The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Corporate Profitability: An Empirical Research Based on Manufacturing and Non-manufacturing Industries in China

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Issue		SHS Web Conf. Volume 218, 2025 2025 2^nd International Conference on Development of Digital Economy (ICDDE 2025)


Article Number		04006
Number of page(s)		11
Section		Digital Economy Policy: From Governance to Inclusion
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202521804006
Published online		03 July 2025

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