The World Economy

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Volume 49, month 05, 2026

Introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Transformation and the Global Economy pp. 918-921

Hugh Deng, Xiaolan Fu, Xianhai Huang, Anne Miroux and Zhihong Yu

Does Global Value Chain Participation Matter for Economic Upgrading? A Nonlinear Insight pp. 922-936

Tao Zou

New Driving Force for TFP: The Role of Imported Intermediate Digital Inputs pp. 937-953

Hongsheng Zhang, Yanne Gabriella Velomasy and Binlei Gong

Robotization, Multinational Production and Country Welfare pp. 954-973

Bing Fan, Lei Li and Bocong Liu

Capturing Value at Home? Special Economic Zones and Domestic Value Added pp. 974-997

Yuan Chen, Chuan He, Zheming Liang and Yangfei Xu

How Will Geopolitical Risk Play Its Role in the Global Value Chain? pp. 998-1021

Sin‐Som (Sergio) Tsiong and Lin Sun

Road Expansion, Market Integration and Domestic Value‐Added Ratio in Exports: Evidence From China pp. 1022-1037

Sai Wang, Shiyuan Pan and Qi Meng

Impact of Digital Technology Innovation on China's Industrial Gradient Patterns: Spatial Differentiation and Dynamic Comparison pp. 1038-1053

Xu Shao, Xuzhao Li and Rizwan Rasheed

Impact of Domestic Demand on the Global Value Chain Position of Manufacturing: Evidence From a Cross‐Country Analysis pp. 1054-1071

Qingyuan Dong and Qunyang Du

Exploring the Immigrant‐Trade Links in Cross‐Border e‐Commerce: Evidence From Chinese Immigrants in the United States pp. 1072-1089

Shuzhong Ma, Gangjian Pan and Daohan Zhang

Volume 49, month 04, 2026

Need of External Finance and Financial Development: Evidence From Tariff Shocks of Chinese Cities pp. 714-728

Huimin Shi, Zheng Jiang and Ruixian Wang

Unleashing Potential: How Economic Freedom Drives Growth in Developing Economies pp. 729-742

Muhammed Benli, Hatice Taş and Aykut Ekinci

Export Market, Digital Empowerment and Female Skill Demand: Evidence From Online Recruitment Data pp. 743-758

Jing Lu, Qinglan Xiao and Minghai Zhou

Digital Inclusion and Export Performance: Gendered Impacts of E‐Commerce Adoption in Chinese MSEs pp. 759-778

Min Song, Pengfei Zhang, Xiaoxia Wang and Weiwei Li

Global Production Automation and China's Export Adjustment—Theoretical and Empirical Evidence pp. 779-803

Huan Ma, Guang Yang and Yanyan Zheng

Digital Services Trade Barriers and the Resilience of Global Value Chains pp. 804-820

Yibing Ding, Yining Sun, Wulong Gu and Xiaoou Zhang

Does Digitalisation Promote the Servicification of Manufacturing? Firm‐Level Evidence From China pp. 821-835

Shandre Thangavelu, Wenxiao Wang, Yan Zhang and Jingwen Zou

Enabling Effects of Digital Technology on Enterprise Export Product Quality: Evidence From China pp. 836-851

Hongwei Liao, Dingqing Wang, Ari Van Assche and Chaoshuai Zhang

Digitalisation of International Trade in Intellectual Properties: An Approach Based on the Utility Theory of Technology Value pp. 852-866

Xiaolan Fu, Jing Zhang, Chao Ai and Xiaoqing (Maggie) Fu

Do Digital Trade Rules Within the RTAs Promote Trade and Welfare Growth? pp. 867-896

Hao Xiao, Zijin Li, Yelei Jiang, Zijie Fan and Bo Meng

FDI and Firm Innovation in the Digital Economy: Evidence From China pp. 897-915

Fang Wang, Xianhai Huang, Eliane de Araújo and Gaoju Yang

Volume 49, month 03, 2026

Digital Imports and Firm‐Level Employment: Evidence From China pp. 406-421

Lan Lin and Hylke Vandenbussche

Estimating the Welfare Effects of Digital Service Trade Liberalisation pp. 422-442

Chen Qifei and Shen Yanzhi

Not‐So‐Innocent Bystanders: Trade With Neighbours of Sanctioned Countries pp. 443-455

Daria Suprunenko

Remittances, Education, and Food Security in Developing Countries pp. 456-470

Pablo A. Garcia‐Fuentes, P. Lynn Kennedy and Megan Widner

Export Liberalisation and Water Pollution: Firm‐Level Evidence From China pp. 471-493

Xiaoping Chen, Yuchen Shao and Xiaotao Zhao

Is the Normalisation of US Tariffs on China Driving the Decoupling From China in Global Value Chains? pp. 494-520

Wei Luo

The Impact of China–Africa Bilateral Tax Treaties on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa pp. 521-538

Seydou Coulibaly

Structural Change in Africa: The Role of North–South and South–South Trade pp. 539-569

Gideon Ndubuisi, Solomon Owusu and Woubet Kassa

GVC Participation and Labour Market Disparities: Exploring the Effects on Employment and Wage Inequality pp. 570-588

Renjith Ramachandran, Subash Sasidharan and Shandre M. Thangavelu

Not All Service Imports Are Created Equal. The Role of Imported Services in Promoting Goods' Export Growth pp. 589-606

Jože P. Damijan, Črt Kostevc and Tjaša Redek

Aid as a Migration Policy Tool pp. 607-635

Léa Marchal, Claire Naiditch and Betül Simsek

Formal Trade and the Informal Economy: Evidence From GATT/WTO Membership pp. 636-653

Nguyen Doan

Quantifying the Impact of Deep Trade Agreements on Services Trade pp. 654-677

Yulin Hou and Yanle Xi

Gender Differences in Enterprise Export Performance: Some International Evidence pp. 678-709

Tesfaye Lemma, Michael Machokoto and Mthokozisi Mlilo

Volume 49, month 02, 2026

Institution‐Driven Comparative Advantage and Digital Trade: Evidence From Digital Legal Framework pp. 198-211

Xiangyu Zheng and Aihua Wang

Double Taxation Treaties: A Double‐Edged Sword in Attracting Real and Phantom Investments? pp. 212-243

Nourat Al Hayat Guigma and Pegdewende Sawadogo

The EMU Effect on Trade: A Re‐Assessment Accounting for Staggered Treatment Adoption pp. 244-260

Carmen Díaz‐Mora, Silviano Esteve‐Pérez, Salvador Gil‐Pareja and Fernando Rios‐Avila

Social Awareness, Corporate Environmental Investment and Export: Evidence From China pp. 261-279

Shiyi Chen, Guangyuan Guo, Huanhuan Wang and Jiaxin Xiong

Impacts of Cross‐Border E‐Commerce Pilot Zones on Digital Inequality: An Empirical Analysis in China pp. 280-303

Wei Feng and Hang Yuan

Accounting for Global Production of Exports: A Unified Approach pp. 304-320

Quanrun Chen

Measuring Precise TFP Growth Under Trade Liberalisation: Stripping Away Omitted Price Bias and Demand Shocks pp. 321-345

Nida Jamil, Theresa Chaudhry and Azam Chaudhry

Gravity With Lasso: Global Cereal Trade With Factors of Conflicts, COVID‐19, Currency, China, Climate Change and Income (‘6C’) pp. 346-372

Lucie Maruejols, Jasmin Wehner, Lisa Hoeschle and Xiaohua Yu

Diversification in Trade and Foreign Investment and Resilience to the COVID‐19 Shock: Firm‐Level Evidence Using Japanese Customs Data pp. 373-383

Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keiko Ito and Naoto Jinji

From Trade to Tensions: How Economic Interdependence Shapes Diplomatic Hospitality, 1989–2019 pp. 384-404

Weijie Luo, Shikun Qin, Zhengkai Yang and Yi Zhou

Volume 49, month 01, 2026

How Pandemics Affect International Investment: Evidence From M&As During SARS‐CoV‐1 in China pp. 2-19

Chi Zhang, Ivan T. Kandilov and Mark D. Walker

Partner Choice and Technology Spillovers in International Joint Ventures Under Ownership Share Regulation pp. 20-29

Masayuki Okawa, Kojun Hamada and Yasuhiro Takarada

The Language of Uncertainty: Reading Türkiye's Economic Pulse Through Geopolitical Fog pp. 30-51

Ilhan Kilic and Faruk Balli

Digitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilience: Evidence From the COVID‐19 Shock pp. 52-72

Cristina Constantinescu, Arti Grover and Gaurav Nayyar

Structural Breaks and Current Accounts in Three Clubs of Eurozone Countries pp. 73-93

Fernando Torrejón‐Flores and José García‐Solanes

Take Me Home, Country Roads: Historical Diasporas and Contemporary FDI Patterns pp. 94-117

Luigi Benfratello, Anna D'Ambrosio, Carmelo Petraglia and Gaetano Vecchione

Perceptions and Performance: Media Sentiment on China's Exports pp. 118-134

Bo Chen and Nian Qing

The Rising Labour Costs and the Servitisation of Manufacturing Enterprises: An Empirical Investigation of Chinese Enterprises pp. 135-157

Xiang Gao, Huanlang He, Xixi He and Jingjing Wang

Do Regional Tax Incentives Distort the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Investment? Evidence From the 2008 Tax Reform in China pp. 158-177

Shaoyu Guo, Bing Yan and Xiaojing Jiang

China Shock Versus COVID‐19 Pandemic: Which Matters More for Job Losses? pp. 178-193

Yu Ji, Wei Tian and Miaojie Yu