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The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
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Forest Landscape Changes and Ecological Restoration for Sustainable Land Systems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates forest landscape changes and ecological restoration in Sichuan Province, China, to assess their contribution to sustainable land systems under climate stress. A theory‐guided multistage framework was applied to link Landsat‐based change detection, landscape metrics, habitat quality assessment, soil‐retention analysis ...
Tianzhai Li, Yinan Li
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One Belt, One Road and the process of OBORization [PDF]

, 2019
China proposed the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative in 2013 to further connect countries in the region and encourage factors of collaboration, including policy, trade, and financing between them, while increasing the speed of each country’s ...
T. Wing Lo, Siegel, Dina, Kwok, Sharon I. (R19372), Sharon I. Kwok, Lo, T. Wing, Wing Lo, T., Rozenblit, D., Dina Siegel, Kwok, Sharon I.   +8 more
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Leaf micromorphology and genetic diversity analysis of Iranian Hordeum species using ISSR and SCoT markers

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
The genus Hordeum (Poaceae), of the tribe Triticeae, comprises approximately 32 species with substantial potential for barley improvement. Hordeum vulgare is an economically important cereal widely cultivated across diverse environments, from the Arctic to desert and humid regions.
Maryam Keshavarzi, Raheleh Tabaripour, Nasrin Farasat   +2 more
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Rail development potential in Asia in the frame of the Belt and Road Initiative : what market?

, 2021
Since 2011, there has been a rapid development of rail freight transport links between China and Europe. This commercial initiative has grown rapidly: the number of trains has increased, and the ambitions of both Chinese and European partners are high.
Huang, Linyan, Lasserre, Frédéric
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Relationship between Transport Infrastructure and Employment: Evidence from the Chinese Inland Provinces under the “One Belt, One Road” Initiative

, 2020
Purpose: This paper discusses the impact of transport infrastructure on employment in the Chinese inland provinces directly affecting by the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
An, Chol-Ju, Li, Jin-Hui, Rim, Gwang-Nam
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The Belt and Road Initiative in China's approach to global governance: Implications for China-EU relations and economic cooperation

, 2021
This chapter examines the vision and modalities of China on global governance through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With the aim to upgrade the existing bilateral, regional and multilateral economic cooperation mechanisms, China takes an ...
Zhao, Y, Chen, H, Yun Zhao, Hui Chen
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When wolves aren't enough: revisiting trophic cascades in northern Wisconsin

Oikos, EarlyView.
Elimination of top predators has allowed large herbivores to flourish in many terrestrial ecosystems, transforming food webs and ecosystem functions. Restoration of large predator communities is hoped to reverse negative effects of this trophic downgrading, but evidence for such effects is elusive.
Elaine M. Brice, Donald M. Waller, Jennifer L. Price Tack, Daniel J. Storm, David A. Rogers, Sarah E. Johnson, Bernd Blossey   +6 more
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Does “Going Global” help to restrain enterprises’ financialization: The Belt and Road initiative as a quasi-natural experiment

China Economic Quarterly International
This paper employs the difference-in-differences (DID) to investigate the impact of “going global” on enterprises' financialization. Baseline estimation shows that the degree of financialization of enterprises participating in the Belt and Road ...
Yan Zhi, Zheng Li, Changyuan Luo
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source