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from Chinese food safety pilot cities pp. 1182-1197

Chen Mingcong, Ma Qingshan and Sun Qiqi

High-quality exporting in the digital economy pp. 1198-1213

Zeyang Bian, Miao Xia and Yaqian Zhang

Leveraging external debt: Stimulate innovation by infrastructure development in Belt and Road countries pp. 1214-1243

Yonghui Han, Jinghua Mai, Fan Zhang and Ruilin Luo

Health-behavior link: The impact of health shocks on asset allocation and consumption in older households pp. 1244-1260

Chao Li, Han Cang and Qixuan Zhu

The impact of climate change on conflict: Does financial development matter? pp. 1261-1284

Olufemi Samuel Adegboyo, Ling Yang, Jean de Dieu Ndayambaje and Elias Gakuru

The shadow economy and foreign monetary transfers pp. 1285-1300

Jonas B. Bunte and Les Stanaland

Using Google search data to examine factory automation and its effect on employment pp. 1301-1328

Céline Diebold

Facilitating or inhibiting? The impact of climate policy uncertainty on enterprises' ESG performance in China pp. 1329-1345

Qingyang Han and Hongying Gao

Unveiling the power of state activism in times of distress pp. 1346-1376

Aneta Hryckiewicz, Natalia Kryg, Dimitrios P. Tsomocos and Olha Zadorozhna

Debt sustainability and the effectiveness of fiscal policy tools - The case of the Maldives pp. 1377-1390

Paresh K. Narayan, Aminath Seema Ismail, Mohamed Imthinan Saudulla and Syed Aun R. Rizvi

Artificial intelligence and corporate fraud: Evidence from China pp. 1391-1408

Yun Xia, Linling Xie, Xiao Chen and Ziang Lin

The impact of big data tax administration on local fiscal revenue: New evidence from the "Golden Tax Project Phase III" pp. 1409-1426

Shuguang Wang, Hui Li and Ying Zhang

Computation network and carbon neutrality: A quasi-natural experiment by externality of institutional support to energy security pp. 1427-1443

Da Huo, Xiaotao Zhang, Wenjia Gu and Zixuan Gao

How does intergovernmental competition through hometown tax donation system affect local government efficiency? pp. 1444-1459

Akinobu Ogawa and Haruo Kondoh

The impact of bank interest rate deregulations on firm exports: Evidence from China pp. 1460-1475

Guangya Sun, Yaping Sun and Jing Guo

How does economic growth targets influence vegetation dynamics? Evidence from China pp. 1476-1491

Siqi Yan, Jian Wang and Qun Wu

Sustainability needs trust: The role of social trust in driving corporate ESG performance pp. 1492-1509

Rui Fan, Yuxuan Xu, Liying Yu and Ran Qiu

Do the E-commerce-induced business clusters increase the income of local rural households? pp. 1510-1526

Li Qiuyun, Mingjia Xie and Yuehuan Tang

Exchange rate volatility and supply chain disruption pp. 1527-1545

Chang Li, Yuhui Shao, Tianzhu Wang and Shengdi Zhou

How does international tourism revenue affect economic development? A perspective of human capital pp. 1546-1568

Zhifeng Jie

Virtue over Deception: Confucian Culture and Corporate Greenwashing Behavior pp. 1569-1591

Zenglu Song, Jinjing Lu and Xinkuo Xu

Could U.S.-China conflicts intensify climate transition risks? pp. 1592-1604

Shuangshuang Chang, Meng Qin, Hsin-Pei Hsueh and Oana-Ramona Lobont

How government green procurement incentivises corporate green innovation? Evidence from China pp. 1605-1626

Ganna Zou, Shengbo Zhang, Xingqiong Gan and Hua Cheng

The impact of community banks’ innovation on regulatory choices pp. 1627-1644

Chenzi Yang, Deng-Kui Si, Fernando Moreira and Thomas Welsh Archibald

Rethinking government behavior: Local government self-interest and economic development quality pp. 1645-1659

Sen Li and Guangying Li

From policy to participation: Exploring the influence of property rights on rural revitalization efforts pp. 1660-1674

Zhihua Xu, Duolan Fan, Ji Chen and Shuqin Li

Evaluating green policies: A comparative analysis of subsidies and public procurement in green transition pp. 1675-1694

Jinqi Gao and Fan Lu

The Impact of green finance reform on firms' patent quality: An empirical study from Chinese listed manufacturing firms pp. 1695-1705

Ge Zhang and Bingnan Guo

Resilience of energy market under geopolitical risks: What’s the policy implications? pp. 1706-1724

Jie Cao, Yingxin Zhu, Zhujia Yin, Jing Li and Chun-Ping Chang

Short-term relief and green transformation: Evidence from the unintended environmental governance effects of China’s VAT credit refund policy pp. 1725-1747

Tong Yue, Jian Tong, Yan Guo and Cong Zhang

Short and longer-term effects of European regional policy pp. 1748-1765

Francesca Crucitti, Patrizio Lecca, Philippe Monfort and Simone Salotti

Energy costs of market integration: Evidence from city-county merger in China pp. 1766-1786

Mingke Li, Renjun Shen, Yanlong Chen and Tonghui Ji

High-speed rail expansion and housing prices in the "forgotten corners": Sub-City Level Evidence from Jiangsu Province in China pp. 1787-1800

Shiyu Cheng, Chenxu Hu and Yaxiang Song

Digital financial development, farmers' digital financial behavior, and relative poverty: An empirical analysis based on data from farmers in Yongzhou City pp. 1801-1819

Danyang Zhu

Impact of developmental social policy on household welfare: Evidence from China’s comprehensive demonstration policy for e-commerce in rural areas pp. 1820-1838

Yi Gao, Jing Yang, Jingzhu Zhao and Haorong Peng

Unintended environmental gains: The impact of social insurance contribution cut on corporate carbon emission reduction pp. 1839-1857

Junjia Su, Lijin Xiang and Deng-Kui Si

The emerging driving force of green transformation in resource-based cities: Does the digital economy work? pp. 1858-1880

Ye Liang, Chuanyu Zhou and Yunfeng Wu

Enhancing green development in poverty-stricken areas from the perspective of energy poverty: Evidence from E-commerce poverty alleviation pp. 1881-1896

Rong Ran, Zhe Li, Lei Hua and Jiaming Zhang

Measurement and spatiotemporal dynamic evolution of regional ecological efficiency in China from the perspective of undesirable outputs pp. 1897-1913

Kang Tian, Mingyang Yu, Xiong Hong, Zhen Chen, Ke He, Haoyu Wang and Lei Shi

Green structural monetary policy and firms’ Asymmetric carbon emission reduction: Evidence from China pp. 1914-1928

Kai Wan and Xiaolin Yu

Laissez-faire or policy intervention: How climate policy shape urban energy systems resilience pp. 1929-1944

Wei Chen, Qin Dai, Yang Zheng and Chang-song Wang

How does digital finance impact birth rates: Evidence from China pp. 1945-1965

Junshi Chen, Jing Chi, David Smith and Mui Kuen Yuen

Corrigendum to ‘Disentangling the effects of green finance in reducing CO2 emission from energy systems: Evidence from a novel factor decomposition mechanism’ [EAP Vol 85, March 2025, Pages 1721–1738] pp. 1966-1966

Yaxian Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Tomas Baležentis, Yuanying Chi and Dalia Streimikiene

Pro-environment attitudes and worker commuting behavior pp. 1967-1986

José Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina and Jorge Velilla

Threshold effects of financial depth on domestic savings: Evidence from the EMEA region pp. 1987-2000

Noha Emara

Green Productivity growth in Chinese Agriculture Industry–A novel approach and its empirical verification pp. 2001-2018

Xiang Chen, Shian-Jang Tzeng and Dan Wang

Integrating policy design with agricultural emissions reduction in China: A multi-sector DSGE Approach pp. 2019-2048

Xiaodi Zhang

Too big to be efficient? The role of size in public procurement performance pp. 2049-2069

Maurizio Caserta, Livio Ferrante, Paolo Lorenzo Ferrara and Stefania Fontana

Understanding consumer behavior in the choice of healthy food retail outlets: An examination of information types and the interplay between institutional trust and social recommendations pp. 2070-2094

Sasan Esfandiari Bahraseman, Maryam Dehghani Dashtabi, Ali Firoozzare, Flavio Boccia, Somayyeh Pakook and Daniela Covino

Digitalization policy and enterprise digital transformation: The role of big data capability pp. 2095-2113

Feifei Yu, Xia Gao, Xiaotong Li and Dong Jiang

The impact of urban innovation on migrant settlement: Evidence from China pp. 2114-2131

Yingen Yan and Qihan Cui

Can a looser fertility policy reduce consumption inequality? Evidence from China’s “universal two-child policy” pp. 2132-2153

Xianbo Zhou, Songliang Han, Yingming Wu and Guangsu Zhou

Green credit policies and labor income share: Evidence from China pp. 2154-2161

Disirun, and Lixinguang,

Does the European fiscal framework play a pivotal role in shaping fiscal cyclicality of the revenue side of the budget balance? pp. 2162-2179

Giovanni Carnazza, Federica Lanterna and Paolo Liberati

Pension insurance, risk attitudes, and household asset allocation–evidence from China pp. 2180-2191

Hua Chen, Yunxiao Guo, Ding Li and Han Xiao

Institutional investors’ green attention and corporate greenwashing: The effectiveness of external governance pp. 2192-2206

Shuitu Qian, Zhenyu Yang, Lingxiao Yang and Yun Zhang

Does digital transformation impact green total factor productivity? Evidence from national big data comprehensive pilot zones in China pp. 2207-2221

Jun Wen, Hongbo Hai, Yan Zhang, Zehua Chen and Lingxiao Li

Did high-speed rail induce regional convergence in China pp. 2222-2232

Shengnan Dai and Charles R. Link

The impact of VAT input tax refund policy on firms’ labor income share: Evidence from China pp. 2233-2246

Guang-Zhao Yang and Deng-Kui Si

How does rural collective action affect farmland use right transfer? A case study in Guangxi, China pp. 2247-2262

Xiaohan Chen and Yiqing Su

Risk spillover effects among Chinese policy, economy and financial markets: Evidence from mixed-frequency data pp. 2263-2277

Jie Wang, Jiukai Hu and Bo Yu

Reducing supply shock-led inflation in emerging markets pp. 2278-2301

Ashima Goyal and Sritama Ray

Will trade facilitation enhance the innovation capability of Chinese cities? Evidence from 279 prefecture-level cities in China pp. 2302-2316

Hongjie Sun, Lan Li, Xiaohan Wang and Shipeng Sun