Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Indispensable Interphase Passivation in Solvation‐Regulated Propylene Carbonate Electrolytes for Ah‐Level Lithium‐Ion Batteries at −50–120°C

ABSTRACT Propylene carbonate (PC) is a high‐permittivity, wide‐temperature solvent, but the Li + ‐PC co‐intercalation issue in graphite (Gr) anode curtailed its application in lithium‐ion batteries. Although solvation engineering suppresses co‐intercalation, long‐term cycling is...

Crisis communication strategies, government reputation signals, and health compliance willingness during COVID-19: a randomized experiment in the context of China’s zero-COVID policy

Although government reputation is widely recognized as a resource for securing public compliance during health crises, little is known about which specific reputational attributes members of the public rely on when forming trust and deciding whether to comply with costly protecti...

When public money speaks: local government special bonds and corporate green innovation in China

Public investment reallocates both resources and expectations. This study examines this dual role through China’s local government special bonds, a project-based fiscal instrument that reveals local governments’ green development priorities through observable and spatially target...

Local creative culture environment and corporate digital transformation: evidence from cultural and creative industry parks in China

Based on a sample of Chinese A-share listed firms from 2009 to 2023, we investigate the influence of the local creative culture environment on corporate digital transformation (DT). The results show that a vibrant creative culture environment is positively related to firms’ DT, p...

Renewable energy clusters and local economic development in China: Innovation and employment effects

This paper examines whether renewable energy clusters generate measurable innovation spillovers and employment gains across Chinese prefectural-level cities. China has emerged as the world's largest producer and installer of renewable energy capacity, yet evidence on the local ec...

From single-sequence structure prediction to protein fitness landscape through a composable, epistasis-aware mutation atlas

Mapping the multi-mutant fitness landscape is vital to protein engineering, but is challenging due to the vast combinatorial sequence space awaiting exploration. A central difficulty lies in the accurate and efficient modeling of non-additive epistatic effects among individual mu...

Peer hypocrisy and corporate philanthropic giving

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether the prevalence of peer hypocrisy among industry counterparts is associated with reduced corporate philanthropic giving by focal firms and explore the pathways through which this association arises. Design/methodology/approach Using a pan...

Unleashing the power of a smile: the impact of customer humor on employees' proactive customer service performance

Purpose Drawing on social exchange theory, this study investigates whether and how customer humor affects employees' proactive customer service performance (PCSP). Specifically, we propose customer–employee exchange (CEX) as the mediating mechanism and employee extraversion as a...

CCS deployment policy choices under regional heterogeneity: Economy-wide impacts and spillovers in China

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is critical for decarbonizing the fossil-energy power sector, the world's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. However, how deployment responsibilities should be allocated across heterogeneous regions to deliver economy-wide economic and en...

Public Procurement and University-Industry Research Collaboration: The Mediating Role of R&D Investment and the Moderating Role of Financing Constraints

University–industry research collaboration is an important pathway through which firms integrate external scientific knowledge, strengthen innovation capabilities, and develop sustainability-oriented technological solutions. Public procurement, as a demand-side policy instrument,...

The Impact of Energy‐Consuming Right Trading Policy on Green Technology Innovation in China

ABSTRACT China is committed to building the energy‐consuming right trading market. In this article, the impact of energy‐consuming right trading policy (ERTP) on green technology innovation (GTI) of Chinese manufacturing industry listed companies is evaluated. The results show th...

The Association Between Relative Deprivation and Aggression: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

Previous research regarding the association between relative deprivation and aggression has yielded inconsistent findings, and the moderating mechanisms underlying this association remain underexplored. In this study, we evaluated the association between relative deprivation and...

Share pledge, information advantage, and brokers’ SEO underwriting competition

This study investigates how brokerage firms’ involvement in share pledge transactions affects their competitiveness in underwriting seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). We find that brokerage firms acting as pledgees are more likely to serve as underwriters for issuers whose blockho...

How Government Environmental Targets Shape Firms' Environmental Disclosure Strategy: Evidence From LLM ‐Based Textual Analysis

ABSTRACT High‐quality environmental disclosure is becoming a global baseline as jurisdictions align with International Sustainability Standards Board standards. Prior literature provides mixed evidence on whether regulatory pressure promotes environmental transparency or induces...

Corporate ESG Performance, Green Innovation, and Financial Performance: The Moderating Role of Financial Risk

ABSTRACT In view of China's “dual carbon goals” (carbon neutrality and carbon peaking), the mechanisms and boundary conditions that form the basis of the relationship between corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and financial performance have not been...

Institutional shareholder coordination and labour investment efficiency: evidence from the geographic concentration of institutional shareholders

In an era of dispersed ownership, shareholder coordination has become increasingly important. Using a sample of A-share listed firms on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2007 to 2022, we empirically investigate the impact of shareholder coordination on labour investm...

Leveraging Deep Reinforcement Learning to Facilitate the Transition from Knowledge Diversity to Knowledge Creation in Construction Project Teams

Abstract Knowledge diversity is essential for innovation in construction project teams, yet translating it into tangible outcomes remains challenging. Traditional management theories and static methods often fail to provide dynamic solutions. This study addresses the issue throug...