To mitigate global climate change and achieve the targets of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Chinese government implemented a carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) pilot policy in batches. However, there has been no unified consensus at present on whether the ETS pilot policy...

The availabilities of debt for Chinese firms have been increased since 2008 due to the expansionary monetary policies. These policies triggered concerns over the impact of debt financing on firms' technological innovation activities. Based on a sample of 225 listed computer and...

Why can complex knowledge be produced in some places but not in others? Regional knowledge complexity possesses a powerful explanatory and predictive capacity for regional innovation and economic development, yet the mechanisms underlying the formation of regional knowledge complexity remain...

The efficient capital markets hypothesis (EMH) posits that security prices incorporate all available information in capital markets. Nevertheless, real stock markets often exhibit speculative behavior due to information asymmetry and the limited rationality of investors. This paper employs...

This paper examines how the economic relations between China and the Central Asian countries affect the economic development of the Central Asian countries in the context of the Belt and Road economy. China has come up with the global economic strategy initiative known as '"'One Belt, One Road"...