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“Local Heroes”: Construction firms pioneering circular innovation “地方英雄”：循环创新的建筑公司

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108862

Elisa Chioatto , Alessandro Montanaro , Massimiliano Mazzanti

Innovation in the construction sector is critical to reducing environmental impacts, yet the adoption of circular innovations remains poorly understood. This paper examines the determinants of circular innovation adoption among 376 construction firms in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, based on an original survey dataset. Our analysis reveals that R&D investments increase the likelihood of circular innovation adoption by 24 percentage points, while larger firm size raises it by 13 points. Local market orientation exerts a strong positive effect: firms generating at least 50 % of their turnover locally are 15 percentage points more likely to adopt a circular innovation. Regulatory factors are not significant in aggregate, but become decisive for specific circular practices such as selective demolition and the use of sustainable inputs. Theoretically, the study demonstrates that circular innovations follow different adoption dynamics than traditional innovations in the construction industry, with proximity-based networks and local material flows playing a central role. Policy-wise, findings highlight the need to support R&D, especially in smaller firms, strengthen targeted regulatory incentives, and foster local inter-firm collaborations to reduce transaction costs and overcome secondary material quality risks.

建筑行业的创新对于减少环境影响至关重要，但人们对循环创新的采用仍然知之甚少。本文基于原始调查数据集，研究了意大利艾米利亚-罗马涅地区376家建筑公司采用循环创新的决定因素。我们的分析表明，研发投资使采用循环创新的可能性提高了24个百分点，而更大的公司规模使其提高了13个百分点。本地市场导向产生了强烈的积极影响：在本地产生至少50%营业额的公司采用循环创新的可能性要高15个百分点。管制因素总体上并不重要，但对具体的循环做法，如选择性拆除和使用可持续投入，具有决定性作用。从理论上讲，该研究表明，在建筑行业，循环创新遵循不同于传统创新的采用动态，基于邻近性的网络和本地材料流发挥着核心作用。在政策方面，研究结果强调需要支持研发，特别是在较小的公司，加强有针对性的监管激励措施，并促进当地公司间的合作，以降低交易成本和克服二次材料质量风险。

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Innovations and Dilemmas in Global Forest Governance - The Tortuous Pathway toward a Deforestation-free World: Introduction to the Special Issue 全球森林治理的创新与困境——通往无森林砍伐世界的曲折之路：特刊导言

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108840

Roldan Muradian , Peter May

Tropical deforestation remains one of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges, despite decades of international efforts to regulate forest use and commodity trade. This editorial article introduces the special issue “Deforestation-free trade: Global governance challenges and socio-environmental implications in producing countries” and situates its contributions within the historical evolution of global forest governance. We distinguish three “generations” of governance arrangements: a first based on intergovernmental soft law and contested notions of sovereignty and global commons; a second centered on voluntary standards, private certification, and the climatization of forests through REDD+; and a third, currently emerging, characterized by compulsory demand-side regulation (e.g., the EU Deforestation Regulation) and redistributive proposals (e.g., the Tropical Forest Forever Facility). Using the analytical lens of discursive framing, we show how shifting narratives have shaped governance regimes. We argue that territorial approaches (regulations addressing directly the main drivers of deforestation) are more likely to curb deforestation, as compared to value chain interventions (demand-driven regulations targeting global commodity chains associated with deforestation risk). However, they need to be supported by global redistributive mechanisms, to facilitate enforcement. The contributions to this special issue highlight the need for hybrid strategies that combine regulatory measures with cooperative redistribution and recognition of forest-dependent peoples. We conclude that effective global governance of forests requires reframing them beyond carbon and commodities while acknowledging their socio-cultural, ecological, and justice dimensions.

热带森林砍伐仍然是最紧迫的社会生态挑战之一，尽管几十年来国际上努力规范森林利用和商品贸易。这篇社论介绍了特刊《无毁林贸易：全球治理的挑战和生产国的社会环境影响》，并将其贡献置于全球森林治理的历史演变之中。我们将治理安排分为“三代”：第一代基于政府间软法和主权和全球公域等有争议的概念；第二部分侧重于自愿标准、私人认证以及通过REDD+实现的森林气候化；第三种是目前正在出现的，其特点是强制性需求方面的管制（例如，欧盟砍伐森林条例）和再分配建议（例如，热带森林永久设施）。使用话语框架的分析镜头，我们展示了如何转变叙事塑造治理制度。我们认为，与价值链干预措施（针对与森林砍伐风险相关的全球商品链的需求驱动型法规）相比，地域方法（直接解决森林砍伐主要驱动因素的法规）更有可能遏制森林砍伐。然而，它们需要得到全球再分配机制的支持，以促进执行。对本期特刊的投稿强调需要采取混合战略，将管制措施与合作再分配和承认依赖森林的人民结合起来。我们的结论是，有效的全球森林治理需要在承认其社会文化、生态和正义维度的同时，超越碳和商品对其进行重构。

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How does local policy attention reshape environmental justice? 地方政策的关注如何重塑环境正义？

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108864

Qiang Li , Lin Zhang

Environmental justice is likely to be affected by local policymaking strategies towards environmental protection due to the uneven economic and social development throughout China. This paper examines whether and how local environmental protection policy attention reshapes environmental justice across the country. Utilizing data from prefecture-level cities spanning 2014 to 2020, and accounting for within-province variations, we construct the Theil index, based on 24-h SO₂ concentration and population data, to assess the environmental (in)justice. The empirical findings demonstrate that strong policy attention significantly increases environmental injustice. The induced environmental injustice associated with policy attention is stronger in regions characterized by low degrees of political and economic institutions. Geographically, the effects of policy attention are pronounced in western region and non-Yangtze River Economic Belt zones. Moreover, the policy attention-induced injustice is associated with a 0.3 % decline in per capita GDP or CNY130 on average. These findings reveal the substantial economic costs associated with uneven policy implementation and underscore the importance for policymakers to design a more inclusive and resilient economic and social landscape, mitigating unintended distributional consequences and advancing sustainable development goals.

由于中国经济和社会发展的不平衡，环境正义很可能受到地方环境保护政策的影响。本文考察了地方环境保护政策的关注是否以及如何在全国范围内重塑环境正义。利用2014 - 2020年地级市数据，在考虑省际差异的基础上，构建了基于24小时二氧化硫浓度和人口数据的Theil指数，以评价环境（in）正义。实证结果表明，强烈的政策关注显著增加了环境不公平。在政治和经济制度程度较低的地区，与政策关注相关的环境不公正现象更为严重。从地理上看，西部地区和非长江经济带地区的政策关注效果明显。此外，政策关注引起的不公正与人均GDP下降0.3%或平均下降130元有关。这些研究结果揭示了政策执行不平衡带来的巨大经济成本，并强调了决策者设计更具包容性和弹性的经济和社会格局、减轻意外分配后果和推进可持续发展目标的重要性。

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Decommodifying cacao: matchmaking between producers and buyers of fine flavour cacao from Peru 解腐可可：为来自秘鲁的优质可可的生产商和买家牵线

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108850

Evert Thomas , Gesabel Villar , Diego Zavaleta , Viviana Ceccarelli , Fredy Yovera , Trent Blare , Marleni Ramirez , Christoph Oberlack , Rachel Atkinson

Decommodification is promoted as a sustainability strategy in bulk commodity sectors such as cacao or coffee. Fine flavour cacao (FFC) may contribute to decommodifying the cacao sector. However, such decommodification may lead to new patterns of exclusion among smallholder producers, depending on how well they are able to meet more stringent quality requirements. This study assesses the extent to which producers of two of Peru's premier FFCs match the requirements of FFCs buyers. We interviewed 76 Peruvian and international FFC buyers and 337 cacao farmer households from 114 communities in the Peruvian departments of Cusco and Piura. We used ordination and cluster analysis to construct buyer and producer typologies, and developed a methodology to assess how well each producer type matches the requirements of each buyer type. While certain producers are well positioned to comply with the demands of specific buyers, wide gaps remain for producers to benefit from FFC, notably those related to quality aspects of cacao beans, but also ecological and socio-economic considerations, such as zero-deforestation and agroforestry-grown cacao, and enhanced participation of women in the value chain. If decommodification of cacao is to benefit vulnerable smallholder producers, institutions and trade relationships are needed that allow more producers to meet the more stringent requirements of a diversified, high-quality cacao sector.

在可可或咖啡等大宗商品部门，分解是一种可持续发展战略。细味可可（FFC）可能有助于可可部门的分解。然而，这种分解可能导致小农生产者被排除在外的新模式，这取决于他们是否能够满足更严格的质量要求。本研究评估了秘鲁两种主要FFCs生产商满足FFCs购买者要求的程度。我们采访了来自秘鲁库斯科省和皮乌拉省114个社区的76名秘鲁和国际FFC买家和337户可可农户。我们使用排序和聚类分析来构建买方和生产者类型，并开发了一种方法来评估每种生产者类型与每种买方类型的要求的匹配程度。虽然某些生产商在满足特定买家的需求方面处于有利地位，但生产者从FFC中受益的差距仍然很大，特别是与可可豆质量有关的方面，但也存在生态和社会经济方面的考虑，例如零森林砍伐和农林业种植的可可，以及提高妇女在价值链中的参与度。如果要使脆弱的小农生产者受益，就需要建立制度和贸易关系，使更多的生产者能够满足多样化、高质量可可部门的更严格要求。

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Determinants of willingness to bear the costs for environmental protection: Insights from cross-country survey data 环境保护成本承担意愿的决定因素：来自跨国调查数据的见解

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108876

Toker Doganoglu , Lukasz Grzybowski , Joanna Rachubik

Using data from the 2020 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Environment IV module from 26 countries on about 29,183 individuals, we investigate the influence of socio-demographic factors, consumer behavior, environmental beliefs, opinions, and attitudes on the willingness to pay higher prices and higher taxes, as well as the willingness to reduce their standard of living of respondents in support of environmental protection. The findings reveal significant variations in willingness to bear financial burdens for environmental protection across different countries and socio-economic groups. Our analysis highlights the critical role of education, religion, political affiliation, and trust in institutions in shaping environmental attitudes and behaviors. Moreover, after controlling for individual characteristics, significant international disparities persist. Many European countries, despite their progressive environmental policies, show lower willingness for higher taxes, which may be due to already high tax burdens. These findings underscore the importance of tailoring policy communications to different socio-economic groups, emphasizing both the immediate and long-term benefits of environmental protection to enhance acceptance among various demographic segments.

利用2020年国际社会调查计划（ISSP）环境IV模块中来自26个国家的约29,183个人的数据，我们调查了社会人口因素，消费者行为，环境信念，意见和态度对支付更高价格和更高税收的意愿的影响，以及受访者为了支持环境保护而降低生活水平的意愿。研究结果显示，不同国家和社会经济群体承担环境保护财政负担的意愿存在显著差异。我们的分析强调了教育、宗教、政治派别和对制度的信任在塑造环境态度和行为方面的关键作用。此外，在控制了个体特征之后，显著的国际差异仍然存在。许多欧洲国家尽管有进步的环境政策，但对提高税收的意愿不高，这可能是由于已经很高的税收负担。这些调查结果强调了根据不同的社会经济群体调整政策沟通的重要性，强调环境保护的眼前和长期利益，以提高不同人口阶层的接受程度。

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Climate extreme events and climate change are enforced by extortionate freeriders overloading those who mitigate – An economic experiment 气候极端事件和气候变化是由敲诈勒索的搭便车者使那些减轻负担的人超载造成的-一个经济实验

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108866

Manfred Milinski , Stefania Innocenti

Climate extremes have become more frequent and severe due to excessive human emissions, yet it remains unclear whether the threat of costly hazards spurs collective mitigation. In a laboratory experiment, groups of six players contributed individually toward a collective target that, if unmet, triggered a simulated climate catastrophe and forfeiture of their endowment. Some groups also faced intermediate climate events, avoidable through sufficient mitigation to prevent costly losses. Although many groups suffered from losses, they reached the final target as often as the control groups without simulated climate events. Player behavior had two variants: “fair players”, who consistently contributed their share, and “extortioners”, who free-rode and forced others to compensate for their lack of contribution. Groups were randomly composed of participants, whose observed behavior revealed between 0 and 5 individuals acting as extortioners. When extortion became overwhelming, fair players failed to absorb the deficit, groups missed the target and steadfast extortioners incurred losses too. Extortioners disregarded losses and accumulated a large gain while fair players earned little. Nonetheless, fair players' best response was to accede to extortion and cover the deficit. Extortion decreased mitigation across all conditions. Our findings may help to illustrate mechanisms also relevant in the real world where individual actions e.g., leisure travel on giant cruise ships or running power plants with coal, and much else, ultimately prevent collective success. In 2024, global CO₂ emissions and temperatures reached record highs, stressing the inability of fair players to compensate the deficit caused by freeriders. This dynamic suggests that the persistence of climate change stems from the unwavering behavior of extortioners in contexts outside of the laboratory.

由于人类的过度排放，极端气候变得更加频繁和严重，但目前尚不清楚代价高昂的危害的威胁是否会促使集体减缓。在一项实验室实验中，六人一组的参与者各自为一个集体目标做出贡献，如果没有实现，就会引发一场模拟的气候灾难，并没收他们的捐赠。一些群体还面临着中间气候事件，这些事件可以通过充分的缓解措施来避免代价高昂的损失。尽管许多小组遭受了损失，但在没有模拟气候事件的情况下，他们达到最终目标的频率与对照组一样高。玩家的行为有两种变体：“公平玩家”，他们总是贡献自己的份额；“勒索者”，他们搭便车，强迫其他人补偿他们的贡献不足。小组随机由参与者组成，观察到的行为显示0到5个人有敲诈勒索的行为。当勒索变得势不可挡时，公平的参与者无法吸收赤字，团体无法达到目标，坚定的勒索者也会遭受损失。勒索者不顾损失，积累了大量的收益，而公平的玩家却赚得很少。尽管如此，公平竞争者的最佳回应是接受敲诈并弥补赤字。在所有条件下，勒索减少缓解。我们的研究结果可能有助于说明现实世界中的相关机制，在现实世界中，个人行为（如乘坐大型游轮休闲旅行或使用煤炭运营发电厂等）最终会阻碍集体成功。2024年，全球二氧化碳排放量和气温创下历史新高，突显出公平参与者无法弥补“搭便车者”造成的赤字。这一动态表明，气候变化的持续源于实验室之外敲诈勒索者坚定不移的行为。

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The hidden social costs of climate change: Evidence on weather shocks, children’s mobility and rural economic welfare in Uganda 气候变化的隐性社会成本：关于乌干达天气冲击、儿童流动性和农村经济福利的证据

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108859

Manuela Coromaldi , Alessio D’Amato , Loredana Mirra

Children’s mobility is a relevant phenomenon worldwide. It is even more relevant in developing countries, where the income conditions of rural households exacerbate it. Meanwhile, difficulties in feeding and raising children in rural areas are worsened by climate-related shocks, which severely affect agricultural production. The aim of this paper is to move a further step in the investigation of the role played by weather shocks in driving rural households’ critical decisions, with specific attention to children’s mobility. In turn, we aim to identify the impact of such decisions on rural households’ economic welfare in terms of expenditure and income. To this end, we apply a panel two-stage least squares model, and then we adopt the approach by Callaway and Sant’Anna (2021) to evaluate the dynamic effects of children’s mobility decisions on rural households’ economic outcomes. Our findings highlight the asymmetric effects of climate shocks: wet events are associated with increased child mobility, while droughts reduce the likelihood that children are sent away. Furthermore, we estimate causal links between child mobility and economic outcomes. Although child relocation is associated with modest increases in per capita food expenditure, total income, and agricultural income, dynamic analysis reveals a more complex picture. Positive effects on expenditure are only manifest two years after relocation, particularly for older children, while crop income declines significantly, although temporarily, following child mobility decisions. These results suggest that child relocation is not always an effective or welfare-improving strategy.

儿童流动是一个世界性的相关现象。这在发展中国家更为重要，因为发展中国家农村家庭的收入状况加剧了这一问题。与此同时，与气候有关的冲击加剧了农村儿童的喂养和抚养困难，严重影响了农业生产。本文的目的是进一步研究天气冲击在推动农村家庭做出关键决策方面所起的作用，并特别关注儿童的流动性。反过来，我们的目标是确定这些决定对农村家庭在支出和收入方面的经济福利的影响。为此，我们采用面板两阶段最小二乘模型，然后采用Callaway和Sant’anna（2021）的方法来评估儿童流动决策对农村家庭经济结果的动态影响。我们的研究结果强调了气候冲击的不对称影响：潮湿事件与儿童流动性增加有关，而干旱则降低了儿童被送走的可能性。此外，我们估计了儿童流动性与经济结果之间的因果关系。虽然儿童迁移与人均粮食支出、总收入和农业收入的适度增加有关，但动态分析揭示了一个更为复杂的情况。对支出的积极影响仅在搬迁两年后才显现出来，特别是对年龄较大的儿童，而在儿童流动决定之后，作物收入大幅下降，尽管是暂时的。这些结果表明，儿童安置并不总是一种有效的或改善福利的策略。

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Plant diversity to cope with increased drought risk in grasslands 应对草原干旱风险增加的植物多样性

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108852

Nicolas Alou , Sergei Schaub , Matthias Suter , Andreas Lüscher , Robert Finger

Grasslands are essential for global milk and meat production. Climate change and growing frequency of extreme weather events are expected to increase variability in production. This study explores how plant diversity can act as natural insurance against drought risks in grasslands using theoretical model and simulation. Examining sown diversity from a portfolio perspective, we identify mechanisms underlying its insurance value, including the statistical averaging effects and community asynchrony. Our findings demonstrate that, within productive grasslands, modest plant diversity can mitigate a substantial portion (37 %) of the risk, offering a sustainable climate adaptation strategy in production-oriented ecosystems.

草原对全球牛奶和肉类生产至关重要。气候变化和极端天气事件日益频繁预计将增加产量的可变性。本研究利用理论模型和模拟方法探讨了植物多样性如何作为草原干旱风险的自然保险。从投资组合的角度考察种子多样性，我们确定了其保险价值背后的机制，包括统计平均效应和社区异步。我们的研究结果表明，在生产性草原内，适度的植物多样性可以减轻很大一部分（37%）的风险，为以生产为导向的生态系统提供可持续的气候适应策略。

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Who suffers the heat? Partial adaptation and persistent inequalities in France 谁在忍受高温？法国的部分适应和持续的不平等

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108873

Camille Salesse

This paper examines the heterogeneous effects of extreme heat on mortality in France, highlighting disparities across population density, socio-economic characteristics, and time. Using a new monthly database of French municipalities from 1980 to 2019, I exploit year-to-year random variations in temperature to show that extreme heat significantly increases the mortality rate, especially for people aged 75 and over. The study also emphasizes the greater vulnerability of people living in densely populated cities due to structural challenges that amplify the impact of high temperatures. Socio-economic conditions also shape vulnerability, as low-income municipalities face a disproportionate impact, especially in rural areas. Indeed, the paper’s key contribution is to disentangle the effects of urban density and income on the heat–mortality relationship, showing that social inequalities in the effects of high temperatures are particularly pronounced in rural settings. The results also show a major reduction in the impact of heat following the extreme 2003 heatwave, partly due to the National Heatwave Plan implemented in response to this event.

本文考察了极端高温对法国死亡率的异质性影响，突出了人口密度、社会经济特征和时间的差异。我利用1980年至2019年法国各市新的月度数据库，利用气温的逐年随机变化，表明极端高温会显著增加死亡率，尤其是75岁及以上的人。该研究还强调，由于结构性挑战放大了高温的影响，生活在人口密集城市的人们更容易受到伤害。社会经济条件也会影响脆弱性，因为低收入城市面临着不成比例的影响，特别是在农村地区。事实上，这篇论文的关键贡献在于理清了城市密度和收入对热死亡率关系的影响，表明高温影响的社会不平等在农村地区尤为明显。研究结果还显示，2003年极端热浪之后，热浪的影响大大减少，部分原因是为应对这一事件而实施的国家热浪计划。

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Tailored information and the public support for carbon pricing in Germany 德国碳定价的定制信息和公众支持

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108849

Antonia Schwarz , Anna Stünzi , Kathrin Kaestner , Michael Pahle , Stephan Sommer

Providing information about carbon pricing is widely considered to be key to increasing public support for it. A number of studies have analyzed such effects, but little attention has been paid to how changes to the design can enhance the effectiveness of information treatments. Typically, generic information with low affective appeal has been used. In contrast, this paper, drawing on recent research into the design of information provisions, employs a targeted and tailored approach to ensure high receptiveness. Utilizing novel German survey data, we examine whether video-based information tailored to individuals’ carbon pricing concerns outperforms generic information. Our results confirm that targeted and tailored information significantly increases support, primarily for respondents concerned about costs. However, the effect of tailored information concerning fairness and effectiveness is statistically not different from that of the generic control video. Nevertheless, it reduces strong opposition, providing valuable insights for policy acceptance. These findings suggest that integrating targeted communication strategies into climate policy design may help build broader policy tolerance and stability, though further research is needed to confirm their effectiveness beyond the specific context of this study.

提供有关碳定价的信息被广泛认为是增加公众支持的关键。许多研究已经分析了这种影响，但很少有人关注如何改变设计来提高信息处理的有效性。通常，使用的是情感吸引力较低的通用信息。相比之下，本文借鉴了最近对信息提供设计的研究，采用了有针对性和量身定制的方法来确保高接受度。利用新颖的德国调查数据，我们研究了针对个人碳定价问题定制的基于视频的信息是否优于一般信息。我们的研究结果证实，有针对性和量身定制的信息显著增加了支持，主要是针对关心成本的受访者。然而，关于公平性和有效性的定制信息的效果在统计上与通用控制视频没有区别。然而，它减少了强烈的反对，为政策的接受提供了有价值的见解。这些发现表明，将有针对性的传播策略整合到气候政策设计中可能有助于建立更广泛的政策容忍度和稳定性，尽管需要进一步的研究来证实其在本研究特定背景之外的有效性。

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