About the Authors

Xina Ji

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation College of International Economics and Trade, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Xingong Ding

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

dingxingong@bbgu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Economics and Management, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, China

Shuping Lin

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of International Economics and Trade, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Xiaoxuan Xie

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of International Trade, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.