How environmental regulation policies affect corporate ESG ratings: Latecomer advantage in China's digital economy
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- Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
- L53 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Enterprise Policy
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
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