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How might free trade agreements change R&D investment?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements on Trade: A Panel Data Analysis (2010)
- The trade policy effect in international trade: case of Pakistan (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade liberalization, international trade, firm financial constraints
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements on Trade: A Panel Data Analysis (2010)
- The trade policy effect in international trade: case of Pakistan (2019)
- Are Free Trade Areas Good for Multilateralism? Evidence from the European Free Trade Association (2002)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; R&D investment studies are common in China and Korea.
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How might exchange-rate regime change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 9
Papers to begin with:
- Exchange-Rate Regimes and International Trade: Evidence from the Classical Gold Standard Era (2003)
- On the Welfare Effects of Eliminating Business Cycles (1999)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: business cycles, international trade, income inequality
Papers to begin with:
- Exchange-Rate Regimes and International Trade: Evidence from the Classical Gold Standard Era (2003)
- On the Welfare Effects of Eliminating Business Cycles (1999)
- Exchange Rate Regimes in Developing and Emerging Economies and the Incidence of IMF Programs (2009)
Common contexts: exchange-rate regime studies are common in Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America, and related settings; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might income change out-of-pocket payment?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Voluntary health insurance and out-of-pocket payments in European OECD countries (2023)
- Is the fourth industrial revolution transforming the relationship between financial development and its determinants in emerging economies? (2021)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inpatient care utilization, use of medical services, financial development
Papers to begin with:
- Voluntary health insurance and out-of-pocket payments in European OECD countries (2023)
- Is the fourth industrial revolution transforming the relationship between financial development and its determinants in emerging economies? (2021)
- Paying for Health Care (1994)
Common contexts: income studies are common in China and United States; out-of-pocket payment studies are common in China, Bangladesh, and related settings.
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How might free trade agreements change real wages?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements on Trade: A Panel Data Analysis (2010)
- The trade-off between real wages and employment in an open economy (Belgium) (1981)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: productivity, productivity growth, total factor productivity
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements on Trade: A Panel Data Analysis (2010)
- The trade-off between real wages and employment in an open economy (Belgium) (1981)
- In Search of Economic Well-Being: Worker Power and the Effects of Productivity, Inflation, Unemployment and Global Trade on Wages in Ten Wealthy Countries (1996)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; real wages studies are common in United States, United Kingdom, and related settings.
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How might information and communication technology (ICT) change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 21
Papers to begin with:
- Optimal Taxation, Informality, and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains (2024)
- Do domestic innovations promote trade openness? Empirical evidence from emerging economies (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade openness, productivity, shadow economy
Papers to begin with:
- Optimal Taxation, Informality, and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains (2024)
- Do domestic innovations promote trade openness? Empirical evidence from emerging economies (2023)
- What Determines the Shadow Economy? An Extreme Bounds Analysis (2022)
Common contexts: information and communication technology (ICT) studies are common in China, United Kingdom, and related settings; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might precautionary saving motives change output?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Fiscal Activism and the Zero Nominal Interest Rate Bound (2017)
- Cash Holdings and Credit Risk (2012)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: cash holdings, credit spreads, real interest rates
Papers to begin with:
- Fiscal Activism and the Zero Nominal Interest Rate Bound (2017)
- Cash Holdings and Credit Risk (2012)
- Macroeconomic Fluctuations with HANK & SAM: an Analytical Approach (2020)
Common contexts: precautionary saving motives studies are common in China, Sweden, and related settings; output studies are common in United States and China.
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How might intellectual property rights (IPR) protection change income inequality?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
- FDI and income inequality in tax-haven countries: The relevance of tax pressure (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: foreign direct investments, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, innovation
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
- FDI and income inequality in tax-haven countries: The relevance of tax pressure (2023)
- Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A disaggregated analysis (2004)
Common contexts: intellectual property rights (IPR) protection studies are common in China, Eastern European transition countries, and related settings; income inequality studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might technological innovation change urban-rural income gap?
Nearby linking concepts: 17
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: industrial structure upgrading, financial development, green total factor productivity (GTFP)
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
- Research on Green Finance, Technological Innovation, and Industrial Structure Upgrading in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (2023)
Common contexts: technological innovation studies are common in China and India; urban-rural income gap studies are common in China and Japan.
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How might geopolitical risk change green growth?
Nearby linking concepts: 21
Papers to begin with:
- China's sustainable development perspective of financial development from the lens of geopolitical risk and resources extraction (2023)
- Financial development, resource richness, eco-innovation, and sustainable development: Does geopolitical risk matter? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: renewable energy consumption, financial development, carbon emissions
Papers to begin with:
- China's sustainable development perspective of financial development from the lens of geopolitical risk and resources extraction (2023)
- Financial development, resource richness, eco-innovation, and sustainable development: Does geopolitical risk matter? (2023)
- Extraction of natural resources and geopolitical risk revisited: A novel perspective of research and development with financial development (2023)
Common contexts: geopolitical risk studies are common in China, India, and related settings; green growth studies are common in China and OECD.
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How might high-speed rail change income inequality?
Nearby linking concepts: 15
Papers to begin with:
- IFRS, financial development and income inequality: An empirical study using mediation analysis (2022)
- Financial development and income inequality: A meta‐analysis (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: financial development, technological innovation, city size distribution
Papers to begin with:
- IFRS, financial development and income inequality: An empirical study using mediation analysis (2022)
- Financial development and income inequality: A meta‐analysis (2022)
- Exploring the effect of industrial agglomeration on income inequality in China (2023)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; income inequality studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might foreign direct investments change life expectancy?
Nearby linking concepts: 14
Papers to begin with:
- The dynamics of carbon emissions, energy, income, and life expectancy: Regional comparative analysis (2024)
- The impact of financial development, health expenditure, CO2 emissions, institutional quality, and energy Mix on life expectancy in Eastern Europe: CS-ARDL and quantile regression Approaches (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: CO2 emissions, carbon emissions, renewable energy consumption
Papers to begin with:
- The dynamics of carbon emissions, energy, income, and life expectancy: Regional comparative analysis (2024)
- The impact of financial development, health expenditure, CO2 emissions, institutional quality, and energy Mix on life expectancy in Eastern Europe: CS-ARDL and quantile regression Approaches (2023)
- Investigating the Causal Relationships among Carbon Emissions, Economic Growth, and Life Expectancy in Turkey: Evidence from Time and Frequency Domain Causality Techniques (2021)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; life expectancy studies are common in United States, Africa, and related settings.
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How might international trade (trade flows) change green growth?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Governance, Corruption, Trade Openness, and Innovation: Key Drivers of Green Growth and Sustainable Development in Türkiye (2025)
- The impacts of economic policy uncertainty, energy consumption, sustainable innovation, and quality of governance on green growth in emerging economies (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade openness, energy consumption, export diversification
Papers to begin with:
- Governance, Corruption, Trade Openness, and Innovation: Key Drivers of Green Growth and Sustainable Development in Türkiye (2025)
- The impacts of economic policy uncertainty, energy consumption, sustainable innovation, and quality of governance on green growth in emerging economies (2023)
- Determinants of green growth in developed and developing countries (2021)
Common contexts: international trade (trade flows) studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; green growth studies are common in China and OECD.
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How might corruption change technological innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 18
Papers to begin with:
- The Interplay of Digitalization, Green Finance, and Institutional Quality in Overcoming Corruption's Impediments to Environmental Sustainability (2025)
- Exchange rate volatility, corruption, and economic growth (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: economic growth, green finance, R&D investment
Papers to begin with:
- The Interplay of Digitalization, Green Finance, and Institutional Quality in Overcoming Corruption's Impediments to Environmental Sustainability (2025)
- Exchange rate volatility, corruption, and economic growth (2022)
- Research on the Dynamic Interrelationship among R&D Investment, Technological Innovation, and Economic Growth in China (2018)
Common contexts: corruption studies are common in China and Pakistan; technological innovation studies are common in China and India.
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How might monetary policy shocks change non-performing loans?
Nearby linking concepts: 9
Papers to begin with:
- Non-performing loans and housing prices in China (2018)
- Effect of monetary policy shocks on the racial unemployment rates in the US (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inflation, loan growth, unemployment
Papers to begin with:
- Non-performing loans and housing prices in China (2018)
- Effect of monetary policy shocks on the racial unemployment rates in the US (2022)
- The effect of macroeconomic shocks on non-performing loans and credit risk in the iranian banking system using time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (2025)
Common contexts: monetary policy shocks studies are common in United States and euro area; non-performing loans studies are common in China and United States.
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How might technological innovation change output?
Nearby linking concepts: 17
Papers to begin with:
- Uncovering the Effect of Financial Globalization and Technological Innovation on Renewable Energy Consumption in Nigeria: An ARDL and Frequency Domain Causality Approach (2026)
- Output, renewable energy consumption and trade in Africa (2013)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: renewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions, energy consumption
Papers to begin with:
- Uncovering the Effect of Financial Globalization and Technological Innovation on Renewable Energy Consumption in Nigeria: An ARDL and Frequency Domain Causality Approach (2026)
- Output, renewable energy consumption and trade in Africa (2013)
- The interplay between technological innovation, financial development, energy consumption and natural resource rents in the BRICS economies: Evidence from GMM panel VAR (2024)
Common contexts: technological innovation studies are common in China and India; output studies are common in United States and China.
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How might economic policy uncertainty change bond yield spreads?
Nearby linking concepts: 8
Papers to begin with:
- Economic policy uncertainty, investor sentiment and financial stability—an empirical study based on the time varying parameter-vector autoregression model (2021)
- Economic policy uncertainty and default risk: Evidence from China (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: ESG ratings, uncertainty measures, analyst earnings forecasts
Papers to begin with:
- Economic policy uncertainty, investor sentiment and financial stability—an empirical study based on the time varying parameter-vector autoregression model (2021)
- Economic policy uncertainty and default risk: Evidence from China (2023)
- Economic policy uncertainty and stock market in G7 Countries: A panel threshold effect perspective (2023)
Common contexts: economic policy uncertainty studies are common in China and United States; bond yield spreads studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might COVID-19 outbreak change non-performing loans?
Nearby linking concepts: 8
Papers to begin with:
- Non-performing loans and housing prices in China (2018)
- Revisiting the macroeconomic determinants of non-performing loans with a deep learning technique with causal inference: Evidence from Türkiye (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: housing prices, bank profitability, ESG performance
Papers to begin with:
- Non-performing loans and housing prices in China (2018)
- Revisiting the macroeconomic determinants of non-performing loans with a deep learning technique with causal inference: Evidence from Türkiye (2025)
- The effect of macroeconomic shocks on non-performing loans and credit risk in the iranian banking system using time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (2025)
Common contexts: COVID-19 outbreak studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; non-performing loans studies are common in China and United States.
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How might foreign direct investments change social welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 12
Papers to begin with:
- The social welfare effect of environmental regulation: An analysis based on Atkinson social welfare function (2023)
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: income inequality, energy consumption, ecological footprint
Papers to begin with:
- The social welfare effect of environmental regulation: An analysis based on Atkinson social welfare function (2023)
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
- Examining the asymmetric effects of fossil fuel consumption, foreign direct investment, and globalization on ecological footprint in <scp>M</scp>exico (2023)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; social welfare studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might high-speed rail change house prices?
Nearby linking concepts: 12
Papers to begin with:
- Did high speed rail accelerate the development of tourism economy? – Empirical analysis from Northeast China (2023)
- Impact of high-speed rail on tourism in China (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: tourism, air quality, urban growth
Papers to begin with:
- Did high speed rail accelerate the development of tourism economy? – Empirical analysis from Northeast China (2023)
- Impact of high-speed rail on tourism in China (2022)
- Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the high-speed rail impact on air quality (2022)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; house prices studies are common in United States and China.
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How might government spending shocks change real interest rates?
Nearby linking concepts: 7
Papers to begin with:
- Propagation Mechanisms for Government Spending Shocks: A Bayesian Comparison (2018)
- Questioning the puzzle: Fiscal policy, real exchange rate and inflation (2021)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inflation, expected inflation, consumption
Papers to begin with:
- Propagation Mechanisms for Government Spending Shocks: A Bayesian Comparison (2018)
- Questioning the puzzle: Fiscal policy, real exchange rate and inflation (2021)
- Optimal inflation with corporate taxation and financial constraints (2018)
Common contexts: government spending shocks studies are common in China and United States; real interest rates studies are common in United States and United Kingdom.
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How might foreign direct investment change poverty?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- Does growth reduce poverty? The mediating role of carbon emissions and income inequality (2022)
- Through the ARDL Approach: Is There a Nexus Between Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and Foreign Direct Investment in the Moroccan Context? (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: economic growth, carbon emissions, financial inclusion
Papers to begin with:
- Does growth reduce poverty? The mediating role of carbon emissions and income inequality (2022)
- Through the ARDL Approach: Is There a Nexus Between Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and Foreign Direct Investment in the Moroccan Context? (2025)
- Mitigating the impact of climate change on poverty in Africa: the moderating role of financial inclusion (2025)
Common contexts: foreign direct investment studies are common in China and India; poverty studies are common in United States, China, and related settings.
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How might rule of law change technological innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- The interplay between technological innovation, financial development, energy consumption and natural resource rents in the BRICS economies: Evidence from GMM panel VAR (2024)
- Research on the Dynamic Interrelationship among R&D Investment, Technological Innovation, and Economic Growth in China (2018)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: digital economy, financial development, R&D investment
Papers to begin with:
- The interplay between technological innovation, financial development, energy consumption and natural resource rents in the BRICS economies: Evidence from GMM panel VAR (2024)
- Research on the Dynamic Interrelationship among R&D Investment, Technological Innovation, and Economic Growth in China (2018)
- Natural resource curse hypothesis and governance: Understanding the role of rule of law and political risk in the context of China (2023)
Common contexts: rule of law studies are common in China, Poland, and related settings; technological innovation studies are common in China and India.
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How might economic policy uncertainty change firm value?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- Navigating through economic policy uncertainty: The role of corporate cash holdings (2020)
- CEO overconfidence, risk-taking, and firm value: Influence of incentive compensation and financial constraints (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: corporate cash holdings, ESG performance, debt issuance
Papers to begin with:
- Navigating through economic policy uncertainty: The role of corporate cash holdings (2020)
- CEO overconfidence, risk-taking, and firm value: Influence of incentive compensation and financial constraints (2023)
- Economic policy uncertainty and stock liquidity: The mitigating effect of information disclosure (2021)
Common contexts: economic policy uncertainty studies are common in China and United States; firm value studies are common in China and United States.
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How might Preferred provider organizations (PPOs) change quality of care?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Drug utilization and quality of care. A biennial meeting of the drug utilization research group (1992)
- Continuity and change in preferred provider organizations (1990)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: managed care, utilization, drug shortages
Papers to begin with:
- Drug utilization and quality of care. A biennial meeting of the drug utilization research group (1992)
- Continuity and change in preferred provider organizations (1990)
- A new look at physicians’ responses to financial incentives: Quality of care, practice characteristics, and motivations (2024)
Common contexts: Preferred provider organizations (PPOs) studies are common in United States, New Zealand, and related settings; quality of care studies are common in United States and China.
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How might Massachusetts health care reform change length of stay?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- An analysis of the inpatient charge and length of stay for patients with joint diseases in Korea: Specialty versus small general hospitals (2013)
- Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts (2011)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: access to primary care, hospitals, state Medicaid expansion status
Papers to begin with:
- An analysis of the inpatient charge and length of stay for patients with joint diseases in Korea: Specialty versus small general hospitals (2013)
- Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts (2011)
- Improvements in Health Status after Massachusetts Health Care Reform (2013)
Common contexts: Massachusetts health care reform studies are common in United States and Massachusetts; length of stay studies are common in United States and China.
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How might health maintenance organization (HMO) change 30-day mortality?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The Problems and Benefits of Associating Academic Medical Centers with Health-Maintenance Organizations (1982)
- Do Academic Medical Centers Disproportionately Benefit The Sickest Patients? (2018)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: Academic medical centers, quality of care, hospitalizations
Papers to begin with:
- The Problems and Benefits of Associating Academic Medical Centers with Health-Maintenance Organizations (1982)
- Do Academic Medical Centers Disproportionately Benefit The Sickest Patients? (2018)
- Measuring Quality of Care With Explicit Process Criteria Before and After Implementation of the DRG-Based Prospective Payment System (1990)
Common contexts: health maintenance organization (HMO) studies are common in United States and Democratic Republic of Congo; 30-day mortality studies are common in United States and Canada.
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How might Massachusetts health care reform change mortality?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Improvements in Health Status after Massachusetts Health Care Reform (2013)
- Mortality in the uninsured compared with that in persons with public and private health insurance (1994)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: health insurance coverage, blood pressure control, cervical cancer screening
Papers to begin with:
- Improvements in Health Status after Massachusetts Health Care Reform (2013)
- Mortality in the uninsured compared with that in persons with public and private health insurance (1994)
- Massachusetts Health Reform At Ten Years: Great Progress, But Coverage Gaps Remain (2016)
Common contexts: Massachusetts health care reform studies are common in United States and Massachusetts; mortality studies are common in United States and China.
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How might Massachusetts health care reform change hospitalization rates?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts (2011)
- Massachusetts Health Reform and Access for Children With Special Health Care Needs (2014)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: access to care, access to medical care, access to primary care
Papers to begin with:
- Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts (2011)
- Massachusetts Health Reform and Access for Children With Special Health Care Needs (2014)
- Expanding Coverage to Low‐Income Childless Adults in Massachusetts: Implications for National Health Reform (2014)
Common contexts: Massachusetts health care reform studies are common in United States and Massachusetts; hospitalization rates studies are common in United States, China, and related settings.
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How might investor sentiment change firm investment decisions?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of investor sentiment on returns, cash flows, discount rates, and performance (2022)
- Evolution of investor sentiment: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: stocks, equity returns, discount rates
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of investor sentiment on returns, cash flows, discount rates, and performance (2022)
- Evolution of investor sentiment: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis (2025)
- Investor sentiment and country exchange traded funds: Does economic freedom matter? (2017)
Common contexts: investor sentiment studies are common in China and United States; firm investment decisions studies are common in Italy, United States, and related settings.
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How might free trade agreements change green investment?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Digital Transformation and Green Investment of Heavily Polluting Enterprises: The Threshold Effects of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations (2024)
- RETRACTED: Exploring the convergence of ICT, digital financial inclusion, environmental pressures, and free trade and their significance in driving sustainable green investment initiatives under carbon neutrality targets (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: free trade, digital transformation, industry structure
Papers to begin with:
- Digital Transformation and Green Investment of Heavily Polluting Enterprises: The Threshold Effects of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations (2024)
- RETRACTED: Exploring the convergence of ICT, digital financial inclusion, environmental pressures, and free trade and their significance in driving sustainable green investment initiatives under carbon neutrality targets (2024)
- Public appeal, environmental regulation and green investment: Evidence from China (2018)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; green investment studies are common in China and Russia.
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How might free trade agreements change wage differentials?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Do free trade agreements actually increase members' international trade? (2006)
- A THEORY OF INTERREGIONAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WITH INTERINDUSTRY FLOWS UNDER UNCERTAINTY* (1982)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: market access, international trade, bilateral trade flows
Papers to begin with:
- Do free trade agreements actually increase members' international trade? (2006)
- A THEORY OF INTERREGIONAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WITH INTERINDUSTRY FLOWS UNDER UNCERTAINTY* (1982)
- The trade policy effect in international trade: case of Pakistan (2019)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; wage differentials studies are common in Mexico, Brazil, and related settings.
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How might health maintenance organization (HMO) change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- POSITIVE FREEDOM, MARKETS AND THE WELFARE STATE (1986)
- Health Maintenance Organizations In 1988 (1989)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: markets, urban spatial structure, cost sharing
Papers to begin with:
- POSITIVE FREEDOM, MARKETS AND THE WELFARE STATE (1986)
- Health Maintenance Organizations In 1988 (1989)
- Trading Off Access To Enhance Welfare (1989)
Common contexts: health maintenance organization (HMO) studies are common in United States and Democratic Republic of Congo; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might free trade agreements change skill premium?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Market Access, the Skill Premium and Human Capital in Spain (1860–1930) (2025)
- Trade liberalization and the skill premium in developing economies (2005)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade liberalization, developing countries, market access
Papers to begin with:
- Market Access, the Skill Premium and Human Capital in Spain (1860–1930) (2025)
- Trade liberalization and the skill premium in developing economies (2005)
- THE EFFECTS OF TRADE WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON THE REGIONAL DEMAND FOR SKILL IN THE U.S.: EVIDENCE FROM COUNTY DATA* (2009)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; skill premium studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might free trade agreements change urban concentration?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The trade policy effect in international trade: case of Pakistan (2019)
- Product Diversity, Economies of Scale, and International Trade (1983)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade liberalization, international trade, transaction costs
Papers to begin with:
- The trade policy effect in international trade: case of Pakistan (2019)
- Product Diversity, Economies of Scale, and International Trade (1983)
- Are Free Trade Areas Good for Multilateralism? Evidence from the European Free Trade Association (2002)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; urban concentration studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
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How might urban size change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Factor mobility, wage inequality and welfare (2007)
- Endogenous transportation costs (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: price dispersion, production efficiency, skilled workers
Papers to begin with:
- Factor mobility, wage inequality and welfare (2007)
- Endogenous transportation costs (2019)
- Self-confirming price dispersion in monetary economies (2019)
Common contexts: urban size studies are common in China and United States; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might urbanization change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 20
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of urbanization and international trade on economic growth, productivity, and employment: Case of selected countries in Africa (2024)
- Do urbanization, income, and trade affect electricity consumption across Chinese provinces? (2020)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade openness, trade, productivity
Papers to begin with:
- Effects of urbanization and international trade on economic growth, productivity, and employment: Case of selected countries in Africa (2024)
- Do urbanization, income, and trade affect electricity consumption across Chinese provinces? (2020)
- Urbanization and growth (2004)
Common contexts: urbanization studies are common in China and India; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might high-speed rail change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 13
Papers to begin with:
- Research on Passengers’ Preferences and Impact of High-Speed Rail on Air Transport Demand (2023)
- Labour mobility between cities and metropolitan integration: The role of high speed rail commuting in Spain (2018)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: air transport, executive compensation, tourism
Papers to begin with:
- Research on Passengers’ Preferences and Impact of High-Speed Rail on Air Transport Demand (2023)
- Labour mobility between cities and metropolitan integration: The role of high speed rail commuting in Spain (2018)
- Did high speed rail accelerate the development of tourism economy? – Empirical analysis from Northeast China (2023)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
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How might foreign direct investments change firm performance?
Nearby linking concepts: 12
Papers to begin with:
- Technological Innovation, Risk-Taking and Firm Performance—Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies (2022)
- Need for speed: High-speed rail and firm performance (2020)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: productivity, technological innovation, air pollution
Papers to begin with:
- Technological Innovation, Risk-Taking and Firm Performance—Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies (2022)
- Need for speed: High-speed rail and firm performance (2020)
- Do Environmental Regulation and Foreign Direct Investment Drive Regional Air Pollution in China? (2023)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; firm performance studies are common in China, Italy, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might foreign direct investments change output per worker?
Nearby linking concepts: 7
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of technological innovation, financial development and foreign direct investment on renewable energy, non-renewable energy and the environment in belt & Road Initiative countries (2021)
- Are natural resources a driving force for financial development or a curse for the economy? Policy insight from Next-11 countries (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: energy consumption, total factor productivity (TFP), financial development
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of technological innovation, financial development and foreign direct investment on renewable energy, non-renewable energy and the environment in belt & Road Initiative countries (2021)
- Are natural resources a driving force for financial development or a curse for the economy? Policy insight from Next-11 countries (2024)
- Oil rents, trade environment and financial development: An international evidence (2023)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; output per worker studies are common in United States and OECD.
Suggested question
How might foreign direct investments change new-type urbanization?
Nearby linking concepts: 7
Papers to begin with:
- Heterogeneous impact of industrialization, foreign direct investments, and technological innovation on carbon emissions intensity: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2023)
- A Causal Relationship between the New-Type Urbanization and Energy Consumption in China: A Panel VAR Approach (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: energy consumption, financial development, human capital
Papers to begin with:
- Heterogeneous impact of industrialization, foreign direct investments, and technological innovation on carbon emissions intensity: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2023)
- A Causal Relationship between the New-Type Urbanization and Energy Consumption in China: A Panel VAR Approach (2023)
- How does new-type urbanization affect total carbon emissions, per capita carbon emissions, and carbon emission intensity? An empirical analysis of the Yangtze River economic belt, China (2023)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; new-type urbanization studies are common in China and Anhui Province, China.
Suggested question
How might high-speed rail change foreign direct investments?
Nearby linking concepts: 7
Papers to begin with:
- Analysis of the impact of high-speed rail on the spatio-temporal distribution of residential population and industrial structure (2023)
- Does the Construction of High-Speed Rail Change the Development of Regional Finance? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, financial development, structure effect
Papers to begin with:
- Analysis of the impact of high-speed rail on the spatio-temporal distribution of residential population and industrial structure (2023)
- Does the Construction of High-Speed Rail Change the Development of Regional Finance? (2023)
- Does high-speed rail improve urban carbon emission efficiency in China? (2022)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might money growth rate change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- Inflation, Output, and Welfare in the Laboratory (2022)
- Welfare costs of inflation in a dynamic economy with search unemployment (2002)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inflation, inflation rate, unemployment
Papers to begin with:
- Inflation, Output, and Welfare in the Laboratory (2022)
- Welfare costs of inflation in a dynamic economy with search unemployment (2002)
- Welfare Consequences of the Six-Year Presidential Term Evaluated in the Context of a Model of the U.S. Economy (1983)
Common contexts: money growth rate studies are common in United States, China, and related settings; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might foreign direct investments change real wages?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- Medium-run determinants of real wages in Australia (2022)
- The trade-off between real wages and employment in an open economy (Belgium) (1981)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: productivity, capital stock, exports
Papers to begin with:
- Medium-run determinants of real wages in Australia (2022)
- The trade-off between real wages and employment in an open economy (Belgium) (1981)
- Does foreign direct investment promote exports in China? (2017)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; real wages studies are common in United States, United Kingdom, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might foreign exchange intervention change output?
Nearby linking concepts: 11
Papers to begin with:
- Monetary policy, foreign exchange intervention, and the exchange rate in a unifying framework (2003)
- Unveiling the effects of foreign exchange intervention: A panel approach (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: monetary policy, exchange rate, aggregate demand shocks
Papers to begin with:
- Monetary policy, foreign exchange intervention, and the exchange rate in a unifying framework (2003)
- Unveiling the effects of foreign exchange intervention: A panel approach (2019)
- Capital Flows and Foreign Exchange Intervention (2019)
Common contexts: foreign exchange intervention studies are common in JPN, United States, and related settings; output studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question
How might foreign direct investments change PM2.5 concentration?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Heterogeneous impact of industrialization, foreign direct investments, and technological innovation on carbon emissions intensity: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2023)
- Assessing the economic and environmental effects of environmental regulation in China: The dynamic and spatial perspectives (2021)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: economic growth, carbon emissions intensity, environmental regulation
Papers to begin with:
- Heterogeneous impact of industrialization, foreign direct investments, and technological innovation on carbon emissions intensity: Evidence from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2023)
- Assessing the economic and environmental effects of environmental regulation in China: The dynamic and spatial perspectives (2021)
- Has Industrial Upgrading Improved Air Pollution?—Evidence from China’s Digital Economy (2022)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; PM2.5 concentration studies are common in China, Yangtze River Delta, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might foreign direct investments change regional green development?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Exploring Digital Economy, Industrial Structure Upgrading, and Regional Green Development in the Five Provinces of Northwest China (2025)
- The green effect of digital transformation: The impact of digital transformation in fiscal and taxation on regional green development (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, green productivity growth, SO2 emissions
Papers to begin with:
- Exploring Digital Economy, Industrial Structure Upgrading, and Regional Green Development in the Five Provinces of Northwest China (2025)
- The green effect of digital transformation: The impact of digital transformation in fiscal and taxation on regional green development (2023)
- Impact of technological innovation, financial development and foreign direct investment on renewable energy, non-renewable energy and the environment in belt & Road Initiative countries (2021)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; regional green development studies are common in China.
Suggested question
How might foreign direct investments change green technological progress?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- The direction choice of green technological progress and late-development advantage in Central and Western China (2022)
- Wage distortion and green technological progress: A directed technological progress perspective (2020)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green total factor productivity (GTFP), human capital, digital economy (DE)
Papers to begin with:
- The direction choice of green technological progress and late-development advantage in Central and Western China (2022)
- Wage distortion and green technological progress: A directed technological progress perspective (2020)
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; green technological progress studies are common in China.
Suggested question
How might high-speed rail change PM2.5 concentration?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Analysis of the impact of high-speed rail on the spatio-temporal distribution of residential population and industrial structure (2023)
- Impact of the introduction of high-speed rail on the income gap between urban and rural residents (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: spatial spillover effects, industrial upgrading, per capita income
Papers to begin with:
- Analysis of the impact of high-speed rail on the spatio-temporal distribution of residential population and industrial structure (2023)
- Impact of the introduction of high-speed rail on the income gap between urban and rural residents (2023)
- Spatial distribution of job opportunities in China: Evidence from the opening of the high-speed rail (2020)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; PM2.5 concentration studies are common in China, Yangtze River Delta, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might EQ-5D index score change choice data?
Nearby linking concepts: 2
Papers to begin with:
- Choice Consistency and Preference Stability in Test-Retests of Discrete Choice Experiment and Open-Ended Willingness to Pay Elicitation Formats (2016)
- Abstract 12066: Integrating and Revealing the Structure of the Quality of Life Instruments for Stable Coronary Patients (2011)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: quality of life, consistency
Papers to begin with:
- Choice Consistency and Preference Stability in Test-Retests of Discrete Choice Experiment and Open-Ended Willingness to Pay Elicitation Formats (2016)
- Abstract 12066: Integrating and Revealing the Structure of the Quality of Life Instruments for Stable Coronary Patients (2011)
- A New Approach to the Measurement of Quality of Life (1994)
Common contexts: EQ-5D index score studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; choice data studies are common in Sweden, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might intellectual property rights (IPR) protection change total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- Will the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone improve total factor productivity of enterprises? (2024)
- Determinants of total factor productivity in former Soviet Union economies: A stochastic frontier approach (2014)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: foreign direct investments, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, innovation output
Papers to begin with:
- Will the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone improve total factor productivity of enterprises? (2024)
- Determinants of total factor productivity in former Soviet Union economies: A stochastic frontier approach (2014)
- Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A welfare analysis (2014)
Common contexts: intellectual property rights (IPR) protection studies are common in China, Eastern European transition countries, and related settings; total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China, Italy, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change income inequality?
Nearby linking concepts: 10
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Does financial liberalization reduce income inequality? Evidence from Africa (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: financial liberalization, technological progress, innovation
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Does financial liberalization reduce income inequality? Evidence from Africa (2022)
- How Firms Shape Income Inequality: A Rejoinder to Zardkoohi and Bierman (2016)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; income inequality studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might R&D investment change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 21
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green innovation, technological innovation, green technology innovation
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
- How Does Industrial Intelligence Enhance Green Total Factor Productivity in China? The Substitution Effect of Environmental Regulation (2025)
Common contexts: R&D investment studies are common in China and Korea; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might high-speed rail change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 32
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, technological progress, investment efficiency
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
- Geographic proximity and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from high-speed rail construction in China (2022)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might economic policy uncertainty change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 20
Papers to begin with:
- How Does Industrial Intelligence Enhance Green Total Factor Productivity in China? The Substitution Effect of Environmental Regulation (2025)
- From uncertainty to opportunity: financial development as bridge to green innovation under economic policy uncertainty (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green innovation, technical efficiency, green technological innovation
Papers to begin with:
- How Does Industrial Intelligence Enhance Green Total Factor Productivity in China? The Substitution Effect of Environmental Regulation (2025)
- From uncertainty to opportunity: financial development as bridge to green innovation under economic policy uncertainty (2025)
- Economic policy uncertainty and green innovation: Does corporate social responsibility matter? (2023)
Common contexts: economic policy uncertainty studies are common in China and United States; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might high frequency traders change expected stock returns?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Range-based volatility, expected stock returns, and the low volatility anomaly (2017)
- Are high frequency traders responsible for extreme price movements? (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: media coverage, liquidity commonality, volatility
Papers to begin with:
- Range-based volatility, expected stock returns, and the low volatility anomaly (2017)
- Are high frequency traders responsible for extreme price movements? (2022)
- Media Coverage and the Cross‐section of Stock Returns (2009)
Common contexts: high frequency traders studies are common in India, KOR, and related settings; expected stock returns studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might foreign direct investments change price-cost margin?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Price-Cost Margins and Market Structure: A Contingency Approach (1979)
- Firm-size distribution and price-cost margins in Dutch manufacturing (1993)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: imports, business cycle, productivity growth
Papers to begin with:
- Price-Cost Margins and Market Structure: A Contingency Approach (1979)
- Firm-size distribution and price-cost margins in Dutch manufacturing (1993)
- Pro-competitive Effect of Trade and Non-decreasing Price-Cost Margins (2010)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; price-cost margin studies are common in United States and Belgium.
Suggested question
How might COVID-19 pandemic change green technology innovations?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Economic Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Green Technology Innovation—Evidence from Privately Listed Companies in China (2025)
- Investigating the environmental externalities of digital financial inclusion and the COVID-19 pandemic: an environmental sustainability perspective (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: economic policy uncertainty (EPU), regional characteristics, environmental quality
Papers to begin with:
- Economic Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Green Technology Innovation—Evidence from Privately Listed Companies in China (2025)
- Investigating the environmental externalities of digital financial inclusion and the COVID-19 pandemic: an environmental sustainability perspective (2023)
- The Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Green Technology Innovation: Evidence from China’s Enterprises (2022)
Common contexts: COVID-19 pandemic studies are common in China and United States; green technology innovations studies are common in China and Italy.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Biased technological progress and total factor productivity growth: From the perspective of China's renewable energy industry (2021)
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological progress, technological innovation, innovation
Papers to begin with:
- Biased technological progress and total factor productivity growth: From the perspective of China's renewable energy industry (2021)
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Will the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone improve total factor productivity of enterprises? (2024)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China, Italy, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might Special economic zones change green total factor productivity?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- How does green finance influence industrial green total factor productivity? Empirical research from China (2023)
- Role of environmental regulations, green finance, and investment in green technologies in green total factor productivity: Empirical evidence from Asian region (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological progress, technological innovation, green finance
Papers to begin with:
- How does green finance influence industrial green total factor productivity? Empirical research from China (2023)
- Role of environmental regulations, green finance, and investment in green technologies in green total factor productivity: Empirical evidence from Asian region (2022)
- Can China’s Campaign-Style Environmental Regulation Improve the Green Total Factor Productivity? (2023)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; green total factor productivity studies are common in China.
Suggested question
How might COVID-19 pandemic change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment, income distribution and poverty in Turkey (2023)
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Financial Situation of Rural and Urban Households in Poland (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: household income, unemployment, poverty
Papers to begin with:
- Evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment, income distribution and poverty in Turkey (2023)
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Financial Situation of Rural and Urban Households in Poland (2024)
- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America (2020)
Common contexts: COVID-19 pandemic studies are common in China and United States; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might intellectual property rights (IPR) protection change green economic growth?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Revealing the effectiveness of green technological progress and financial innovation on green economic growth: the role of environmental regulation (2022)
- Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A disaggregated analysis (2004)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: foreign direct investments, green technology, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows
Papers to begin with:
- Revealing the effectiveness of green technological progress and financial innovation on green economic growth: the role of environmental regulation (2022)
- Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A disaggregated analysis (2004)
- Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A welfare analysis (2014)
Common contexts: intellectual property rights (IPR) protection studies are common in China, Eastern European transition countries, and related settings; green economic growth studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might high-frequency trading change cost of capital?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- A model for unpacking big data analytics in high-frequency trading (2016)
- Machine learning and speed in high-frequency trading (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: market quality, high frequency traders, stock liquidity
Papers to begin with:
- A model for unpacking big data analytics in high-frequency trading (2016)
- Machine learning and speed in high-frequency trading (2022)
- High frequency trading and comovement in financial markets (2019)
Common contexts: high-frequency trading studies are common in Turkey, France, and related settings; cost of capital studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change terms of trade?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Effect of Growth on the Terms of Trade: Some Earlier Views (1984)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological progress, foreign investment, investment
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Effect of Growth on the Terms of Trade: Some Earlier Views (1984)
- North-South terms of trade and growth: A macroeconomic framework on Kaldorian lines (1994)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; terms of trade studies are common in United States, China, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might Medicaid eligibility expansions change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Multimorbidities on Catastrophic Health Expenditures among Patients Suffering from Hypertension in China: An Analysis of Nationwide Representative Data (2022)
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: out-of-pocket spending, health insurance coverage, hypertension
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Multimorbidities on Catastrophic Health Expenditures among Patients Suffering from Hypertension in China: An Analysis of Nationwide Representative Data (2022)
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
- The Effects of Medicaid Eligibility on Mental Health Services and Out‐of‐Pocket Spending for Mental Health Services (2015)
Common contexts: Medicaid eligibility expansions studies are common in United States; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might intellectual property rights (IPR) protection change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
- Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Green Total Factor Productivity: New Evidence from Yangtze River Delta in China (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: foreign direct investments, innovation outcomes, research and development (R&D)
Papers to begin with:
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
- Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Green Total Factor Productivity: New Evidence from Yangtze River Delta in China (2024)
- Intellectual property rights protection and sustainable innovation performance: The mediating role of technology spillover (2024)
Common contexts: intellectual property rights (IPR) protection studies are common in China, Eastern European transition countries, and related settings; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might trade liberalization change level of debt?
Nearby linking concepts: 7
Papers to begin with:
- The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies (2010)
- Trade liberalization, economic growth, and income distribution in a multiple-cone neoclassical growth model (2012)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: product market competition, income inequality, imports
Papers to begin with:
- The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies (2010)
- Trade liberalization, economic growth, and income distribution in a multiple-cone neoclassical growth model (2012)
- Trade liberalization, regional trade openness degree, and foreign direct investment:Evidence from China (2023)
Common contexts: trade liberalization studies are common in China and Brazil; level of debt studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might digital financial inclusion change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 17
Papers to begin with:
- Environmental Regulation, Urban-Rural Income Gap and Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity (2022)
- An empirical analysis of the nexus between digital financial inclusion, industrial structure distortion, and China’s energy intensity (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: urban-rural income gap, industrial structure, green technology innovation
Papers to begin with:
- Environmental Regulation, Urban-Rural Income Gap and Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity (2022)
- An empirical analysis of the nexus between digital financial inclusion, industrial structure distortion, and China’s energy intensity (2023)
- Digital financial inclusion, industrial structure and urban–Rural income disparity: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China (2024)
Common contexts: digital financial inclusion studies are common in China and Asia; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might digital inclusive finance change total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 17
Papers to begin with:
- Biased technological progress and total factor productivity growth: From the perspective of China's renewable energy industry (2021)
- Does Digital Inclusive Finance Increase Industry Chain Resilience in China? (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, financing constraints, technological progress
Papers to begin with:
- Biased technological progress and total factor productivity growth: From the perspective of China's renewable energy industry (2021)
- Does Digital Inclusive Finance Increase Industry Chain Resilience in China? (2024)
- The Mutual Relationships Between ESG, Total Factor Productivity (TFP), and Energy Efficiency (EE) for Chinese Listed Firms (2025)
Common contexts: digital inclusive finance studies are common in China and Gulf countries; total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China, Italy, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might information and communication technology (ICT) change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 17
Papers to begin with:
- How does financial development influence carbon emission intensity in the OECD countries: Some insights from the information and communication technology perspective (2023)
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: foreign direct investments, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, financial development
Papers to begin with:
- How does financial development influence carbon emission intensity in the OECD countries: Some insights from the information and communication technology perspective (2023)
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
- Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Green Total Factor Productivity: New Evidence from Yangtze River Delta in China (2024)
Common contexts: information and communication technology (ICT) studies are common in China, United Kingdom, and related settings; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might free trade agreements change green technology innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 2
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of Enterprise Digital Transformation on Green Technology Innovation in China: Roles of Carbon Information Disclosure and Media Attention (2025)
- The Effect of Trade Policy Uncertainty on Green Technology Innovation: Evidence from China’s Enterprises (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: digital transformation, market competition
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of Enterprise Digital Transformation on Green Technology Innovation in China: Roles of Carbon Information Disclosure and Media Attention (2025)
- The Effect of Trade Policy Uncertainty on Green Technology Innovation: Evidence from China’s Enterprises (2024)
- Asymmetric effects of heterogeneous environmental standards on green technology innovation: Evidence from China (2022)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; green technology innovation studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might foreign direct investments change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 2
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
- Does foreign direct investment and environmental degradation matter for poverty? Evidence from developing countries (2020)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: income inequality, poverty
Papers to begin with:
- Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies (2023)
- Does foreign direct investment and environmental degradation matter for poverty? Evidence from developing countries (2020)
- FDI and income inequality in tax-haven countries: The relevance of tax pressure (2023)
Common contexts: foreign direct investments studies are common in China and India; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might gross domestic product (GDP) change U.S. economic policy uncertainty?
Nearby linking concepts: 2
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technology and Government Policies on OECD Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2022)
- Energy consumption, economic policy uncertainty and carbon emissions; causality evidence from resource rich economies (2020)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, social interactions
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technology and Government Policies on OECD Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2022)
- Energy consumption, economic policy uncertainty and carbon emissions; causality evidence from resource rich economies (2020)
- On the connection between international REITs and oil markets: The role of economic policy uncertainty (2023)
Common contexts: gross domestic product (GDP) studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; U.S. economic policy uncertainty studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change wages?
Nearby linking concepts: 6
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks (2018)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: migration, accessibility, technological progress
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks (2018)
- The Effect of Migration on Wages: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (2010)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; wages studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question
How might interest rates change price-cost margin?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Affine Models of the Joint Dynamics of Exchange Rates and Interest Rates (2010)
- Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates in General Equilibrium (2009)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inflation, exchange rates, prices
Papers to begin with:
- Affine Models of the Joint Dynamics of Exchange Rates and Interest Rates (2010)
- Time-Varying Risk, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates in General Equilibrium (2009)
- INTERTEMPORAL STABILITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTEREST RATES AND PRICE CHANGES (1977)
Common contexts: interest rates studies are common in United States and China; price-cost margin studies are common in United States and Belgium.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might U.S. economic policy uncertainty change sustainable development?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Linking Energy Mix Quality and Cultural Globalization to Sustainable Development in the United States: The Role of Economic Growth, Geopolitical Risks, and Currency Power (2025)
- Oil price, climate policy uncertainty, sustainable development, US dollar in an era of global conflict: Based on dynamic time-frequency spillover analysis (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: financing constraints, natural resource rents, US dollar
Papers to begin with:
- Linking Energy Mix Quality and Cultural Globalization to Sustainable Development in the United States: The Role of Economic Growth, Geopolitical Risks, and Currency Power (2025)
- Oil price, climate policy uncertainty, sustainable development, US dollar in an era of global conflict: Based on dynamic time-frequency spillover analysis (2024)
- Policy framework considering resource curse, renewable energy transition, and institutional issues: Fostering sustainable development and sustainable natural resource consumption practices (2023)
Common contexts: U.S. economic policy uncertainty studies are common in United States and China; sustainable development studies are common in China and European Union.
Suggested question
How might globalization change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Catastrophic health expenditures and its inequality in elderly households with chronic disease patients in China (2015)
- Globalization and risk averse workers: The roles of labor market and trade policies (2016)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: income inequality, insurance status, unemployment
Papers to begin with:
- Catastrophic health expenditures and its inequality in elderly households with chronic disease patients in China (2015)
- Globalization and risk averse workers: The roles of labor market and trade policies (2016)
- Does globalization affect the insurance markets? Bootstrap panel Granger causality test (2013)
Common contexts: globalization studies are common in China, India, and related settings; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change inequality?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Urbanization, inequality, economic development and ecological footprint: Searching for turning points and regional homogeneity in Africa (2020)
- Special Economic Zones and the Opening of the Chinese Economy: Some Lessons for Economic Liberalization (1999)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: environmental pollution, structural changes, economic development
Papers to begin with:
- Urbanization, inequality, economic development and ecological footprint: Searching for turning points and regional homogeneity in Africa (2020)
- Special Economic Zones and the Opening of the Chinese Economy: Some Lessons for Economic Liberalization (1999)
- The role of technological change for a sustainable development (2005)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; inequality studies are common in United States and Italy.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change transaction costs?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Transaction costs and technological development: the case of the Danish fruit and vegetable industry (1996)
- The unintended consequences of special economic zones on crime (2026)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: migration, house prices, firms
Papers to begin with:
- Transaction costs and technological development: the case of the Danish fruit and vegetable industry (1996)
- The unintended consequences of special economic zones on crime (2026)
- Value capture mechanisms, transaction costs, and heritage conservation: A case study of Sanjiangyuan National Park, China (2019)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; transaction costs studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change land rents?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- Do house prices affect campaign contributions? (2022)
- Agglomeration, commuting costs, and the internal structure of cities (2012)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: employment growth, firms, house prices
Papers to begin with:
- Do house prices affect campaign contributions? (2022)
- Agglomeration, commuting costs, and the internal structure of cities (2012)
- Agglomeration and growth: a dialogue between economists and geographers (2005)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; land rents studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change production?
Nearby linking concepts: 5
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Long-run welfare under externalities in consumption, leisure, and production: A case for happy degrowth vs. unhappy growth (2011)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: migration, shadow prices, employment
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- Long-run welfare under externalities in consumption, leisure, and production: A case for happy degrowth vs. unhappy growth (2011)
- Estimating Regional Shadow Prices of CO2 in China: A Directional Environmental Production Frontier Approach (2019)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; production studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might digital economy change total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 33
Papers to begin with:
- Can digital economy compensate the effect of aging on total factor productivity? (2024)
- The Impact of Digital Economy on Total Factor Energy Efficiency from the Perspective of Biased Technological Progress (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: human capital, technological innovation, technological progress
Papers to begin with:
- Can digital economy compensate the effect of aging on total factor productivity? (2024)
- The Impact of Digital Economy on Total Factor Energy Efficiency from the Perspective of Biased Technological Progress (2025)
- How Does China’s Digital Economy Affect Green Total Factor Energy Efficiency in the Context of Sustainable Development? (2025)
Common contexts: digital economy studies are common in China and G7; total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China, Italy, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might digitalization change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 28
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, environmental regulation, green innovation
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- How Will the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Green Total Factor Productivity Change under the Influence of Service-Oriented Upgrading of Industrial Structure? (2023)
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
Common contexts: digitalization studies are common in China and India; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might COVID-19 pandemic change aggregate demand?
Nearby linking concepts: 20
Papers to begin with:
- Evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment, income distribution and poverty in Turkey (2023)
- Personal income inequality and aggregate demand (2015)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: income distribution, consumption, exports
Papers to begin with:
- Evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment, income distribution and poverty in Turkey (2023)
- Personal income inequality and aggregate demand (2015)
- Inside debt, aggregate demand and the Cambridge theory of distribution: a note (2002)
Common contexts: COVID-19 pandemic studies are common in China and United States; aggregate demand studies are common in United States, China, and related settings.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might economic policy uncertainty (EPU) change green technology innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 15
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Environmental Regulation and Carbon Emissions on Green Technology Innovation from the Perspective of Spatial Interaction: Empirical Evidence from Urban Agglomeration in China (2022)
- Asymmetric Nexus between Green Technology Innovations, Economic Policy Uncertainty, and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Italy (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: environmental regulation, carbon emissions, CO2 emissions
Papers to begin with:
- The Impact of Environmental Regulation and Carbon Emissions on Green Technology Innovation from the Perspective of Spatial Interaction: Empirical Evidence from Urban Agglomeration in China (2022)
- Asymmetric Nexus between Green Technology Innovations, Economic Policy Uncertainty, and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Italy (2023)
- How does economic policy uncertainty impact CO2 emissions? Investigating investment's role across 22 economies (1997–2021) (2024)
Common contexts: economic policy uncertainty (EPU) studies are common in China and United States; green technology innovation studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might high-speed rail change urban green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 15
Papers to begin with:
- Influence and effect of industrial agglomeration on urban green total factor productivity—On the regulatory role of innovation agglomeration and institutional distance (2023)
- Does National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone Construction Help Improve Urban Green Total Factor Productivity? A Policy Assessment from China (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, talent, industrial agglomeration
Papers to begin with:
- Influence and effect of industrial agglomeration on urban green total factor productivity—On the regulatory role of innovation agglomeration and institutional distance (2023)
- Does National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone Construction Help Improve Urban Green Total Factor Productivity? A Policy Assessment from China (2023)
- The Impact of New-Type Urbanization Policy on Urban Green Total Factor Productivity: New Evidence from China (2024)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; urban green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might COVID-19 pandemic change firm total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 15
Papers to begin with:
- A General Equilibrium Analysis of Achieving the Goal of Stable Growth by China’s Market Expectations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
- The COVID-19 pandemic, consumption and sovereign credit risk: Cross-country evidence (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: exports, green credit, small businesses
Papers to begin with:
- A General Equilibrium Analysis of Achieving the Goal of Stable Growth by China’s Market Expectations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
- The COVID-19 pandemic, consumption and sovereign credit risk: Cross-country evidence (2022)
- The Impact and Mechanism of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Corporate Financing: Evidence from Listed Companies in China (2023)
Common contexts: COVID-19 pandemic studies are common in China and United States; firm total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might high-speed rail change green technology innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 15
Papers to begin with:
- High-Speed Railway Opening, Industrial Symbiotic Agglomeration and Green Sustainable Development—Empirical Evidence from China (2024)
- Path mechanism and spatial spillover effect of green technology innovation on agricultural CO2 emission intensity: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: industrial agglomeration, financial agglomeration, spatial agglomeration
Papers to begin with:
- High-Speed Railway Opening, Industrial Symbiotic Agglomeration and Green Sustainable Development—Empirical Evidence from China (2024)
- Path mechanism and spatial spillover effect of green technology innovation on agricultural CO2 emission intensity: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China (2023)
- High speed rail and corporate social responsibility performance: Analysis of intra-regional location and inter-regional spillover (2022)
Common contexts: high-speed rail studies are common in China and Spain; green technology innovation studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might negative news sentiment change trading volume?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Stock returns, trading volume, and volatility: The case of African stock markets (2022)
- Volatility–Trading volume intraday correlation profiles and its nonstationary features (2018)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: volatility, returns, bid-ask spread
Papers to begin with:
- Stock returns, trading volume, and volatility: The case of African stock markets (2022)
- Volatility–Trading volume intraday correlation profiles and its nonstationary features (2018)
- The relationship between trading volume, volatility and returns of Non-Fungible Tokens: evidence from a quantile approach (2022)
Common contexts: negative news sentiment studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; trading volume studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might Special economic zones change output?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- SEMI‐INPUT–OUTPUT AND SHADOW PRICES: A REPLY (1980)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: investment, house prices, shadow prices
Papers to begin with:
- The effects of special economic zones on employment and investment: a spatial panel modeling perspective (2016)
- SEMI‐INPUT–OUTPUT AND SHADOW PRICES: A REPLY (1980)
- Flexible inflation targeting and financial stability: Is it enough to stabilize inflation and output? (2007)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; output studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question
How might U.S. economic policy uncertainty change market efficiency?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Stock market efficiency: A comparative analysis of Islamic and conventional stock markets (2018)
- Cryptocurrencies market efficiency ranking: Not so straightforward (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: volatility connectedness, utilities sector, BRICS stock markets
Papers to begin with:
- Stock market efficiency: A comparative analysis of Islamic and conventional stock markets (2018)
- Cryptocurrencies market efficiency ranking: Not so straightforward (2019)
- Do global factors impact BRICS stock markets? A quantile regression approach (2014)
Common contexts: U.S. economic policy uncertainty studies are common in United States and China; market efficiency studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might U.S. economic policy uncertainty change trading volume?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Trading volume, maturity and natural gas futures price volatility (1995)
- The empirical linkages among market returns, return volatility, and trading volume: Evidence from the S&P 500 VIX Futures (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: volatility connectedness, natural gas price volatility, market returns
Papers to begin with:
- Trading volume, maturity and natural gas futures price volatility (1995)
- The empirical linkages among market returns, return volatility, and trading volume: Evidence from the S&P 500 VIX Futures (2019)
- Predicting volatility in natural gas under a cloud of uncertainties (2023)
Common contexts: U.S. economic policy uncertainty studies are common in United States and China; trading volume studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might separability change optimal investment strategy?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Direct and indirect weak separability (1981)
- Optimal investment and consumption strategies with state-dependent utility functions and uncertain time-horizon (2013)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: utility function, distance, closed-form solution
Papers to begin with:
- Direct and indirect weak separability (1981)
- Optimal investment and consumption strategies with state-dependent utility functions and uncertain time-horizon (2013)
- The Conjunction of Direct and Indirect Separability (1994)
Common contexts: separability studies are common in United States; optimal investment strategy studies are common in China, CEE and SEE stock markets, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might high-frequency trading change prices?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- A Note on the Effect of Cost Changes on Prices (1983)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, volatility, adverse selection
Papers to begin with:
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- A Note on the Effect of Cost Changes on Prices (1983)
- Algorithmic Trading and Market Quality: International Evidence (2020)
Common contexts: high-frequency trading studies are common in Turkey, France, and related settings; prices studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might U.S. economic policy uncertainty change technological innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The interplay between technological innovation, financial development, energy consumption and natural resource rents in the BRICS economies: Evidence from GMM panel VAR (2024)
- How Does Trade Policy Uncertainty Affect Supply Chain Efficiency: A Case Study of Listed Companies of Chinese Port Industry (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: natural resource rents, trade policy uncertainty, China stock market
Papers to begin with:
- The interplay between technological innovation, financial development, energy consumption and natural resource rents in the BRICS economies: Evidence from GMM panel VAR (2024)
- How Does Trade Policy Uncertainty Affect Supply Chain Efficiency: A Case Study of Listed Companies of Chinese Port Industry (2023)
- Are Geopolitical Risk and Economic Uncertainty Matter for Natural Resources Rents? (2025)
Common contexts: U.S. economic policy uncertainty studies are common in United States and China; technological innovation studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question
How might high-frequency trading change herding behavior?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- Machine learning and speed in high-frequency trading (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, volatility, stock liquidity
Papers to begin with:
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- Machine learning and speed in high-frequency trading (2022)
- Market liquidity and excess volatility: Theory and experiment (2022)
Common contexts: high-frequency trading studies are common in Turkey, France, and related settings; herding behavior studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question
How might high-frequency trading change investor sentiment?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Returns, volatility and investor sentiment: Evidence from European stock markets (2016)
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, volatility, market returns
Papers to begin with:
- Returns, volatility and investor sentiment: Evidence from European stock markets (2016)
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- Measurement of Investor Sentiment and Its Bi-Directional Contemporaneous and Lead–Lag Relationship with Returns: Evidence from Pakistan (2018)
Common contexts: high-frequency trading studies are common in Turkey, France, and related settings; investor sentiment studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might negative news sentiment change welfare?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Asymmetric News Effects on Cryptocurrency Liquidity: an Event Study Perspective (2020)
- Providing global public goods under uncertainty (2010)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, size of government, uncertainty
Papers to begin with:
- Asymmetric News Effects on Cryptocurrency Liquidity: an Event Study Perspective (2020)
- Providing global public goods under uncertainty (2010)
- Competition among liquidity providers with access to high-frequency trading technology (2020)
Common contexts: negative news sentiment studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; welfare studies are common in United States and China.
Suggested question
How might TVP-SV-VAR model change unemployment?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- The asymmetric impact of oil prices, interest rates and oil price uncertainty on unemployment in the US (2020)
- Land prices and unemployment (2016)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: land prices, oil prices, implied volatility
Papers to begin with:
- The asymmetric impact of oil prices, interest rates and oil price uncertainty on unemployment in the US (2020)
- Land prices and unemployment (2016)
- Dynamic cyclical comovements of oil prices with industrial production, consumer prices, unemployment, and stock prices (2007)
Common contexts: TVP-SV-VAR model studies are common in China, Turkey, and related settings; unemployment studies are common in United States and United Kingdom.
Suggested question
How might Special economic zones change industrial transformation?
Nearby linking concepts: 4
Papers to begin with:
- Does digital inclusive finance promote industrial transformation? New evidence from 115 resource-based cities in China (2022)
- Marketization, digital economy, and industrial structure transformation: Mechanisms and regional variations (2025)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: technological innovation, foreign investment, eastern regions
Papers to begin with:
- Does digital inclusive finance promote industrial transformation? New evidence from 115 resource-based cities in China (2022)
- Marketization, digital economy, and industrial structure transformation: Mechanisms and regional variations (2025)
- Research on the impact of pilot free trade zones on urban green development: A case study based on the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China (2024)
Common contexts: Special economic zones studies are common in China and India; industrial transformation studies are common in China and Pakistan.
Suggested question
How might natural resource dependence change green total factor productivity (GTFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 14
Papers to begin with:
- Exploring the impact of natural resource dependence on green technology innovation: New insights from China (2023)
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green technology innovation, environmental regulation, green technological innovation
Papers to begin with:
- Exploring the impact of natural resource dependence on green technology innovation: New insights from China (2023)
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation in China (2024)
- Environmental Regulation, Foreign Direct Investment, and Green Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Test Based on Chinese City-Level Panel Data (2024)
Common contexts: natural resource dependence studies are common in China and India; green total factor productivity (GTFP) studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might R&D investment change green total factor productivity?
Nearby linking concepts: 14
Papers to begin with:
- Digital economy and green total factor productivity in China (2024)
- Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of the coupling between digital economy and green total factor productivity and its influencing factors in China (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green innovation, technological innovation, digital economy
Papers to begin with:
- Digital economy and green total factor productivity in China (2024)
- Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of the coupling between digital economy and green total factor productivity and its influencing factors in China (2023)
- Green credit and industrial green total factor productivity: The impact mechanism and threshold effect tests (2023)
Common contexts: R&D investment studies are common in China and Korea; green total factor productivity studies are common in China.
Suggested question
How might COVID-19 pandemic change green technology innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 14
Papers to begin with:
- Asymmetric inter-linkages between green technology innovation and consumption-based carbon emissions in BRICS countries using quantile-on-quantile framework (2021)
- Limited investor attention and biased reactions to information: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: green credit, equity returns, investor attention
Papers to begin with:
- Asymmetric inter-linkages between green technology innovation and consumption-based carbon emissions in BRICS countries using quantile-on-quantile framework (2021)
- Limited investor attention and biased reactions to information: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
- Digital Finance and Green Technology Innovation: A Dual-Layer Analysis of Financing and Governance Mechanisms in China (2025)
Common contexts: COVID-19 pandemic studies are common in China and United States; green technology innovation studies are common in China and India.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might digital finance change firm total factor productivity (TFP)?
Nearby linking concepts: 18
Papers to begin with:
- How does digital finance affect green technology innovation in the polluting industry? Based on the serial two-mediator model of financing constraints and research and development (R&D) investments (2023)
- Unlocking the potential of digital finance: a perspective based on the quality of corporate environmental information disclosure (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: financing constraints, green innovation, technological innovation
Papers to begin with:
- How does digital finance affect green technology innovation in the polluting industry? Based on the serial two-mediator model of financing constraints and research and development (R&D) investments (2023)
- Unlocking the potential of digital finance: a perspective based on the quality of corporate environmental information disclosure (2024)
- Digital finance and green innovation efficiency: empirical data from Chinese listed manufacturing companies (2023)
Common contexts: digital finance studies are common in China and Malaysia; firm total factor productivity (TFP) studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might green technology innovation change ESG investments?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Do Green Technology Innovation and Trade Openness Drive Carbon Neutrality in Developing Countries? Examining the Mediating Role of Energy Consumption (2025)
- Realizing Carbon Neutrality in Top-Emitter Countries: Do Green Technology Innovation, Renewable Energy, Financial Development, and Environmental Tax Matters? (2024)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: CO2 emissions, energy, digital transformation
Papers to begin with:
- Do Green Technology Innovation and Trade Openness Drive Carbon Neutrality in Developing Countries? Examining the Mediating Role of Energy Consumption (2025)
- Realizing Carbon Neutrality in Top-Emitter Countries: Do Green Technology Innovation, Renewable Energy, Financial Development, and Environmental Tax Matters? (2024)
- Time-frequency connectedness among traditional/new energy, green finance, and ESG in pre- and post-Russia-Ukraine war periods (2023)
Common contexts: green technology innovation studies are common in China and India; ESG investments studies are common in China, Europe, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might negative news sentiment change market efficiency?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The Use of Volatility Measures in Assessing Market Efficiency* (1981)
- Cryptocurrencies market efficiency ranking: Not so straightforward (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, volatility, cryptocurrency returns
Papers to begin with:
- The Use of Volatility Measures in Assessing Market Efficiency* (1981)
- Cryptocurrencies market efficiency ranking: Not so straightforward (2019)
- Market efficiency in foreign exchange markets (2007)
Common contexts: negative news sentiment studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; market efficiency studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question
How might high-frequency trading change market efficiency?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The Use of Volatility Measures in Assessing Market Efficiency* (1981)
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, volatility, market liquidity
Papers to begin with:
- The Use of Volatility Measures in Assessing Market Efficiency* (1981)
- High-frequency trading and market quality: The case of a “slightly exposed” market (2021)
- The time-varying effects of liquidity and market efficiency of the European Union carbon market: Evidence from the TVP-SVAR-SV approach (2023)
Common contexts: high-frequency trading studies are common in Turkey, France, and related settings; market efficiency studies are common in China and United States.
Suggested question Cross-area
How might free trade agreements change green innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Impacts of Digital Transformation on the Quantity and Quality of Corporate Green Innovation: Evidence from China (2025)
- Climbing the quality ladder of green innovation: Does green finance matter? (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: digital transformation, international cooperation, transaction costs
Papers to begin with:
- Impacts of Digital Transformation on the Quantity and Quality of Corporate Green Innovation: Evidence from China (2025)
- Climbing the quality ladder of green innovation: Does green finance matter? (2022)
- From bytes to green: The impact of digital transformation on carbon performance (2026)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; green innovation studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might monetary policy shocks change cyclical component?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Effect of monetary policy shocks on the racial unemployment rates in the US (2022)
- Monetary policy shocks and consumer expectations in the euro area (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: output, unemployment, unemployment rate
Papers to begin with:
- Effect of monetary policy shocks on the racial unemployment rates in the US (2022)
- Monetary policy shocks and consumer expectations in the euro area (2023)
- Euro area banking and monetary policy shocks in the QE era (2022)
Common contexts: monetary policy shocks studies are common in United States and euro area; cyclical component studies are common in United States, Netherlands, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might renewable portfolio standards change green innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards on carbon emission trading under the background of China’s electricity marketization reform (2021)
- Can carbon emission trading policy promote green innovation? The perspective of corporate operating difficulties (2023)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: carbon emissions, carbon emissions trading, green bonds
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards on carbon emission trading under the background of China’s electricity marketization reform (2021)
- Can carbon emission trading policy promote green innovation? The perspective of corporate operating difficulties (2023)
- Does green innovation, energy productivity and environmental taxes limit carbon emissions in developed economies: Implications for sustainable development (2022)
Common contexts: renewable portfolio standards studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; green innovation studies are common in China and OECD.
Suggested question
How might marital status change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
- The Impact of Multimorbidities on Catastrophic Health Expenditures among Patients Suffering from Hypertension in China: An Analysis of Nationwide Representative Data (2022)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: hospitalization, health insurance coverage, health insurance
Papers to begin with:
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
- The Impact of Multimorbidities on Catastrophic Health Expenditures among Patients Suffering from Hypertension in China: An Analysis of Nationwide Representative Data (2022)
- Abstract 17888: Catastrophic Health Expenditures: A Financial Adverse Effect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Uninsured (2017)
Common contexts: marital status studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
Suggested question
How might economic fundamentals change price-cost margin?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Exchange rates and fundamentals: A bootstrap panel data analysis (2018)
- Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: Footloose or Evolving Relationship? (2009)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: exchange rates, market share, exchange rate changes
Papers to begin with:
- Exchange rates and fundamentals: A bootstrap panel data analysis (2018)
- Exchange Rates and Fundamentals: Footloose or Evolving Relationship? (2009)
- Investment in manufacturing, exchange rates and external exposure (1995)
Common contexts: economic fundamentals studies are common in China and United States; price-cost margin studies are common in United States and Belgium.
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How might race/ethnicity change catastrophic health expenditures?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
- Abstract 17888: Catastrophic Health Expenditures: A Financial Adverse Effect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Uninsured (2017)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: health insurance coverage, hospitalization, lack of health insurance
Papers to begin with:
- Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India (2023)
- Abstract 17888: Catastrophic Health Expenditures: A Financial Adverse Effect of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Uninsured (2017)
- The convergence of racial and income disparities in health insurance coverage in the United States (2021)
Common contexts: race/ethnicity studies are common in United States and Brazil; catastrophic health expenditures studies are common in China, India, and related settings.
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How might renewable portfolio standards change technological innovation?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards on carbon emission trading under the background of China’s electricity marketization reform (2021)
- Drivers and Impacts of Renewable Portfolio Standards (2016)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: carbon emissions, feed-in tariff, carbon emissions trading
Papers to begin with:
- The impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards on carbon emission trading under the background of China’s electricity marketization reform (2021)
- Drivers and Impacts of Renewable Portfolio Standards (2016)
- The Development of the Renewable Energy Power Industry under Feed-In Tariff and Renewable Portfolio Standard: A Case Study of China’s Photovoltaic Power Industry (2017)
Common contexts: renewable portfolio standards studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; technological innovation studies are common in China and India.
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How might TVP-SV-VAR model change food prices?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Modelling the return and volatility spillovers of crude oil and food prices in Nigeria (2018)
- Time-frequency contained co-movement of crude oil and world food prices: A wavelet-based analysis (2017)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: crude oil prices, oil prices, volatility spillovers
Papers to begin with:
- Modelling the return and volatility spillovers of crude oil and food prices in Nigeria (2018)
- Time-frequency contained co-movement of crude oil and world food prices: A wavelet-based analysis (2017)
- On the effects of world stock market and oil price shocks on food prices: An empirical investigation based on TVP-VAR models with stochastic volatility (2014)
Common contexts: TVP-SV-VAR model studies are common in China, Turkey, and related settings; food prices studies are common in United States, China, and related settings.
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How might property taxes change price-to-rent ratio?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Housing Sustainability: The Effects of Speculation and Property Taxes on House Prices within and beyond the Jurisdiction (2022)
- The effect of property taxes on urban areas (1980)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: house prices, housing stock, housing price
Papers to begin with:
- Housing Sustainability: The Effects of Speculation and Property Taxes on House Prices within and beyond the Jurisdiction (2022)
- The effect of property taxes on urban areas (1980)
- House prices and rents in Spain: Does the discount factor matter? (2007)
Common contexts: property taxes studies are common in United States and Democratic Republic of the Congo; price-to-rent ratio studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might negative news sentiment change price discovery?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The interactions between price discovery, liquidity and algorithmic trading for U.S.-Canadian cross-listed shares (2018)
- Price Discovery without Trading: Evidence from Limit Orders (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: liquidity, bid-ask spread, volatility
Papers to begin with:
- The interactions between price discovery, liquidity and algorithmic trading for U.S.-Canadian cross-listed shares (2018)
- Price Discovery without Trading: Evidence from Limit Orders (2019)
- Market uncertainty, persistent arbitrage-free violation, and price discovery in RMB market (2023)
Common contexts: negative news sentiment studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; price discovery studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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How might free trade agreements change welfare level?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- A strategic and welfare theoretic analysis of free trade areas (2003)
- Tariff bindings and the dynamic formation of Preferential Trade Agreements (2019)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: trade liberalization, free trade, pattern of trade
Papers to begin with:
- A strategic and welfare theoretic analysis of free trade areas (2003)
- Tariff bindings and the dynamic formation of Preferential Trade Agreements (2019)
- Are Free Trade Areas Good for Multilateralism? Evidence from the European Free Trade Association (2002)
Common contexts: free trade agreements studies are common in United States, Mexico, and related settings; welfare level studies are common in United States and China.
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How might wage setting change non-performing loans?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- The effect of macroeconomic shocks on non-performing loans and credit risk in the iranian banking system using time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (2025)
- Centralised Wage Setting, Inflation Contracts, and the Optimal Choice of Central Banker (2000)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: inflation, unemployment rate, efficiency
Papers to begin with:
- The effect of macroeconomic shocks on non-performing loans and credit risk in the iranian banking system using time-varying parameter vector autoregressions (2025)
- Centralised Wage Setting, Inflation Contracts, and the Optimal Choice of Central Banker (2000)
- Banking-industry specific and regional economic determinants of non-performing loans: Evidence from US states (2015)
Common contexts: wage setting studies are common in United States, Canada, and related settings; non-performing loans studies are common in China and United States.
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How might ESG investments change sustainable development goals?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- Synergizing Financial Inclusion and Green Finance: Advancing Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and 2050 in Alignment With COP 29 Commitments (2025)
- Leveraging Financial and Technological Drivers in Advancing <scp>ESG</scp> Sustainability Practices in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (2026)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: environmental sustainability, green finance, business performance
Papers to begin with:
- Synergizing Financial Inclusion and Green Finance: Advancing Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and 2050 in Alignment With COP 29 Commitments (2025)
- Leveraging Financial and Technological Drivers in Advancing <scp>ESG</scp> Sustainability Practices in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (2026)
- Green finance and sustainability development goals in Indonesian Fund Village (2022)
Common contexts: ESG investments studies are common in China, Europe, and related settings; sustainable development goals studies are common in China, United Arab Emirates, and related settings.
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How might level of debt change efficiency?
Nearby linking concepts: 3
Papers to begin with:
- An equity-efficiency trade-off in a geometric approach to committee selection (2009)
- Equity and Efficiency in Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Benjamin Higgins (1993)
Why this question
Nearby linking concepts: equity, liquid assets, financial performance
Papers to begin with:
- An equity-efficiency trade-off in a geometric approach to committee selection (2009)
- Equity and Efficiency in Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Benjamin Higgins (1993)
- The Equity-Efficiency Trade-off in Environmental Policy: Evidence from Stated Preferences (2010)
Common contexts: level of debt studies are common in China, United States, and related settings; efficiency studies are common in China, United States, and related settings.
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