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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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ABSTRACT Financial capital is widely recognized as having the potential to provide investments needed for net‐zero transitions. While recent empirical studies reveal that financial digitalization and fintech have changed Chinese banks' loan portfolios and business models, they stem from credit restrictions on heavily polluting enterprises and from ...
Akihisa Mori
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Do bank stock prices efficiently reflect the information content in a key tax reform event?
This study examines the behavior of bank stock prices in Jordan in relation to a significant tax reform event. We analyze a sample of all banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange to study the market response to the Amended Income Tax Law 2018.
Ahmad Ahmad +4 more
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Policy and Market Mechanisms for Sustainable Finance: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
ABSTRACT Sustainable finance has emerged as a critical instrument for addressing the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Nonetheless, a substantial financing gap persists, while the concept remains under‐theorized without a universally accepted definition, and empirical evidence of its effectiveness remains inconsistent and ...
Jihyung Joo, Byounguk Keum, Taewoo Roh
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ABSTRACT Despite the global emphasis on simultaneous achievement of higher growth and lower pollution (green growth), the dynamic link between eco‐innovation and CO2 emissions remains inadequately understood globally and specifically in Africa, with a complex and diverse institutional and regulatory landscape.
Idorenyin J. Okon +2 more
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ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief +3 more
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ABSTRACT Sustainable governance depends on the joint functioning of institutional quality, fiscal discipline, environmental performance, and socioeconomic inclusion. However, many composite indicators rely on subjective weighting schemes and leave the structural role of governance underspecified.
Ömer Faruk Rençber +3 more
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Expected effects of the US tax reform on other countries: global and local survey evidence. [PDF]
Boumans D +3 more
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ABSTRACT SMEs in developing economies operate under persistently volatile environments where economic instability, regulatory uncertainte and technological disruptions threaten their survival. Here, sustainability shifts from long‐term environmental or socioeconomic performance to strategic resilience.
Edet Okon +2 more
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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China
ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong +2 more
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