Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
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Remote Text-Supplemented Audiobook Intervention Supports Children's Explicit and Incidental Vocabulary Learning. [PDF]
Olson HA +3 more
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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A novel feature fusion model to mimic photographers' active observation for scenery recomposition toward physical education. [PDF]
Tang D, Wang S.
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Pro‐Organic by Design: Choice Architecture Shaping Online Organic Grocery Purchases
ABSTRACT Consumer uptake of organic food is shaped by both personal values and the way choices are structured in the retail environment. Unlike prior research, we here investigate how elements of supermarket choice architecture influence organic choices.
John Thøgersen +2 more
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The Ibogaine Experience Scale (IES): Development and psychometric properties of a multidimensional measure of ibogaine's subjective effects. [PDF]
González Espejito F +9 more
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Smart Cities Leading the Green Transition: Linking Open Innovation and Entrepreneurial Dynamics
ABSTRACT Smart cities today are vibrant spaces where technology, collaboration, and sustainability come together to shape a better future. The green transition in cities is not just about building greener infrastructure or cutting emissions. It also changes how people, institutions, and businesses think and act.
Filippo Marchesani, Nabila Abid
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Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the Nurse Self-Concept Questionnaire (NSCQ) for Portuguese nursing students. [PDF]
Almeida IF +5 more
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Does the CEO's Attention Affect How Well the Firm Performs Environmentally?
ABSTRACT This study explores whether CEOs' environmental attention (CEA) enhances firms' environmental performance. Drawing on attention‐based and upper echelons theories, which emphasize that executives' cognitive focus shapes organizational outcomes, we argue that CEOs who devote greater attention to environmental issues are more likely to integrate ...
Salah Aldain Abdullah Alshorman +2 more
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Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies Affect Dopaminergic Neural Mechanisms of Memory. [PDF]
Morin TM +9 more
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