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on Environmental Economics |
| By: | Shubhangi, Tanaya |
| Abstract: | This study is an empirical analysis into the causal claim that India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), despite being an ambient air pollution policy is able to bring down industrial emissions. Using a panel dataset of Indian cities from 2011-2022 and by employing a Synthetic Differences-in-differences (SDID) approach, the study measures the causal impact of NCAP on industrial emissions, proxied by PM10 levels, to answer this question. The SDID model is particularly suited for this analysis as it creates a robust, data-driven counterfactual from a small control group. Results indicate NCAP caused a significant reduction in PM10 concentrations, with an estimated average treatment effect of −14.05 𝜇𝑔/𝑚3. This result suggests well-designed ambient regulations can be a cost-effective policy tool for pollution mitigation in developing countries. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360766 |
| By: | Chen, Ze; Tu, Bingqian; Dang, Jingqi |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360751 |
| By: | TaraMittelberg, Tara; Skidmore, Marin E.; Gibbs, Holly K. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360764 |
| By: | Rocha Jr., Adauto B.; Singh, Gurbir; Nguyen, Henry; Kaur, Gurpreet |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361086 |
| By: | Skidmore, Marin; Karwowski, Nicole; Ramkumar, Nicolas |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360744 |
| By: | Ren, Lifeng; Woodhouse, Elliott; Johnson, Justin; Leclère, David; Wögerer, Michael; Wong, Christopher |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360804 |
| By: | Dong, Caroline Y.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Jones, Jason P.H.; Pierce, Anna; Fei, Chengcheng J. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360786 |
| By: | Zhang, Tieyue; Iovanna, Rich; Kling, Catherine |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360785 |
| By: | Yan, Shen; Wang, Huajin; Guo, Feng |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360781 |
| By: | Noh, Yeon Soo; Whangbo, Joonsung; Suh, Dong Hee |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360792 |
| By: | Wang, Qi; Zhang, Man; Jin, Yanhong |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360780 |
| By: | Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; Friesen, Dimitris; Ji, Yongjie |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360771 |
| By: | Wright, Lloyd I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265289 |
| By: | Erickson, Duane E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265295 |
| By: | Pemberton, Rita A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265301 |
| By: | Benn, Alexander; Neckles, Floyd; Lallo, Cicero H.O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265467 |
| By: | Daisley, Lennox E.A.; Allen, Oscar A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265468 |
| By: | Seepersad, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265293 |
| By: | Solis, Leticia |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265300 |
| By: | Hunt, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265291 |
| By: | Shillingford, Elias Leah |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265292 |
| By: | Feucht, Yvonne; Zander, Katrin |
| Abstract: | Since food consumption contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions it is important field of action for consumer engagement. In this context, the present article looks into the question if carbon footprint labels are a suitable mean to foster climate-friendly food purchase behavior. By means of a mixed methods approach comprising choice experiments and qualitative face-to-face interviews European consumers’ preferences and willingness to pay for carbon footprint labels compared to other sustainability labels as well as socio-psychological barriers for climate-friendly consumption are explored. The results reveal that consumers are prepared to pay a price premium for carbon footprint labels but that label skepticism and fatigue as well as a lack in awareness about the impact of food production and consumption on climate change are major barriers for climate-friendly purchase behavior. Information provision in form of carbon footprint labels can only be one part of the solution. Political engagement and engagement by the retail are incremental for success. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258179 |
| By: | Smith, Carl Francis |
| Abstract: | The Bahamas possesses considerable natural forest resources comprising pine forests, coppice hardwood forests and mangrove forests. There has been a long history of forest exploitation dating back to the 1700s when almost the entire hardwood resource was exploited as logs for export. The last extensive exploitation ended in the early 1970s when the pine forest resources were harvested for pulpwood. Sustained yield practices were not employed during those early years. No man-made forest plantations have been established, and today, no commercial forests industries exit, with the country importing virtually all of its wood products. This paper presents some policy considerations and entrepreneurial opportunities for the sustainable utilization of the pine forests of The Bahamas. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265559 |
| By: | Jonish, James E. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:weprwp:259668 |
| By: | Seepersad, Govind |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265469 |
| By: | Yang, Sirui; Yu, Chengzheng |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360776 |
| By: | Zheng, Yanan; Goodhue, Rachael |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360789 |
| By: | Li Xiao |
| Abstract: | Since the formal introduction of its "dual-carbon" strategy in 2020, China has witnessed the concepts of green development and sustainability evolve from policy directives into a broad societal consensus. Within this transformative context, the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework has emerged as a critical enabler, mutually reinforcing and synergizing with the national strategic objectives of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality. This integration signifies a fundamental shift in corporate philosophy, urging enterprises to transcend a narrow focus on short-term financial metrics. To align with the national vision of ecological civilization and sustainable growth, companies are now expected to proactively fulfill their social responsibilities and pursue long-term, non-financial value creation. This entails a deep integration of ESG principles into the very core of corporate culture and strategy, ensuring their active implementation in daily operations and decision-making processes. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.13023 |
| By: | Joseph Nyangon; Brecht Seifi |
| Abstract: | The global carbon market is fragmented and characterized by limited pricing transparency and empirical evidence, creating challenges for investors and policymakers in identifying carbon management opportunities. The European Union is among several regions that have implemented emissions pricing through an Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). While the EU ETS has contributed to emissions reductions, it has also raised concerns related to international competitiveness and carbon leakage, particularly given the strong integration of EU industries into global value chains. To address these challenges, the European Commission proposed the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in 2021. CBAM is designed to operate alongside the EU ETS by applying a carbon price to selected imported goods, thereby aligning carbon costs between domestic and foreign producers. It will gradually replace existing carbon leakage mitigation measures, including the allocation of free allowances under the EU ETS. The initial scope of CBAM covers electricity, cement, fertilizer, aluminium, iron, and steel. As climate policies intensify under the Paris Agreement, CBAM-like mechanisms are expected to play an increasingly important role in managing carbon-related trade risks and supporting the transition to net zero emissions. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.05490 |
| By: | Thomas Stoerk; John E. Roemer; Humberto Llavador |
| Abstract: | The Paris Agreement is designed to increase climate ambition gradually through a process of ratcheting up. What is the plausible endpoint of this process? We develop a tractable integrated assessment model in which countries interact through a decentralized general equilibrium and negotiate unanimously over a global carbon budget, with all mitigation implemented via a global carbon price. We prove existence and uniqueness of a unanimous international agreement on global emissions, in which carbon pricing revenues are redistributed across countries in proportion to marginal climate damages. In a quantitative application for 154 countries, the resulting equilibrium limits global mean surface temperature change to 1.51◦C, at a carbon price of 320 USD/tCO2. The associated international transfers of carbon pricing revenue are progressive toward lower-income countries and amount to about 0.8% of global GDP annually – an order of magnitude larger than the Paris Agreement's climate finance target. |
| Keywords: | climate economics, climate policy, international environmental agreement, Paris Agreement |
| JEL: | Q54 Q56 Q58 F35 F53 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bge:wpaper:1545 |
| By: | Massimo Guidolin, Serena Ionta |
| Abstract: | We study forward-looking climate policy uncertainty through a macro-finance lens, focusing on the transmission of climate uncertainty shocks to aggregate and sectoral dynamics. Using monthly U.S. data from 2014 to 2025, we estimate a Bayesian Proxy-SVAR identified with an external instrument derived from the realized volatility of the ICE U.S. Carbon Futures Index, a market directly exposed to climate regulation. This proxy isolates the unexpected and forward-looking component of climate-policy uncertainty. We find that climate uncertainty shocks tighten financial conditions, raise market volatility and financial stress, and reduce output, prices, and stock market valuations, triggering an accommodative monetary policy response. At the sectoral level, we document heterogeneity along two complementary dimensions. A broad green–brown decomposition shows that transition risk exposed (brown) sectors experience deeper and more persistent contractions, whereas less exposed (green) sectors recover faster. We then perform a full sector-by-sector disaggregation of industrial production and valuation responses and match each sector to its EPA supply-chain emission intensity. This granular mapping reveals a systematic relationship between carbon intensity and the severity of climate uncertainty-induced contractions: higher emission industries exhibit larger and more persistent real and financial declines. Overall, forward-looking climate-policy uncertainty acts as a financial amplifier, propagating primarily through volatility and valuation channels and reinforcing the asymmetric dynamics of the low-carbon transition. |
| Keywords: | Climate Policy Uncertainty, Financial Transmission Mechanism, Bayesian ProxySVAR, Green vs Brown Sectors, Realized Volatility. |
| JEL: | E32 E44 Q54 G12 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:baf:cbafwp:cbafwp26262 |
| By: | Fornari, Fabio; Zaghini, Andrea; Pianeselli, Daniele |
| Abstract: | We provide empirical evidence that the pricing of green bonds tends to be highly sophisticated and based on a two-tiered approach. When buying a green bond, investors do not look only at the presence of a green label, but also consider additional characteristics of the bond that involve the environmental score of the issuer and the soundness of the underlying project. By comparing the yields at issuance of green bonds to those of a matched control sample of conventional bonds, our baseline specification identifies a premium of 16 basis points for the green label alone. Furthermore, when the environmental score of the issuer is in the top tercile of the cross-sectional distribution of such an indicator across the analyzed issuers, the greenium nearly doubles. Green certification and periods of heightened climate uncertainty also significantly affect the size of the greenium. JEL Classification: G12, G15, C21, C58, Q56 |
| Keywords: | corporate bonds, ESG scores, green bonds, greenium, sustainable finance |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ecb:ecbwps:20263176 |
| By: | Humberto Llavador; John Roemer; Thomas Stoerk |
| Abstract: | The Paris Agreement is designed to increase climate ambition gradually through a process of ratcheting up. What is the plausible endpoint of this process? We develop a tractable integrated assessment model in which countries interact through a decentralized general equilibrium and negotiate unanimously over a global carbon budget, with all mitigation implemented via a global carbon price. We prove existence and uniqueness of a unanimous international agreement on global emissions, in which carbon pricing revenues are redistributed across countries in proportion to marginal climate damages. In a quantitative application for 154 countries, the resulting equilibrium limits global mean surface temperature change to 1.51◦C, at a carbon price of 320 USD/tCO2. The associated international transfers of carbon pricing revenue are progressive toward lower-income countries and amount to about 0.8% of global GDP annually - an order of magnitude larger than the Paris Agreement’s climate finance target. |
| Keywords: | Paris Agreement, climate policy, international environmental agreement, climate economics |
| JEL: | Q54 Q56 Q58 F35 F53 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:upf:upfgen:1935 |
| By: | Halkos, George; Zisiadou, Argyro; Gkargkavouzi, Anastasia; Aslanidis, Panagiotis-Stavros |
| Abstract: | This Annual Report presents the scientific contributions in 2025, highlighting its interdisciplinary engagement with contemporary challenges in climate change, sustainable development, and economic policy. The objective is to summarize the core scientific strands, inter alia, (i) climate change and risk governance, (ii) circular economy, (iii) energy policy, (iv) environmental psychology and social dimensions, (v) sustainable development and welfare, and (vi) sustainable tourism. Through empirical analyses, methodological advancements, and policy-oriented frameworks, the research addresses systemic environmental risks, energy transition challenges, advances in eco-efficiency measurement, inclusive wealth policy insights, and behavioral drivers of sustainability. Particular emphasis is given on resiliencebased governance against climate change and the challenges of circular economy transition within European industries. Moreover, the role of the integration of psychological and sociocultural dimensions into environmental valuation and policy design was also important. To summarize, the current report documents a year of scholarly progress and provides a robust foundation for future research and evidence-based decision-making in support of sustainable and climate-resilient development pathways. |
| Keywords: | Climate change; Circular economy; Energy policy; Environmental psychology; Sustainable development; Inclusive wealth; Climate resilience. |
| JEL: | D81 O13 Q01 Q54 Q56 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127744 |
| By: | Ben Youssef, Slim |
| Abstract: | This paper evaluates the long-run impact of fuel ethanol production, exports of crops and livestock, and the asymmetric impact of temperature change on the forest area in Brazil. We use the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag model and annual data between 1990 and 2022. An increase in ethanol production or in exports of crops and livestock importantly reduces the forest area in Brazil, in the long-run. We demonstrate that while positive temperature change does reduce forest area in the long-run, falling temperatures do not guarantee the regeneration of lost forests. A temperature change increase of 1°C leads in the long term to a significant and very worrying reduction in the forest area of Brazil, of almost 9.8%. Some policy recommendations are drawn: i) To reduce GHG emissions, Brazil should encourage R&D and innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy (e.g., solar, wave), especially in second-generation or third-generation biofuels production, through appropriate competitive credits and subsidies; ii) Brazil should encourage agricultural research to increase agricultural yields and the use of aeroponics for vegetable culture or smart agriculture, because this will lead to less pressure on agricultural lands and therefore on deforestation; iii) A strategy to preserve or even to recover the Brazilian Amazon forest should be established combined with a strategy for developing green tourism. |
| Keywords: | Forest area; Temperature change; Ethanol production; Exports of crops and livestock; Non-linear autoregressive distributed lag; Brazil. |
| JEL: | C22 F18 O13 O54 Q15 Q23 Q54 |
| Date: | 2025–12–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127224 |
| By: | Halkos, George; Papageorgiou, George |
| Abstract: | This paper develops a dynamic Stackelberg game between a social planner and a resource-extracting firm to analyze the regulation of renewable resource extraction. The planner, as leader, sets extraction quotas, while the firm, as follower, chooses its extraction effort in response. The model is analyzed under exponential resource growth and compares open-loop (pre-committed) and feedback (state-dependent) equilibrium strategies. We show that open-loop equilibria yield environmentally unstable steady states. Stability can be achieved only under feedback strategies, and only when the follower’s valuation of the resource stock is sufficiently sensitive - a condition met under a quadratic value function. A state-dependent tax is further shown to enhance stability by strengthening the corrective feedback between ecological conditions and extraction incentives. The results highlight the limits of static regulation, underscore the critical role of adaptive, feedback-based policies, and provide a formal argument for precautionary and responsive governance in achieving long-run resource sustainability. |
| Keywords: | Differential games; environmental degradation; exponential growth; logistic growth; sustainable growth; Stackelberg game. |
| JEL: | C61 C62 C72 H23 H32 H62 Q50 Q52 Q53 Q56 |
| Date: | 2026–01–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127745 |
| By: | QingmengTong, Qingmeng; Xie, Lusi |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360783 |
| By: | Ta, Duong; Mills, Bradford; Stephenson, Kurt; Fike, John; Stanley, Tom |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360794 |
| By: | Hsu, Wen; Liao, Hsing-Tsu; Shr, Yau-Huo (Jimmy); Wang, Chun-Chin; Yang, Feng-An |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360799 |
| By: | Zhang, Liyuan; Ahmadiani, Mona; Valizadeh, Pourya; Woodward, Richard; Boehm, Rebecca Nemec |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361248 |
| By: | Pathiraja, Erandathie; Griffith, Garry; Farquharson, Bob; Faggian, Rob |
| Abstract: | Agriculture in low latitude countries such as Sri Lanka is already operating at the maximum temperature limits for crop growth and face increased production risk from expected climate change. Sri Lanka is a developing country with limited economic and technological capacity to develop adaptation strategies; hence more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries. Coconut (Cocos nucifera L) is a rain fed perennial crop important in Sri Lankan culture, food consumption and the economy. It is the second most important food in the Sri Lankan diet after rice. Several studies have examined the impact of climate change on Sri Lankan agriculture, but none were conducted to simulate the impact of future climate change and future adaptation strategies on coconut production, or to calculate the economic welfare effects for different stakeholders in the coconut value chain. In this paper we report the development of an economic model of the coconut value chain that allows prediction of welfare impacts, and a quantitative representation of coconut yield that allows the impact of changing climatic conditions on yield. The average outcome of 16 climate models was used to generate future climatic conditions, with two future climatic scenarios for 2020, 2030 and 2050 considered for three production regions. The most important yield estimate was a yield decline of more than 10 percent in the wet zone with the expected increase of maximum temperature. Without extra adaptation measures this is predicted to result in a loss to the industry of 4, 795 Rs.Million annually by 2020, which is nearly 4.7 percent of the total value of the industry at equilibrium. The negative impact of climate change has the potential to be reduced with the implementation of additional adaptation practices. However, the cost effectiveness of these practices needs to be considered in comparing the practices. Wider adoption of fertilizer application at specific times and moisture conservation practices are estimated to be economically beneficial. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258187 |
| By: | Koichiro Ito |
| Abstract: | The global expansion of renewable energy is key to addressing climate change. After a decade of dramatic cost reductions—especially for solar photovoltaics and wind—renewables now approach cost parity with fossil generation. While this cost reduction has led to a steep increase in solar and wind power in several countries, the global share of solar and wind generation remains modest—approximately 15% as of 2023. This article reviews recent economic studies and identifies three central challenges and corresponding opportunities for scaling up renewable energy—underdeveloped regulatory and market design, insufficient intertemporal market integration, and inadequate spatial market integration. The insights from this review highlight effective ways to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy. |
| JEL: | Q40 Q50 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34644 |
| By: | Guillaume Coqueret (EM - EMLyon Business School); Thomas Giroux (CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - GENES - Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - GENES - Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Olivier David Zerbib (CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - GENES - Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - GENES - Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | Focusing on biodiversity risks, we perform an empirical asset pricing analysis and document three main results. First, the factor going long on low biodiversity intensity assets and short on high biodiversity intensity ones as well as the factors based on the biodiversity intensity subcomponents (land use, greenhouse gases-GHG, air pollution, and water pollution) have heterogeneous dynamics but are not spanned by the Fama and French ( 2015) and carbon factors. Second, the biodiversity factor excluding the GHG subcomponent (ex-GHG) commands a positive risk premium on realized returns and a negative one on expected returns in the sector highly exposed to the double materiality of biodiversity risks (i.e., physical and transition risks). Third, we show that the negative premium of both the biodiversity and the ex-GHG biodiversity factors on expected returns has materialized strongly from 2021 onward and that it amplifies with attention to biodiversity issues and risk aversion. |
| Keywords: | Biodiversity risk, Asset pricing, Sustainable finance |
| Date: | 2024–11–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05415060 |
| By: | Accursi Federico Mario |
| Abstract: | Anthropogenic methane emissions primarily originate from the energy sector, agriculture, and the disposal of organic waste. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a proven technology that transforms organic waste into biogas—a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide—and biofertilizer. In Argentina, the abundance of organic waste generated by the livestock and food industries presents a significant opportunity for biogas development. Analyzing the biogas value chain through the lens of transaction cost economics, and identifying the key stakeholders and their incentives, can yield valuable insights for policymaking. Well-designed strategies based on this understanding could help consolidate the sector, support rural development, and contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation. |
| JEL: | L0 Q0 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aep:anales:4774 |
| By: | Cosmo Hugo da Silva (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PPGE/UFPB); Jevuks Matheus de Araújo (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PPGE/UFPB); Wallace Patrick Santos de Farias Souza (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PPGE/UFPB); Antonio Vínicius Barbosa (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PPGE/UFPB) |
| Abstract: | The increasing generation of waste in urban centers demands ever more resources for effective waste management. This article assesses how the introduction of fees for solid waste collection and management translates into service improvements and indirect public health impacts, specifically regarding the reduction of disease incidence related to inadequate waste management practices. The results demonstrate positive effects of taxation on the reduction of open dumps, the presence of selective collection, and adherence to waste management regulations. However, these improvements did not result in direct health benefits for the population. |
| Keywords: | Solid Waste Management; Financial Sustainability; Basic Sanitation |
| JEL: | Q53 H23 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:nereus:022035 |
| By: | Dominique Bureau (CAE - Conseil d'analyse économique, SGP - Société des Grands Projets); Philippe Delacote (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEC - Chaire Economie du Climat - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres); Fanny Henriet (AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CAE - Conseil d'analyse économique); Alexandra Niedzwiedz (AgroParisTech, BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) |
| Abstract: | Faced with climate change and its many consequences, public decision-makers need reliable information on the costs and benefits of environmental protection measures. To this end, it is essential to have an accounting valuation of environmental capital that goes beyond the market framework alone. Using the example of forests, Dominique Bureau, Philippe Delacote, Fanny Henriet, and Alexandra Niedzwiedz propose, in this CAE note, a method for valuing the multiple services provided by forests in national accounts. This work sheds light on public policy by making visible the previously implicit costs and benefits of actions in favor of the forestry sector. While this exercise can be extended to other ecosystems, the case of forests is exemplary: forest carbon sinks have halved in ten years, and their future contribution to carbon neutrality targets remains uncertain. |
| Abstract: | Face au dérèglement climatique et ses multiples conséquences, les décideurs publics ont besoin d'informations fiables sur les coûts et bénéfices des actions de préservation de l'environnement. Pour cela, il est indispensable de disposer d'une valorisation comptable du capital environnemental qui dépasse le seul cadre marchand. A partir du cas de la forêt, Dominique Bureau, Philippe Delacote, Fanny Henriet et Alexandra Niedzwiedz proposent, dans cette note du CAE, une méthode de valorisation des multiples services rendus par la forêt dans les comptes nationaux. Ce travail permet d'éclairer les politiques publiques en rendant visibles les coûts et bénéfices jusqu'alors implicites des actions en faveur du secteur forêt-bois. Si cet exercice peut être étendu à d'autres écosystèmes, le cas de la forêt est exemplaire : le puits de carbone forestier a été divisé par deux en dix ans, et sa contribution future aux objectifs de neutralité carbone reste incertaine. |
| Keywords: | Environmental accounting, Comptabilité environnementale |
| Date: | 2025–09–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05444369 |
| By: | Chepeliev, Maksym; Taheripour, Farzad; Damania, Richard; Russ, Jason; Zaveri, Esha; Ebadi, Ebad |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360797 |
| By: | Johnson, Trevor; McCallister, Donna; Lewis, Katie; Farmer, Michael |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360747 |
| By: | Maximea, C.; Robinson, J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264013 |
| By: | Seejattan, Vidya |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265294 |
| By: | Beach, Robert H.; Creason, Jared; Lee, Stanley; Petrusa, Jeffrey; Ragnauth, Shaun |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:362689 |
| By: | Ricardo Alonzo Fern\'andez Salguero |
| Abstract: | The growing urgency of the climate crisis has driven the implementation of diverse policy instruments to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among them, carbon pricing mechanisms such as carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS), together with voluntary carbon markets (VCM) and compensation programs such as REDD+, are central components of global decarbonization strategies. However, academic and political debate persists regarding their true effectiveness, equity, and integrity. This paper presents an umbrella review of the empirical evidence, synthesizing key findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide a consolidated picture of the state of knowledge. A rigorous methodology based on PRISMA guidelines is used for study selection, and the methodological quality of included reviews is assessed with AMSTAR-2, while the risk of bias in frequently cited primary studies is examined through ROBINS-I. Results indicate that carbon taxes and ETS have demonstrated moderate effectiveness in reducing emissions, with statistically significant but heterogeneous elasticities across geographies and sectors. Nonetheless, persistent design problems -- such as insufficient price levels and allowance overallocation -- limit their impact. By contrast, compensation markets, especially VCM and REDD+ projects, face systemic critiques regarding integrity, primarily related to additionality, permanence, leakage, and double counting, leading to generalized overestimation of their real climate impact. We conclude that while no instrument is a panacea, compliance-based carbon pricing mechanisms are necessary, though insufficient, tools that require stricter design and higher prices. Voluntary offset mechanisms, in their current state, do not represent a reliable climate solution and may undermine the integrity of climate targets unless they undergo fundamental reform. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.06887 |
| By: | Tankwa, Brendon; Ravigné, Emilien (The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford); Farmer, J. Doyne |
| Abstract: | We study how climate policies shaped solar and wind deployment in 49 OECD+ countries from 1990 to 2023. Combining capacity data with policy stringency from the OECD Climate Actions and Policies Measurement Framework, we estimate event-study difference-in-differences models for diffusion speed (the annual growth rate of log installed capacity) around policy onsets and strengthenings, and embed these responses in an S-curve framework to map growth-rate changes into counterfactual capacity paths. Three findings stand out. First, policy design and timing matter more than simple presence: positive feed in tariff (price and duration) reforms and renewable expansion planning reliably accelerate deployment, while carbon pricing, emissions trading systems, and renewable portfolio standards do not show robust short-run effects; coal exit measures yield delayed gains, mainly for solar. Second, policy-induced increases in growth rates are transient but cumulate into level differences: relative to a no-policy diffusion baseline, the policy bundle roughly doubles solar capacity and increases wind capacity by about 30 percent, with feed-in tariffs and renewable expansion planning accounting for most of this boost. Significant cross-country heterogeneity exists in total policy-induced boosts, along with a moderate correlation between solar and wind outcomes. Third, effectiveness depends on the stage of diffusion and on technology: well-designed deployment support introduced at low penetration delivers much larger proportional gains than the same instruments implemented later, and solar is more policy-sensitive than wind. The results imply that policy portfolios aimed at rapid decarbonisation should prioritise early, credible deployment support tailored to technology and system constraints, rather than economy-wide pricing instruments. |
| Keywords: | Technology diffusion, solar/wind adoption, Policy Impacts, Feed-in-Tariffs, Grid integration, Coal phase-out, Auctions |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:amz:wpaper:2026-01 |
| By: | Zuloaga, Gonzalo; Plückebaum, Thomas; Kulenkampff, Gabriele; Eltges, Fabian |
| Abstract: | Diese Studie analysiert die energie- und emissionsbezogenen Wirkungen der Kupfer-Glasfaser-Migration im deutschen Anschlussnetz vor dem Hintergrund der klimapolitischen Zielsetzungen des European Green Deal, der seit 2019 eine Reduktion der Treibhausgasemissionen um 50 % bis 2030 sowie Klimaneutralität bis 2050 vorsieht. Ziel der Analyse ist es, den Beitrag des Glasfaserausbaus zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz und zur Reduktion der CO₂-Emissionen differenziert zu bewerten und auf Basis szenariobasierter Modellrechnungen Maßnahmen zu identifizieren, die diese Effekte gezielt unterstützen. Methodisch basiert die Studie auf einem Bottom-Up-Modellansatz. In einem ersten Schritt wird über eine detaillierte Netzdimensionierung das Mengengerüst sowohl der passiven Infrastruktur für den FTTH/B-Netzausbau als auch der aktiven Netzkomponenten für den Netzbetrieb ermittelt. Der Ausbau berücksichtigt ausschließlich die noch erforderlichen Trassenkilometer für eine flächendeckende Glasfasererschließung. Das Mengengerüst des Netzbetriebs differenziert nach Zugangstechnologien und wird im Zeitverlauf durch die modellierte Kupfer-Glasfaser-Migration variiert. In einem zweiten Schritt werden diese Mengengerüste mit technologiespezifischen Stromverbräuchen und globalen Emissionsfaktoren für Deutschland verknüpft, sodass sowohl der Energieverbrauch als auch die CO₂-Emissionen von Netzausbau und -betrieb jahresbezogen bis 2050 ermittelt werden können. Die zugrundeliegende Datenbasis besteht aus gemeindespezifischen Struktur- und Versorgungsdaten von DESTATIS, dem Breitbandatlas der Bundesnetzagentur sowie technischen und umweltbezogenen Kenndaten einzelner Netzelemente, insbesondere standardisierte Energiegrenzwerte aus dem EU Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Communication Equipment. Die Modellergebnisse zeigen, dass eine vollständige Anschlussmigration auf FTTH relevante Energieeinsparpotenziale aufweiset, die die Emissionen des Glasfaserausbaus bis 2040 vollständig amortisieren. Somit ist bis 2050 mit einer insgesamt positiven Netto-Bilanz des Glasfaserausbaus durch die Kupfer-Glasfaser-Migration in Deutschland zu rechnen. Ein Verbleib von FTTB-, DOCSIS- oder Mobilfunkanschlüssen würde diese Entwicklung nachteilig beeinflussen und könnte sogar die positive ökologische Netto-Bilanz von Glasfaserausbau- und -Migration gefährden. Zusätzlich kann die Dekarbonisierung des Energiemixes zum Multiplikator der Migration werden. Die Kupfer-Glasfaser-Migration steigert Energieeffizienz im Netzbetrieb, die Dekarbonisierung trägt ferner dazu bei, dass die erzeugte Energie zunehmend ohne CO₂- Emissionen erzeugt werden kann. In jedem Fall ist eine Verringerung des Energiebedarfs oder dessen unterproportionalem Wachstum im Verhältnis zur Steigerung der Datenvolumina von wesentlicher Bedeutung, unabhängig davon, wie sauber die Energie erzeugt wird. Elektrische Energie benötigt immer Ressourcen, und sei es zur Herstellung und Aufstellung von photovoltaischen Kollektoren und Speicherverfahren zum Ausgleich zwischen Erzeugungs- und Verbrauchszyklen. Ein Verbrauch für die Telekommunikation bedeutet immer, dass diese ggf. sauber erzeugte Energie für andere Zwecke nicht zur Verfügung steht, sieht man einmal von den Kosten für die Energie ab. |
| Abstract: | This study examines the energy- and emissions-related impacts of the copper-to-fibre migration in the German access network in the context of the climate policy objectives of the European Green Deal, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 % by 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis seeks to assess, in a differentiated manner, the contribution of fibre deployment to improvements in energy efficiency and reductions in CO₂ emissions, and to identify - based on scenario-based modelling - measures that can effectively enhance these outcomes. Methodologically, the study applies a bottom-up modelling approach. In a first step, detailed network dimensioning is used to derive the quantity framework for both the passive infrastructure required for FTTH/B deployment and the active network components involved in network operation. The expansion considers exclusively the remaining fiber optic network infrastructure needed to achieve nationwide fibre coverage. The quantity framework for network operation is differentiated by access technology and evolves over time as a result of the modelled copper-to-fibre migration. In a second step, these quantities are combined with technology-specific electricity consumption values and national average emission factors, enabling the quantification of both energy consumption and CO₂ emissions from the network deployment and network operation over multiple periods up to 2050. The analysis is based on municipality-level demographical data from DESTATIS, and coverage data from the Breitbandatlas and Bundesnetzagentur, complemented by technical and environmental data of individual network elements, particularly from the standardised energy benchmarks from the EU Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Communication Equipment. The modelling results show that a complete migration to FTTH offers significant energy savings potential, which will completely offset the emissions from fibre optic network rollout by 2040. By 2050, fibre optic expansion is expected to have an overall positive net balance in Germany as a result of the migration from copper to fibre optics. Retaining FTTB, DOCSIS or mobile based connections would have a negative impact on this development and could even jeopardise the positive net ecological balance of fibre optic expansion and migration. In addition, the decarbonisation of the energy mix can become a multiplier for the savings effects of the migration. Copper-fibre migration increases energy efficiency in network operation, while decarbonisation also contributes to the required energy being produced with fewer CO₂ emissions. In any case, reducing energy consumption or ensuring that it grows at a slower rate than the data volumes increase, is essential, regardless of how cleanly the energy is generated. Energy production always requires resources, whether for the production and installation of photovoltaic collectors or for storage methods to balance generation and consumption cycles. Consumption for telecommunications always means that this energy, which may have been generated cleanly, is not available for other purposes, apart from the cost of the energy itself. |
| Keywords: | Glasfaserkommunikation, Energieeinsparung, Telekommunikationsnetz, Netzwerk, Deutschland |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:wikdps:334509 |
| By: | Taylor, Rebecca; Williams, Hebe; Zhang, Shan |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360782 |
| By: | Zeng, Xinyu; Hashida, Yukiko |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360784 |
| By: | McIntosh, Curtis E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265284 |
| By: | Davis, Carlton G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265283 |
| By: | Laurens, Noémie |
| Abstract: | Critical minerals (CMs) have become a strategic priority for the European Union (EU) amid the green and digital transitions. These resources - including lithium, cobalt, rare earths and nickel - are essential for clean energy technologies, defence systems and electronics. Yet, their processing and refining are highly concentrated in a few countries, leaving the EU especially vulnerable to supply disruptions and fuelling geopolitical tensions. Recent shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have further exposed the fragility of supply chains. At the same time, extracting and trading CMs pose severe environmental and social challenges, from high carbon footprints to local community impacts. EU trade policy is therefore confronted with a trilemma: how to safeguard economic competitiveness, ensure environmental sustainability and enhance security of supply. This policy brief summarises research tracing how the European Commission's trade discourse on CMs has evolved to address the trilemma (Laurens, 2025). Initially, communications focused narrowly on free trade and market access for raw materials. Gradually, sustainability and security considerations entered the narrative. Most recently, the EU has embraced a hybrid framing, simultaneously highlighting economic, environmental and security objectives in its trade discourse on CMs. Although this hybrid discursive approach can help build broader support for CM policies and agreements by appealing to diverse stakeholders, it also demands careful policy design to minimise trade-offs and deliver on its promises. Without credible implementation and genuine integration of economic, environmental and security objectives, hybrid framing risks remaining largely rhetorical and failing to steer policy in practice. Key policy messages: The EU should adopt an integrated approach that effectively addresses economic, sustainability and security goals together while anticipating trade-offs to support more robust CM policies. This requires strong coordination across trade, industry, environment and security-related directorates-general to align CM strategies, avoid policy conflicts and maximise synergies. It may also require short-term economic sacrifices for long-term resilience. Early and meaningful engagement with research institutions, civil society, local communities and industry should move beyond formal consultation and enable genuine co-creation of solutions. Dialogue should begin before key decisions on CMs are finalised, incorporate stakeholder input transparently, and respond to concerns about sustainability and security of supply. CM policies and agreements should provide for binding obligations and concrete implementation plans to ensure environmental and labour protection, local value addition, skills development and technology transfer in resource-rich but economically vulnerable regions. Listening to partner governments and local communities as well as investing in the knowledge of local political, social and environmental contexts are essential for building trust and long-term partnerships. International cooperation on CMs should be strengthened through inclusive arrangements that involve both major consumers and producing countries. Clubs composed primarily of resource-poor but wealthy economies risk being perceived as exclusionary. |
| Keywords: | competitiveness, critical minerals, discourse analysis, European Commission, framing, geopolitics, green transition, security, sustainability, trade |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:idospb:334560 |
| By: | Ofori, Isaac K.; Veling, Louise; Cullen, John |
| Abstract: | As the EU Commission strategises towards a more technologically advanced region, a critical question arises: Does frontier technology adoption (FTR) truly foster inclusive green growth (IGG)? This study answers this question by empirically examining the impact of FTR on IGG, while accounting for the contingency role of electricity access. Applying pooled least squares, Driscoll-Kraay standard errors, and the dynamic generalised method of moments techniques, we uncover a paradox: while FTR accelerates economic growth and lowers greenhouse gas emissions, it exacerbates income inequality. The second lesson from this study is that although electricity access enhances the growth and environmental sustainability benefits of FTR, it only mitigates (but does not nullify) the downside of income inequality. These findings underscore the crucial need for the EU Commission to establish complementary and compensatory mechanisms to ensure that the EU’s technological leap delivers greener and more inclusive growth. |
| Keywords: | AI, EU, Electricity access, Frontier technologies, Inclusive green growth, Technological transition |
| JEL: | O33 O52 Q01 Q43 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esprep:335106 |
| By: | Franzen, Kirsten; Beach, Robert H.; Creason, Jared; Favero, Alice; Ragnauth, Shaun |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360803 |
| By: | Mills, Frank L. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264667 |
| By: | Naraine, S.S. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264131 |
| By: | Grace Weishi Gu; Galina Hale; Bhavyaa Sharma; Jinhong Wu |
| Abstract: | Do banks help or hamper green transition? To answer this question, we analyze the dynamics of bank lending to firms in the US, EU, and separately Denmark in relation to the borrowers' emissions of CO2. We evaluate the allocation of bank loans across industries and within industries across firms, allowing for heterogeneity of firm emissions and changes in these emissions. To facilitate green transition, bank lending needs to flow to greener and greening firms, but not out of high-emission industries that need funding to transition to cleaner production methods. Using syndicated loan data, we find that for US borrowers, bank lending was likely hampering green transition, while in the EU bank lending is more likely to facilitate it. Zooming in on Denmark, for which we have data on the full universe of firms and banks, we find more significant credit reallocation to greener firms, especially within industries. However, the reallocation of funds to green firms is, to a large extent, a byproduct of green firms becoming bigger. We do not find any evidence consistent with banks active stewardship of green transition. |
| JEL: | F21 G21 Q54 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34681 |
| By: | Ofori, Isaac K.; Veling, Louise; Cullen, John |
| Abstract: | As the EU Commission strategises towards a more technologically advanced region, a critical question arises: Does frontier technology adoption (FTR) truly foster inclusive green growth (IGG)? This study answers this question by empirically examining the impact of FTR on IGG, while accounting for the contingency role of electricity access. Applying pooled least squares, Driscoll-Kraay standard errors, and the dynamic generalised method of moments techniques, we uncover a paradox: while FTR accelerates economic growth and lowers greenhouse gas emissions, it exacerbates income inequality. The second lesson from this study is that although electricity access enhances the growth and environmental sustainability benefits of FTR, it only mitigates (but does not nullify) the downside of income inequality. These findings underscore the crucial need for the EU Commission to establish complementary and compensatory mechanisms to ensure that the EU’s technological leap delivers greener and more inclusive growth. |
| Keywords: | AI, EU, Electricity access, Frontier technologies, Inclusive green growth, Technological transition |
| JEL: | O33 O52 Q01 Q43 |
| Date: | 2026–01–19 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127772 |
| By: | Mezentseva, Julia; Sayre, James E. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361083 |
| By: | Wang, Ming; Manning, Dale T.; Ogle, Stephen M.; Rad, Mani Rouhi; Thompson, Veronica; Zhang, Yao |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360777 |
| By: | Daniel, Godwin A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264255 |
| By: | Xudong An; Stuart A. Gabriel; Nitzan Tzur-Ilan |
| Abstract: | While exposure to wildfire smoke is adverse to human health, little is known about related impacts on household economics. In this paper, we link granular wildfire burn, smoke plume, air pollution, and consumer credit data to estimate the impact of extreme wildfire and related dispersed air pollution effects on consumer financial health. We find material effects including increased credit card and personal loan delinquencies among households distant from the burn perimeter but exposed to high levels of pollution. Further analysis of confidential supervisory data reveals elevated spending and indebtedness among pollution-treated households, which corroborates and explains the delinquency findings. Finally, we present evidence of health spending and work disruption channels of smoke effects. Findings indicate that the adverse effects of extreme wildfires are salient to substantial dispersed populations, including those distant from the fire zone. |
| Keywords: | Wildfires; Air Pollution; Consumer Credit; Financial Distress; Health |
| JEL: | G5 Q54 D12 |
| Date: | 2026–01–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fip:fedpwp:102335 |
| By: | Benavidez-Brouk, Lauren; Taheripour, Farzad; Baldos, Uris; Zhuang, Qianlai; Chen, Shuo |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361214 |
| By: | Antoine Bouët; Lionel Fontagné; Christophe Gouel; Houssein Guimbard; Cristina Mitaritonna |
| Abstract: | MIRAGE is a multi-region, multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, initially devoted to trade policy analysis and more recently applied to long-term growth and environmental issues. It incorporates energy, carbon pricing, imperfect competition, and rigid investment allocation, in a sequential dynamic setup where installed capital is assumed to be immobile. The model provides trade analysis with detailed treatment of trade costs and Armington specifications, drawing upon a detailed measure of trade barriers through the MAcMap-HS6 database. Production features nested CES functions with capital-energy bundles under both perfect and imperfect competition frameworks, while final demand follows a LES-CES utility function. The sequential dynamic framework enables longterm simulations by combining total factor productivity calibration with macroeconomic projections from the MaGE model. The most recent version offers significant improvements in electricity sector modeling with renewable energy representation, base-load and peak-load dinstinctions, and detailed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting with carbon market mechanisms. This documentation provides complete technical specifications, calibration procedures, and implementation guidelines for researchers and policymakers using MIRAGE for economic policy analysis. |
| Keywords: | Computable General Equilibrium;Trade Policy;Environnemental Policy |
| JEL: | C68 F1 Q54 Q56 Q40 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cii:cepidt:2026-01 |
| By: | Asgari, Mahdi; Hansen, Kristiana |
| Abstract: | The hydrologic realities of the Colorado River Basin indicate climate-induced water supply reductions in the basin. Upper Colorado River Basin states must find ways to conserve enough water to fulfill Upper Basin obligations specified in the 1922 Colorado River Compact or face the risk of curtailment. Implementing curtailment would trigger changes in water use and economic outcomes among sectors and locations within the basin. Our study evaluates the regional impact of curtailment in the headwaters of the Colorado River, i.e. Green River Basin, Wyoming, under alternative precipitation and streamflow profiles. We compare changes in water use and economic outcomes among sectors and locations across scenarios and curtailment risks. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360633 |
| By: | Fraysse, Elizabeth; Hertel, Thomas W.; RomanKeeney, Roman |
| Keywords: | International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361049 |
| By: | Bhandari, Humnath; Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Habib, Muhammad Ashraful; Emerick, Kyle |
| Abstract: | Groundwater depletion threatens long-term food security in developing countries. Moreover, groundwater pumping contributes to climate change. We evaluate the effect of targeted subsidies for technology to use groundwater more efficiently in agriculture. Using a randomized controlled trial across 360 villages in Bangladesh, we show that subsidies reduce electricity used for pumping by 38 percent, but only when targeted to water sellers. Subsidizing technology to individual farmers has smaller effects. Features of the groundwater market can explain this result. Natural monopolist water sellers charge fixed fees to farmers, but maintain a role in irrigation planning, incentivizing them to adopt conservation practices. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361140 |
| By: | Robson, Beatrice |
| Abstract: | Agrifood systems contribute one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, about half of which originate from livestock through biological processes like enteric fermentation and manure. Anaerobic digesters are a technology that can reduce manure-based methane emissions, and in many cases convert the methane into energy that can be sold or used on-farm. Despite multiple supportive policies and subsidies, adoption remains limited. This study examines anaerobic digesters on United States dairy operations through the EPA-USDA AgSTAR database, exploring determinants to the emission abatement and the privately desirable energy outputs. Stochastic frontier production analysis is then used to model the efficiency of operational digesters, with implications for climate policy analysis and profitability studies for dairy operators. The average emissions abatement efficiency is found to be around 70%, and the average energy generation slightly lower, indicating opportunities for improvement both in terms of climate performance and cost-offsetting energy outputs. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361181 |
| By: | Towe, Charles; Liu, Pengfei; Dang, Ruirui; Mayer, Natalie |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360790 |
| By: | Cheng, Haotian; Escobedo, Francisco J.; Thomas, Alyssa; De Los Reyes, Jesus Felix; Ng’ombe, John; Soto, Jose R. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360807 |
| By: | Gonzalez, Victor |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265297 |
| By: | Hon, Dr. The |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264130 |
| By: | Yankey, J. B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264410 |
| By: | Frimpong, Eugene; Petrolia, Daniel; Fluech, Bryan; Solomon, Caroline |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360808 |
| By: | Alexander, Dr. M.; Brathwaite, A.; Nurse, J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264259 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264115 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264121 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264041 |
| By: | Phillips, Mr. B.A.T. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264253 |
| By: | Martin, Mr. C.; Daniel, Mr. G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264256 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264110 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264048 |
| By: | Mayers, Mr. J.M |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264262 |
| By: | Kwayana, Mr. E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264251 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264043 |
| By: | McDonald, Prof. V.R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264264 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264046 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264106 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264103 |
| By: | Lundgren, Dr. J.O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264266 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264039 |
| By: | Riley, H.N; Harrison, K.M.; Suarez, N. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264270 |
| By: | Bourne, Mr. C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264249 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264045 |
| By: | Parajuli, Sanket; Maas, Alexander; Tejeda, Hernan |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360809 |
| By: | Davis, Carlton G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265288 |
| By: | von Haaren, Paula; Berger, Axel; Brodjonegoro, Bambang; Putz, Lena-Marie |
| Abstract: | Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is increasingly hampered by insufficient funding. This Policy Brief, drawing on insights from a roundtable held in the context of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) with experts from the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia, examines how sustainable development financing can be safeguarded in an era of economic disruptions, global conflicts, and political shifts. It situates these recommendations within the context of the outcomes of the fourth Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference, with a view to informing the follow-up process. An estimated USD 4.2 trillion are needed for the implementation of SDG policies. Notwithstanding this, economic insecurity, slow growth, and waning political commitment reduce private and public investments in sustainability. Rising conflicts lead to a redistribution of budgets towards military expenditures and away from environmental and social objectives. This includes reductions in Official Development Aid, further limiting funding for sustainability transformations in low- and middle-income countries. In order to sustain and increase financing for SDG implementation, taking the challenging framework conditions into account, a series of actions is needed: - Alignment of public spending with the SDGs and planetary boundaries by phasing out harmful subsidies and integrating sustainability into credit ratings and investment strategies. - Strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation through improved and efficient tax systems, tax transparency, and reduction of harmful tax expenditures. - Building institutional capacity in transitioning sectors, including sustainable finance, digitalised tax systems, and data provision for and engagement with credit-rating agencies. - Translating FfD4 outcomes into concrete actions in platforms like the G20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank meetings, and the HSC, aligning them with social and environmental priorities. But also filling the gaps on issues neglected in FfD4 by supporting future multilateral agreements and voluntary initiatives on tax, SDRs, cost of capital, and debt restructuring. |
| Keywords: | financing for development, international cooperation, international financial institutions, sustainability, sustainable development, SDGs, domestic resource mobilisation, official development assistance, debt, taxation |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:idospb:334563 |
| By: | Tian, Ziyue; Horan, Richard D. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360805 |
| By: | Deep Ford, J.R. |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the possibilities of achieving sustainable development in the Caribbean in a free trade environment. The trade and agricultural dimensions of the changing internatinal economic framework are juxtaposed against the model of sustainable development. Particular attention is paid to international trade agreements that define the Caribbean's economic relationship with the rest of the world. The agricultural sector performance in the Caribbean in the 1980s is evaluated and lessons for achieving sustainable development through increased trade are derived. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265286 |
| By: | Parham, Wendel |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265470 |
| By: | McConaghy, D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264042 |
| By: | Golub, Alla; Chepeliev, Maksym; Simonato, Thiago; Fischer, Carlos Gonzalez; Mason-D'Croz, Daniel; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360750 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264014 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264113 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264122 |
| By: | Hill, V.G.; Williams, S.A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264438 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264117 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264012 |
| By: | Aspelund, Karl M.; Russo, Anna |
| Abstract: | Market mechanisms aim to reduce environmental degradation at low cost, but they are undermined when participants’ conservation actions are not marginal to the incentive — or “additional” —as the lowest-cost participants may not be the highest social value. We investigate this challenge in the Conservation Reserve Program’s auction mechanism for ecosystem services, linking bids to satellite-derived land use. Three-quarters of marginal auction winners are not additional. The heterogeneity in counterfactual land use introduces adverse selection. We develop a model of bidding and additionality to quantify welfare implications. Alternative auctions increase efficiency by using scoring rules that incorporate expected land use impacts. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361138 |
| By: | Harlan Davis, L.; Pierre, Reginald |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265285 |
| By: | Pates, Nicholas J; Ramsey, Steven M. |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361212 |
| By: | Olayide, S.O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264414 |
| By: | Johnson, I.E.; Strachan, M.O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264408 |
| By: | Nurse, O.; Farrell, T.M |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264441 |
| By: | Elias, L.G; Bressani, R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264554 |
| By: | Ali, Dr. D.A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264436 |
| By: | Sammy, G.M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264417 |
| By: | Duggal, V. P. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264412 |
| By: | Phillips, W.J.; Dukhia, J.L. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264439 |
| By: | Bourne, C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264547 |
| By: | Henderson, Dr. T.H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264557 |
| By: | Campbell, Dr. L.G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264639 |
| By: | Kassim, Mr. Mohamed |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264544 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264119 |
| By: | Espat, Michael |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265280 |
| By: | Irvine, Dennis H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264128 |
| By: | Jiang, Qi; Saverance, Andrew; Silva, Felipe; Thayer, Anastasia; Vassalos, Michael; Nian, Yefan |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360836 |
| By: | Munn, Mr. K. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264406 |
| By: | Gulston, Eustace |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264825 |
| By: | Phillips, Basil A.T. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264824 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264015 |
| By: | P.-J. Barlatier; J. Du; E. Josserand; T. Bardon (Audencia Business School); P. Hermel; E. Ruiz |
| Abstract: | https://doi.org/10.37725/mgmt.2025.13718 |
| Keywords: | Ecosystem innovation, sustainability, ecosystem governance, multilevel framework, value creation |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05427308 |
| By: | Shigeharu Okajima (Department of Economics, Osaka University of Economics. 2-2-8, Osumi, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, 533-8533, Japan.); Hiroko Okajima (School of Economics, Nagoya University. Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.); Yoshito Nakayama (Department of Economics, Osaka University of Economics. 2-2-8, Osumi, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, 533-8533, Japan.) |
| Abstract: | This study quantitatively assesses the negative externalities of geothermal power plants by analyzing their impact on local land values in Japan. Using a hedonic pricing approach and a difference-in- differences framework, the analysis finds that land prices within a 2 km radius of a geothermal power plant declined by approximately 7% to 12% after their installation, even after accounting for various fixed effects and robustness checks. The study utilizes data on all 28 large-scale geothermal power plants with a capacity of at least 1, 000 kilowatts that were operational in Japan as of 2018, covering a 42-year period from 1983 to 2024. The findings highlight the complex interplay between renewable energy expansion and local economic conditions, emphasizing the need to balance the benefits of clean energy with local stakeholders’ concerns to ensure a sustainable energy transition in Japan. |
| Keywords: | renewable energy, geothermal power, hedonic analysis, negative externality |
| JEL: | Q24 Q42 Q51 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:was:dpaper:2505 |
| By: | McCalmon, John C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264650 |
| By: | Pemberton, Carlisle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265281 |
| By: | Elias, L.G.; Bressani, R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264555 |
| By: | Carter, Mr. B.; Telfer, Mr. I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264553 |
| By: | Brown, H.; Alleyne, F.; Bryden, J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264533 |
| By: | Gurney, Dr. J.M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264551 |
| By: | Singh, Ranjit H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265543 |
| By: | Sammy, George M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264416 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264902 |
| By: | Yankey, J.B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264543 |
| By: | Ali, Desmond A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264419 |
| By: | Jayasekera, Deshamithra; Mieno, Taro |
| Abstract: | This paper evaluates the efficacy of the Wellhead Protection Areas (WPAs) program in Nebraska as a water quality improvement tool. We employ a difference-indifferences (DiD) modeling framework to estimate changes in nitrate concentrations in groundwater before and after the implementation of WPAs, comparing locations within designated WPA areas to those outside. Specifically, we apply a staggered DiD design that explicitly accounts for variation in treatment timing across geographic units. The estimated average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) indicates that the WPA program is associated with a reduction in ground water concentrations. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360810 |
| By: | Ferguson, Joel |
| Abstract: | Land markets allow for the reallocation of economic activity across space and firms, potentially facilitating climate change adaptation. Whether market transactions actually lead to an improved climate response and, if so, how, remains unknown. I combine data on the universe of real estate transaction in Minnesota and Wisconsin with parcel maps and satellite imagery to measure the impact of farmland transactions on productivity, climate adaptation, and adoption of management practices. Transactions almost completely eliminate the negative yield response to extreme temperatures and initiate a gradual 1.5% increase in output per acre. Despite substantial changes in productivity, changes in management practices are minimal. These findings suggest that differences in human capital among farm owners explain a large amount of variation in agricultural productivity and climate sensitivity. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360680 |
| By: | Horlitz, Thomas; Pawletko, Karoline; Röder, Norbert; Birkenstock, Maren; Krämer, Christine; Schubert, Dirk |
| Abstract: | Die vom Deutschen Verband für Landschaftspflege entwickelte "Gemeinwohlprämie" (GWP) soll Agrarzahlungen stärker an Umweltleistungen koppeln. Sie folgt fünf Prinzipien: (1) öffentliches Geld für öffentliche Leistungen, (2) Verbesserung des Zustandes der adressierten Umweltgüter / ökologische Wirksamkeit, (3) Freiwilligkeit / hoher Freiheitsgrad, (4) Einkommenswirksamkeit, (5) Einfachheit. Die Honorierung der Betriebe erfolgt über ein Punktesystem. Ausgehend vom bestehenden Maßnahmenkatalog werden Vorschläge gemacht, wie dieser erweitert werden sollte, um möglichst konsistent und zielgerichtet die unterschiedlichen Umweltgüter zu adressieren. Ferner wird untersucht, wie eine regionale Differenzierung des Maßnahmenkatalogs ausgestaltet sein könnte und welche Rolle die GWP in einem Modell übernehmen könnte, das die 1. und 2. Säule der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik in der Ausgestaltung von 2023 bis 2027 umfasst. Dabei reflektiert der Bericht den Stand der GAP und die Diskussionen um deren Weiterentwicklung bis zum Januar 2025. Die Analyse zeigt, dass viele Agrarumwelt- und Klimamaßnahmen integriert werden können, ohne die Grundprinzipien der GWP zu verändern; andere Interventionen würden die Komplexität erhöhen. Auch die Honorierung der Standards des guten landwirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Zustands (GLÖZ) und des ökologischen Landbaus sind grundsätzlich anschlussfähig. Eine Erweiterung des Maßnahmenkatalogs um die Schutzgüter Boden und Tierwohl sowie acht neue Maßnahmen werden vorgeschlagen. Für eine effektive und effiziente Ausgestaltung sind regional differenzierte Prämien und Auflagen sinnvoll. Bezüglich der Weiterentwicklung der GWP werden im vorliegenden Thünen Report eine Reihe von Fragen aufgeworfen. Diese betreffen das Gemeinwohlverständnis der GWP, das Maßnahmenangebot, die Honorierung der Maßnahmen, die Fristigkeit der Maßnahmen und die Rollenverteilung zwischen Bund und Ländern. Empfohlen werden die Beibehaltung des à-la-carte-Ansatzes, eine vorsichtige Prüfung der Einführung von Schwellenwerten und die strikte Trennung zwischen leistungsorientierter Punktelogik (GWP) und dem Ausgleich für erhöhten Aufwand und Einkommensverluste der AUKM. Mehrjährige Öko-Regelungen sind in der 1. Säule kaum realisierbar; ein säulenübergreifendes Budget müsste auf EU-Ebene geschaffen werden. Als pragmatischste Governance-Option sehen die Autoren ein "Regionalbudget 1. Säule" an. Unabhängig von der Systemintegration könnte das GWP-Punktemodell auch in der 2. Säule genutzt werden und Transparenz, Ambition und Akzeptanz erhöhen. |
| Abstract: | The 'public goods bonus' (PGB) developed by the German Association for Landscape Conservation is intended to link agricultural payments more closely to environmental performance. It follows five principles: (1) public money for public services, (2) improvement of the condition of the environmental goods addressed / ecological effectiveness, (3) voluntariness / high degree of freedom, (4) income effectiveness, (5) simplicity. Farms are rewarded via a points system. Based on the existing catalogue of measures, proposals are made as to how this should be expanded in order to address the various environmental goods as consistently and purposefully as possible. Furthermore, the study examines how the catalogue of measures could be differentiated at regional level and what role the PGB could play in a model that encompasses the both pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy in its 2023-2027 form. The report reflects the status of the CAP and the discussions surrounding its further development until January 2025. The analysis shows that many agri-environmental and climate measures (AECM) can be integrated without changing the basic principles of the PGB; other interventions would increase complexity. Rewarding standards of good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) and organic farming are also fundamentally compatible. An expansion of the catalogue of measures to include soil and animal welfare as protected resources, as well as eight new measures, is proposed. Regionally differentiated payments and requirements are advisable for effective and efficient implementation. This report addresses a number of questions regarding the further development of the PGB. These relate to the PGB's understanding of common goods, the range of measures offered, the remuneration of measures, the duration of measures and the division of roles between the federal government and the states. The report recommends retaining the à la carte approach, carefully considering the introduction of thresholds, and strictly separating performance-based point logic (PGB) from compensation for increased costs and income losses incurred (AECM). Multi-annual eco-schemes pose marked challenges in the Pillar 1 framework; a cross-pillar budget would have to be created at EU level. The authors consider a 'Pillar 1 regional budget' to be the most pragmatic governance option. Regardless of system integration, the GWP points model could also be used in Pillar 2, increasing transparency, ambition and acceptance. |
| Keywords: | Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik, Europäische Union, Agrarumweltzahlungen, öffentlicheLeistungen/Güter, grüne Architektur, Common Agricultural Policy, European Union, agri-environmental payments, public welfare/goods, green architecture |
| JEL: | Q15 Q18 Q57 Q58 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:jhtire:335015 |
| By: | Johnson, Dr. I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264126 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264886 |
| By: | Pemberton, Carlisle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265471 |
| By: | Gianfranco Giulioni; Edmondo Di Giuseppe; Arianna Di Paola |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a modeling framework for simulating the decision-making processes of artificial farms populating an agent-based model for the Italian wheat production system. The decision process is based on a mathematical programming model with which farms (i.e., agents) decide the target yield (production per hectare) and the mix of inputs needed to obtain such production, namely 1) fertilizers, 2) herbicides, and 3) insecticides. The environmental impacts of conventional production practices are assessed through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), using the ReCiPe 2016 methodology at the Endpoint level. Agents are made aware of the environmental consequences of their choices through two indicators: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), which capture human health impacts, and the number of species lost per year, reflecting impacts on ecosystems. By internalizing this information, agents can make more balanced and sustainable production decisions. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.05912 |
| By: | Bridgemohan, Puran; Daisley, Lennox E.A. |
| Abstract: | Weeds are serious pest in crop production in the Caribbean accounting for a major portion of the capital and labour cost. Control has been characterized by heavy inputs and mis-use of herbicides in a fragile ecosystem. This paper attempts to examine the use of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) as an agroecosystem approach for the management and control of three noxious weeds - corn grass (Rottboella cochinchinensis), white-top (Parthenium hysterophous), and nut grass (Cyperus rotundas), as an appropriate control strategy within the context of sustainable agriculture in the Caribbean. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265464 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264909 |
| By: | Koirala, Ankit; Susaeta, Andres; Chen, Yong; Lewin, Paul |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360802 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264820 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264907 |
| By: | Chen, Chen-Ti; Ji, Yongjie; Turner, Tracy M.; Wu, Jingke |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360720 |
| By: | Christophe Dutang (LJK - Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann - Inria - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, ASAR - Applied Statistics And Reliability - ASAR - LJK - Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann - Inria - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes); Clémentine Prieur (AIRSEA - Mathematics and computing applied to oceanic and atmospheric flows - Centre Inria de l'Université Grenoble Alpes - Inria - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - LJK - Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann - Inria - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes) |
| Abstract: | Prioritizing environmental sustainability is a key strategy for securing the health and prosperity of modern societies. In this paper, we study an environmental management problem known as the River Basin Pollution game, where multiple economic agents located along a river may contribute to pollution. An administrative authority seeks to enforce common environmental constraints on those competing industrial agents. To answer this problem, the RBP game is a static noncooperative game, which allows to derive a Pigouvian tax scheme for the agents in practice. We propose a global sensitivity analysis of the proposed game across different types of equilibrium. In contrast to traditional comparative statics analysis, Sobol' indices quantify the contribution of input parameters to the variability of resulting equilibria. |
| Keywords: | non-cooperative game, global sensivitity analysis, Sobol indices parameters, river basin pollution game |
| Date: | 2026–01–16 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05461442 |
| By: | Kirton, Noel |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264665 |
| By: | Won, Sunjae; Rejesus, Roderick M.; Aglasan, Serkan |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360796 |
| By: | Mohammed, Kamaludin |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264821 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264272 |
| By: | Wilson, L.A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264903 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264273 |
| By: | Shigeharu Okajima (Kobe University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, 2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657- 8501.); Hiroko Okajima (Nagoya University, Nagoya University Graduate School of Economics, Furocho, Chikusa Ward, Nagoya City Aichi 464-8601.); Kenta Nakamura (Kobe University, Graduate School of Economics, 2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501); Yoshito Nakayama (Osaka University of Economics, 2-2-8 Osumi HigashiYodogawa-ku Osaka-shi, 533-8533.) |
| Abstract: | This study evaluates the environmental effectiveness of Japan’s eco-car tax incentive program by explicitly accounting for the strategic weight manipulation by automobile manufacturers. Using monthly vehicle- level panel data from 2005 to 2021, we estimate a structural demand model for the Japanese passenger car market to examine how firms respond to weight-based fuel economy standards. Our results show that vehicles strategically adjusted to exceed regulatory weight thresholds experienced a 31% increase in relative market share, reflecting a substantial demand expansion driven by regulatory compliance rather than genuine fuel efficiency improvements. To assess the broader implications, we conduct a structural substitution counterfactual analysis comparing the observed outcomes with a no- manipulation benchmark. The counterfactual analysis reveals that strategic weight manipulation increases the sales of manipulated vehicles by 102, 771 units and reduces the sales of compliant vehicles by only 3, 707 units. This asymmetric displacement indicates that manipulation primarily expands overall demand rather than reallocating sales among substitutes. The resulting demand distortion produced a net increase of 133, 162 tons of CO2 emissions over the sample period, substantially undermining the policy’s emissions-reduction objectives. Our findings demonstrate that weight-class-based fuel economy regulation creates strong incentives for regulatory gaming, which materially weakens environmental effectiveness. The results highlight the need for policy designs that minimize discrete eligibility thresholds and reward continuous and verifiable improvements in real-world fuel efficiency. |
| Keywords: | eco-car policy, strategic manipulation, vehicle demand, CO2 emissions |
| JEL: | Q51 Q53 Q58 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:was:dpaper:2504 |
| By: | Arthurton, Percy; Henry, Frank |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264657 |
| By: | Henderson, Dr. T. H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264123 |
| By: | Winkelmann, Don; Bassoco, Luz Maria |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264116 |
| By: | Noel, Denis S.O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264648 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264906 |
| By: | Alexander, Medford N. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264258 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264275 |
| By: | Fromage, Mathilde |
| Abstract: | Climate change challenges the allocation mechanisms of agricultural land, yet there is currently no systemic framework for assessing its impact on land markets. We conceptualise the climate change–land market nexus and identify its methodological and thematic issues. To support our original framework, we selectively review how agricultural economic approaches address it. We highlight that the impact of climate change on land markets has been studied at various scales, from global land use adjustments to micro-level farm adaptations, and each of these scales relates with a specific approach. The modelling of climate change effects mainly refers to land conditions, e.g. land state, use or cover change. The land market is usually addressed in rather segmented views: Models focus either on land demand, land value, or transaction mechanisms. Results also show different methods to address micro and macro levels, spatial and temporal dimensions, dynamics, and uncertainties. This paper provides a comprehensive review of agricultural economics, outlining gaps and research perspectives. It paves the way for further work on how to design better policies for effective land markets in the climate change context. |
| Keywords: | Climate Change, Land Economics/Use, Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods |
| Date: | 2026–01–22 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:inrasl:388970 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264637 |
| By: | Binnendijk, A.L.; Hunter, L.J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264534 |
| By: | Charles, F. L. A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264038 |
| By: | Wood, Hubert E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264654 |
| By: | O'Brien, Hamid |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264535 |
| By: | Chesney, H.A.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264643 |
| By: | Engelmann1, Tobias; Speck, Melanie; Rohn, Holger; Bienge, Katrin; Langen, Nina; Howell, Eva; Göbel, Christine; Friedrich, Silke; Teitscheid, Petra; Liedtke, Christa |
| Abstract: | Since human nutrition is responsible for about 30 % of the global natural resource use and in order to decrease resource use to a level in line with planetary boundaries, Lukas et al. (2016) proposed a re-source use reduction in the nutrition sector by a factor 2 (Material Footprint). The catering sector needs clearly defined indicators to assess their business activities’ impact on ecology, social aspects, economic value, and health status. Within the project NAHGAST two sets of indicators, called NAHGAST Meal-Basis and NAHGAST Meal-Pro were developed. The indicator sets are proposed to measure several, with sustainability-associated challenges, such as such as the ecological, social and economical effects, which may come along with the production and the consumption of a meal. Basically, the NAHGAST Meal-Basis deals with qualitative indicators, such as the amount of organic food per serving or the percentage of food wasted. This set is supposed to enable leaders to assess the sustainability of their meals and to visualize future improvements on a simplistic level. The NAHGAST Meal-Pro deals with a more sophisticated set of indicators, such as the carbon and material footprint or the cost recovery per meal. Both sets are underpinned with sus-tainable targets and elaborated as an Excel-based assessment tool, which is tested within a one-year case study. The usefulness and the limits of the tool, as well as current results of the implementation including pro-posed challenges, are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258175 |
| By: | McCulloch, Cedric S. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264102 |
| By: | Castaneda, Anselmo |
| Abstract: | With the -introduction of Westernized farming technologies in the late 1950s, modern agriculture in Belize has depended on expensive and poisonous external inputs. Decentralized efforts by NGOs during the last decade in the• promotion of sustainable agricultural practices is documented and a few recommendations on what can be done in the near future are offered. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265299 |
| By: | Rielli, L. E.; Wang, Jodi Ann |
| Abstract: | Ensuring that the energy transition actively accounts for stakeholders' concerns is critical to both addressing and redressing (in)justices. From an energy justice perspective, key aspects – including distributive, procedural, recognitional, and restorative justice – must be duly inscribed across the lifecycles of new renewable energy infrastructures. This article aims to identify the salient stakeholder concerns and propose corresponding policy actions that embed justice principles in the energy transition. It particularly emphasizes on the implications for affected stakeholders groups, namely workers, suppliers, communities, and consumers. Drawing on evidence from ethnographic field observations and semi-structured interviews (n = 47) in solar photovoltaic energy projects in Brazil and Portugal, this Perspective article proposes a framework of structural and practical policy actions that centre the affected stakeholders' concerns, which can be adapted across global geographies. This work contributes to the just energy transitions global agenda by providing practical recommendations for integrating justice into energy policies. |
| Keywords: | energy justice; energy transition; policy; Policy; Energy justice; Energy transition |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2026–01–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130918 |
| By: | Bourne, Compton |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265290 |
| By: | Schclarek Alfredo; Juncos Ignacio |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how public development banks (PDBs) in North America can scale green lending by redesigning funding architecture. Using a Money-View T-account framework, we analyze three channels: recapitalization, green bond issuance, and originate-to-distribute securitization. Case analyses—Mexico, the U.S. Coalition for Green Capital, and British Columbia’s MFABC—show that credible payment assurance plus standardized issuance reduce spreads, extend maturities, and raise volumes. We also assess policies that shift demand (prudential treatment, collateral frameworks, refinancing windows, green QE). The paper offers a practical design menu for larger, cheaper, longer-dated finance. Our thesis: funding architecture is climate policy. |
| JEL: | G21 H74 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aep:anales:4839 |
| By: | Campbell, L.G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264549 |
| By: | David W. Shanafelt |
| Abstract: | Ecosystem services are at the forefront of ecosystem management, and are a featured component of each research themes of the French National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Health, and the Environment (INRAE). The project Perceptions and Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Forests (PERCEVAL), funded by INRAE, focuses on the measurement and valuation of ecosystem services in the Grand Est region of France, including the preferences of individuals for forest ecosystem services and potential markets for them (demand) and how ecosystem services are provided in the region (supply). In this paper, we develop a baseline database of the supply of ecosystem services in the Grand Est region of France. Specifically, we estimate a set of twenty-one indicators of seven ecosystem services in the Grand Est, including agriculture production potential, biodiversity, aboveground and belowground carbon storage, livestock grazing potential, net ecosystem productivity, pollination potential, and soil loss by water erosion. We adopt a pedagogic approach in our methodology, discussing the different approaches available in the literature and making all of our data – including the raw, intermediate, and final data layers as well as commented scripts to transform them the initial data to its final forms – available online through the French national research data repository. Our goal is to present our work in a way such that it can be used as a learning tool – a how-to-guide if you will – for scientists, managers, and policy makers on how to measure, interpret, and understand the provisioning of ecosystem services. We discuss our findings in the context of ecosystem management in Grand Est, specifically the importance of forests and parks and reserves in the region, and how they fit into the broader question of what should be provided from the perspective of society. |
| Keywords: | ecosystem services; Grand Est; France; interactions; pedagogy; PERCEVAL; supply and provisioning |
| JEL: | C80 Q57 Y10 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2026-01 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264895 |
| By: | Demacque, David J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264647 |
| By: | Birla, Dr. S.C.; McIntosh, Dr. C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264541 |
| By: | Birla, Dr. S.C.; McIntosh, Dr. C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264538 |
| By: | Paulo M.M. Rodrigues; Dhruv Akshay Pandit; João Seixo |
| Abstract: | Weather extremes play an important role in shaping short-run economic activity, yet the literature offers little evidence on how weather shocks translate into household spending. This study examines the short-term economic impacts of temperature, wildfire risk, and a novel measure of rainfall volatility on point-of sales purchases, unemployment, and housing prices using a panel of Portuguese municipalities from 2010 to 2021. A panel vector autoregressive model with exogenous variables including cross-border spillovers from similar climate regimes using climate factors as controls is used. Panel local projections show that a one-standard-deviation increase in hourly rainfall volatility raises purchases and house-price growth, and lowers unemployment. Increases in mean temperature boost spending, whereas temperature variability dampens it, and wildfire risk reduces consumption. Introducing disposable income, non-linear terms, longer lags, or event-count weather indicators leaves these elasticities virtually unchanged. Regional analyses reveal that responses in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and Algarve (southern Portugal) are not only larger but sometimes opposite in direction compared to those in northern Portugal. To the best of our knowledge, the findings provide the first evidence of weather-induced fluctuations in purchases within an European setting, offering guidance for adaptation policies and risk management. |
| JEL: | C33 C53 E31 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ptu:wpaper:w202519 |
| By: | Ye, Ziwei; Hennessy, David A.; Wu, Felicia; Krupke, Christian H. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360791 |
| By: | Johnson, Irving; Strachan, Maria |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264407 |
| By: | Johnson, I.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264267 |
| By: | Baron, Dr. B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264545 |
| By: | Stefani, G.; Lombardi, G.V.; Romano, D.; Cei, L. |
| Abstract: | The literature on environmental policy shows that institutional arrangements are key in designing effective environmental policies. Besides regulation and market (Coasian) solutions, grass root collective action has been advocated as a possible solution for the provision of agro-environmental public goods. We gauge that the same institutional arrangement can be found in many territorially integrated food chains that aims at re-embedding food production in the local society. Building on this literature, we present a case study - a short supply chain for bread production from ancient local wheat landraces in Tuscany – emphasizing the role played by collective action in maintaining high quality production in a context of severe information asymmetries. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258182 |
| By: | Williams, R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264125 |
| By: | Garel, Douglas |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264661 |
| By: | Singh, Ranjit H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265571 |
| By: | Riviere, R.E.; Yankey, J. Bernard |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264104 |
| By: | Sukdeo, Fred |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264646 |
| By: | Fletcher, Rowland E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264660 |
| By: | Demas, W. G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264011 |
| By: | Pemberton, Carlisle A.; Harris, Emaline L.; Lall, Vanessa |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265466 |
| By: | Johnson, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264645 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264274 |
| By: | Birla, Dr. S.C.; McIntosh, Dr. C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264539 |
| By: | Momsen, Janet D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264108 |
| By: | Myvett, George |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265298 |
| By: | Sutherland, Neville E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264642 |
| By: | Thomas, Sherman B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264899 |
| By: | Olajuwon Olayide, S. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264413 |
| By: | Buckmire, George E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264112 |
| By: | Sarkar, N.K. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264666 |
| By: | Watson-James, A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264897 |
| By: | Ngueuleweu Tiwang Gildas |
| Abstract: | Understanding how climate and innovation policies perform during socio-technical transitions remains a central challenge in innovation studies. Empirical analyses of the relationship between economic growth and carbon emissions continue to yield conflicting results, partly because they rely on pooled models that implicitly assume stable and homogeneous dynamics. Transition theory, by contrast, emphasizes that decarbonization unfolds through heterogeneous regimes characterized by varying degrees of stability, inertia, and reconfiguration. Yet, empirical tools capable of identifying these regimes prior to policy evaluation or forecasting remain limited. This paper introduces a regime-diagnostic framework designed to condition empirical analysis on the structural state of the climate-economy system. Rather than estimating causal effects or generating forecasts directly, the framework reconstructs latent transition regimes from the time varying responsiveness of emissions to economic activity. These diagnostics are used as a pre-modeling step, allowing econometric and machine learning tools to be applied conditionally on empirically identified regimes. Using a global panel of approximately 150 countries over the period 1991-2022, we apply the framework to the emission-growth relationship. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.01545 |
| By: | Ai, Dan; Crago, Christine L.; Mullins, Jamie T. |
| Abstract: | We examine the impact on mortality of co-exposure to hot temperatures and power outages using a county-level data set in the United States from 2015 to 2019. We find that each additional hour of power outage is associated with a 0.04% increase in monthly mortality rate. Furthermore, we show that the mortality effects of hot days are exacerbated by the co-occurrence of power outages, with each hour of power outage in a month increasing the harm from a hot day by 3%. Larger magnitudes of both of these effects are identified for longer and more widespread outages. We also show heterogeneity across climate regions in the estimated relationships, which is consistent with heavier reliance on technological adaptations to heat such as air conditioning in hotter climate regions. Taken together, our results suggest that the reliability of electricity grids serves as an important means of adaptation to high temperatures and climate change. |
| Keywords: | Health Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360929 |
| By: | White, Michael G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264040 |
| By: | McLean, George P. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264900 |
| By: | McDonald, Vincent R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265287 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264887 |
| By: | Edwards, D. T.; Strachan, O. M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264107 |
| By: | Cha, Min-kyeong (Min); Matisoff, Daniel |
| Abstract: | How does electricity consumption behavior change with different energy sources? We seek to understand how consumers change their consumption behaviors when they begin to use renewable electricity via a community solar program. Previous research has found that consumers distinguish the power sources of electricity and even change their consumption behavior. Recent studies have explored changes in consumption associated with utility-run green electricity programs and rooftop solar, finding mixed results; however, studies on community solar programs are lacking. This study explores household-level consumption behavior after adopting solar electricity without panel installation. We use household-level monthly electricity consumption data from a large electric co-op in Georgia, U.S., ranging from 2015 to 2023, for both community solar subscribers and non-subscribers. We use staggered difference-in-differences, along with matching, to compare consumption changes before and after the subscription. Findings reveal that the consumption does not change after subscription, but subscribers' monthly bills increase by about 3–4 %, indicating they pay more to make the grid greener. This study will broaden the understanding of electricity sources and consumer behavior by adding the analysis of prevalent but under-studied community solar electricity programs in the U.S. Southeast context. It will help utility planners understand the changing demand as a result of renewable energy adoption. |
| Keywords: | community solar; electricity consumption behavior; equity in renewable energy; solar electricity |
| JEL: | J1 |
| Date: | 2026–01–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130888 |
| By: | Cross, Lawrence |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264662 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264910 |
| By: | Lim, Changsik; Moon, Yongsik; Im, Jeongbin |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360997 |
| By: | Dukhia, J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264653 |
| By: | Maharaj, Dayanand; Strauss, John |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264010 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264560 |
| By: | Shillingford, J.D.; Blades, H.W. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264548 |
| By: | Östergren, Karin; Davis, Jennifer; De Menna, Fabio; Vittuari, Matteo; Unger, Nicole; Loubiere, Marion |
| Abstract: | Urged by the importance of resource efficiency and circular economy agenda policy makers, many stakeholders are seeking alternatives for current surplus food or side flows within the food supply chain. Any new valorisation or intervention aimed to prevent food waste will however be associated with impacts (monetary and environmental). To allow informed decision making at all levels, from individual stakeholder to policy level, robust, consistent and science based approaches are required. The EU H2020 funded project REFRESH (Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain) aims to contribute to food waste reduction throughout the food supply chain, and evaluate the environmental impacts and life cycle costs. This paper presents a guidance document being developed within REFRESH on how to apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental Life Cycle Costing (E-LCC) and how to combine them in the context of food waste. Recommendations are given on the scoping on footprint studies as well as on change-oriented studies on interventions for side flows from the food supply chain. The overall aim of the current research is contribute to a better scoping practice of LCAs and LCCs of side flows in a food waste context |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258171 |
| By: | Sandoval, Luis A.; Placide, Widlyn; Caccavo, Anna; Cordero, Carlos; Manzanero, Luis; Mendez, Jorge |
| Keywords: | Research Methods/Statistical Methods |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360824 |
| By: | Nurse, Osbourne M.; Wilson, Carlyle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264644 |
| By: | Riley, Harold M.; Harrison, Kelly M.; Suarez, Nelson |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264269 |
| By: | Carter, Bernard W. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264247 |
| By: | Göbel, Christine; Teitscheid, Petra; Friedrich, Silke; Langen, Nina; Speck, Melanie; Engelmann, Tobias; Rohn, Holger |
| Abstract: | The article gives insights into the implementation process of sustainable management strategies in the food service sector. Furthermore, the normative requirements for sustainability in form of a mission statement, called “sustainable food services” are presented. The authors perceive this mission statement as a means to transfer current political demands (as in the SDG of the UN) into the sector. It could serve as a model for the entire food service sector to support and facilitate implementing aspects of sustainability into business practices with the help of sustainable management tools. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258174 |
| By: | Sergio Beraldo (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF); Michela Collaro (University of Naples Federico II); Fabio Leone (University of Naples Federico II); Immacolata Marino (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF); Domenico Suppa (University Giustino Fortunato) |
| Abstract: | This paper studies the relationship between mafia-driven illegal waste disposal and cancer mortality in the Land of Fires (Campania, Italy). We assemble a new municipality-level dataset combining standardized cancer mortality rates with georeferenced contaminated sites. To address the non-random spatial distribution of waste disposal, we use variation in criminal infiltration -captured by a Mafia Presence Index - as an instrument for environmental exposure. Municipalities with stronger mafia presence exhibit a higher concentration of contaminated sites, and the resulting two-stage least squares estimates point to a substantial association between waste-related contamination and cancer mortality. Effects are particularly pronounced for environmentally mediated cancers (lung, larynx, stomach, bladder, kidney), consistent with epidemiological evidence for the region. A series of robustness analyses, including placebo outcomes, sensitivity analysis and alternative exposure measures, reinforce the interpretation of these results. |
| Keywords: | Environmental crime, Cancer mortality, Illegal waste disposal, Organized crime |
| JEL: | P35 I18 Q53 |
| Date: | 2026–01–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sef:csefwp:769 |
| By: | Benjamin Jones; Jacob Moscona; Benjamin A. Olken; Cristine von Dessauer |
| Abstract: | Estimates of climate impacts show that extreme temperatures have large and wide-spread effects. To estimate these effects, a common approach counts days in different temperature ranges and considers how exposure to these distinct 'bins' affects outcomes. This often produces non-linear, U-shaped results, in which high and low temperatures have the largest effects. We show that non-linear approaches like these can generate spurious findings. Specifically, global warming induces trends in extreme temperature exposure that correlate mechanically with a location's baseline temperature. Substantial bias emerges if trends in the outcome variable also correlate with baseline temperature for any reason. We demonstrate this problem theoretically, in simulations, and with real outcomes. We then develop solutions. In applications using US data, some results in the literature are unaffected by these corrections, while other results change substantially. |
| JEL: | C23 Q54 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34671 |
| By: | Bourne, Compton |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264248 |
| By: | Osuji, Paschal O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264658 |
| By: | Noel, D.; Marecheau, G.I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264120 |
| By: | Haley, Nicholas; Savchenko, Olesya; Palm-Forster, Leah; Landry, Craig |
| Abstract: | One of the strongest long-term strategies to address rising flooding vulnerability is voluntary buyouts, or the purchasing and removal of property located in a floodplain. The additional parcels of open space provide natural flood protection and positive amenity value for residents. However, participation in voluntary buyouts has been limited due to homeowners’ concerns about finding comparable property and high transaction costs. Using a choice experiment, we estimate preferences for different incentives in a locally implemented voluntary buyout program designed to address these concerns. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360732 |
| By: | Smith, Winston |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264888 |
| By: | Brown, Headley |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264442 |
| By: | Buckmire, George E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264268 |
| By: | Bryden, John M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264532 |
| By: | Schulke, Arne |
| Abstract: | Sustainability Management refers to the integration of environmental and social objectives into corporate management systems. It extends traditional management to encompass CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG aspects (Environment, Social, Governance) to plan, steer and control overall business success more holistically. It constitutes an area of growing research focus both in the Germanic community as well as globally. With regards to Controlling, two apparently conflicting findings in literature are that 1) Sustainability Controlling is a crucial way to support this growing trend, and yet, 2) Controlling organizations play a subordinate role in overall Sustainability Management efforts. The discussion paper draws on German and international literature to present evidence on the status quo of Sustainability Controlling. Based on this, a framework for the likely development of the organizational responsibility for Sustainability Controlling within organizations is laid out, with a focus on the information provision function of Controlling. |
| Keywords: | Management Control Systems, Controlling, Management Accounting, Sustainability Management |
| JEL: | M10 M11 M19 M40 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:iubhbm:335031 |
| By: | Alleyne, Frank |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264531 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264636 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264542 |
| By: | Roberts, Mr. W.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264558 |
| By: | Sammy, George M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264893 |
| By: | Hill, V.G.; Williams, S.A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264437 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265282 |
| By: | Farrell, T.M.A.; Nurse, O.M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264440 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264640 |
| By: | Ballayram; Lawrence, Beverley; Henry, Fitzroy |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265553 |
| By: | Ferguson, Theodore U. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264671 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264891 |
| By: | Leslie, K.A.; Rankine, L.B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264546 |
| By: | Paulo M.M. Rodrigues; Dhruv Akshay Pandit; Miguel de Castro Neto |
| Abstract: | While a growing body of research has examined the economic and social consequences of extreme weather, few attempts have been made to collate this evidence into a coherent map. This scoping review addresses this gap by providing the first systematic mapping of research on the socio-economic sensitivity of European regions to short-run weather shocks. Following a PRISMA-ScR protocol, we search Scopus and Web of Science, identifying 77 eligible articles published between 2000 and 2025. We analyse how studies define and measure weather shocks and socio-economic outcomes, the data and methods they employ, the sectors and regions they cover, as well as the associated impacts across sectors and the channels they operate through. Our review finds that weather shocks are consistently associated with reduced output growth, increased heat-related mortality, rising inflationary pressures, and greater inequality, with effects varying by region, sector, and income level. However, we also identify significant gaps in spatial resolution, sectoral coverage, and methodological diversity. By mapping the existing evidence and its limitations, this review provides a structured foundation for future research on weather-related socio-economic risk in Europe. |
| JEL: | Q54 Q50 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ptu:wpaper:w202527 |
| By: | Langen, Nina; Rhozyel, Mounaim; Göbel, Christine; Speck, Melanie; Engelmann, Tobias; Rohn, Holger; Teitscheid, Petra |
| Abstract: | Food labels are able to support consumers in making more sustainable food choices in out-of-home consumption situations. Thereby, the effect of changing consumption behaviour depends on the format of food labels and on the information it provides. In order to assess the importance of the amount of information as well as the design of food labels displaying sustainability aspects, we test different formats of food labels using a best-worst choice design. So far, no research tested a variation of information depth while keeping label designs fixed. We find clear preferences across both dimensions. Results indicate that consumers regard labels with a higher information depth as more helpful in order to choose a sustainable meal. For the label design it became obvious that the slider-design is preferred over footprints and traffic light label design. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258178 |
| By: | Bastianin, Andrea; Rossini, Luca; Testa, Alessandra |
| Abstract: | This paper studies the macroeconomic effects of global copper supply shocks. We identify exogenous disruptions to copper supply using a Bayesian structural VAR of the world copper market that combines sign and narrative restrictions. We then trace the international transmission of the identified shock using a two-step approach based on country-level models for major copper-importing and exporting economies. We find that copper supply shocks raise producer prices and depress industrial activity in importing economies, while exporters benefit from higher world prices through improved terms of trade. Importer-exporter status alone is insufficient to characterize exposure: heterogeneity in responses reflects differences in manufacturing copper intensity and buffering capacity through secondary copper production. |
| Keywords: | Climate Change, Environmental Economics and Policy, Land Economics/Use, Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Sustainability |
| Date: | 2026–01–13 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:feemwp:387620 |
| By: | Charles, C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264884 |
| By: | Grilli, Gianluca; Notaro. Sandra; Raffaelli, Roberta |
| Abstract: | Using a sample of respondents interviewed face-to-face while accessing a natural park in Sardinia (Italy), we conduct a Discrete Choice Experiment to assess respondents’ willingness to pay for improved environmental quality of the site. We assess the impact of four different strategies to mitigate hypothetical bias (soft cheap talk, honesty priming, consequentiality scripts, and solemn oath) and two elicitation methods (direct and inferred evaluation methods). Results indicate that none of the strategies were significantly effective in reducing HB. Conversely, inferred valuation led to significantly lower WTP estimates. The effect was especially large for attributes of pure public nature, while attributes that include utility from indirect use are less affected by elicitation method. Overall, the study suggests that inferred valuation is more effective than other strategy in removing social desirability of respondents. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360726 |
| By: | Taeger, Matthias; Beunza, Daniel |
| Abstract: | Whether as economisation or performativity, scholars in market studies have problematised various entanglements between financial markets and climate change. Studies have identified, for instance, how notions of climate change were subjugated to the concepts and needs of financial actors in the form of climate risk. While some scholars have cast doubt on whether such an approach to govern climate change can succeed, these doubts rest on an implicit assumption of ontological stability in existing market arrangements. By contrast, and drawing on the economisation framework, we provide a theorisation of climate risk as a performative project in-the-making shaped by marketizing framing processes, highlighting its potential to successfully transform relations, identities and ontologies. Nevertheless, we also identify misfires and counterperformative moments, as well as instances where this transformative drive reinforces the unequal relations of financialised capitalism. Thus, our paper contributes to market studies by demonstrating the value of an economisation approach to climate risk. Furthermore, it advances a nascent post-performativity scholarship by proposing a novel conceptualisation of the politics of economisation. |
| Keywords: | climate risk; economisation; performativity; market studies; central banks; financial markets; financial market infrastructure; exchange; clearing house; central securities depository; systemic risk; transaction cost; securities market; derivatives market; MiFID II; EMIR; MiFIR; Dodd-Frank Act |
| JEL: | J1 F3 G3 |
| Date: | 2026–01–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:129950 |
| By: | Springer, Basil G.F. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264890 |
| By: | Birla, Dr. S.C.; McIntosh, Dr. C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264405 |
| By: | Mayers, J.M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264260 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264823 |
| By: | Henderson-Brewster, Charlene; Pemberton, Carlisle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265303 |
| By: | Parasram, S.; Forde, C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264904 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264896 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264127 |
| By: | Phillips, Basil A.T. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264252 |
| By: | Brown, Zachary; Bolton, Margaret |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360724 |
| By: | Pemberton, Carlisle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265279 |
| By: | Nathaniel Grimes; Christopher Costello; Andrew J. Plantinga |
| Abstract: | Fisheries are vulnerable to environmental shocks that impact stock health and fisher income. Index insurance is a promising financial tool to protect fishers from environmental risk. However, insurance may change fisher's behavior. It is imperative to understand the direction fishers change their behavior before implementing new policies as fisheries are vulnerable to overfishing. We provide the first theoretical application of index insurance on fisher's behavior change to predict if index insurance will incentivize higher or lower harvests in unregulated settings. We find that using traditional fishery models with production variability only originating through stock abundance leads fishers to increase harvest with index insurance. However, fishers are adaptable and experience multiple sources of risk. Using a more flexible specification of production shows that index insurance could raise or lower harvest depending on the risk mitigation strategies available for fishers and the design of the insurance contract. We demonstrate the magnitude of potential change by simulating from parameters estimated for three Norwegian fisheries. Fisheries with index insurance contracts protecting extraction risks may increase harvest by 10% or decrease by 2% depending on the risk effects of inputs. Insurance contracts protecting stock risk will lead to 6-20% increases in harvest. Before widespread adoption, careful consideration must be given to how index insurance will incentivize or disincentivize overfishing. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.09914 |
| By: | Lætitia Guérin-Schneider; Marine Colon (UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier) |
| Keywords: | logiques institutionnelles, services d'eau et d'assainissement, ressource en eau, modèle économique, durabilité |
| Date: | 2025–09–30 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05356153 |
| By: | Carter, Bernard; Telfer, Irwin |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264552 |
| By: | Singh, Ranjit H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264885 |
| By: | Holders, N.L.; Fernandes, P.; Laohman, W.; Edwards, C.G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264652 |
| By: | Henderson, T.H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264556 |
| By: | Matthieu Bordenave; Giovanna Ciaffi |
| Abstract: | This paper evaluates the macroeconomic impact of green public spending by quantifying the responses of GDP, private investment, employment, and labour productivity across 30 European countries from 1995 to 2020. Using linear and nonlinear Local Projection methods, our findings indicate that green fiscal policies can positively and persistently affect GDP and employment levels, crowding-in private investment and generating a positive impact on productivity dynamics. When distinguishing between low- and high-income countries, we observe that the multipliers on GDP and employment are higher for the latter group, although no significant gains in productivity are found. However, productivity gains, albeit small in magnitude, appear to be concentrated in low-income countries. Moreover, our results show that the impact of green investments on GDP and private investment is higher in countries with high levels of green public consumption expenditure over total green public expenditure. These findings underline the importance of tailored fiscal policies to maximize the benefits of green public expenditure across different economic contexts. |
| Keywords: | Green Public Spending, Fiscal Multipliers, Green Investment, Green Consumption, European Divide, Ecological Economics |
| JEL: | E62 Q54 Q58 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imk:fmmpap:121-2025 |
| By: | Bernard Yankey, J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264409 |
| By: | Atsu, S.Y. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264261 |
| By: | Birla, Suresh C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265561 |
| By: | Lamprinakis, L.; Rodriguez, D. G. P.; Prestvik, A.; Veidal, A.; Klimek, B. |
| Abstract: | Mapping and valuating ecosystem services has gained increasing attention over the last years and remains high in the research agenda. In this paper, a mixed methods approach is used to valuate ecosystem services provided by the Divici-Pojejena wetland in Romania. A qualitative part relied on focus group discussions and interviews to identify key stakeholders and the ecosystem services provided by the wetland site. The benefit transfer (BT) method was used for the monetary valuation of the identified ecosystem services that the wetland provides. Bird watching opportunities, water quality, and flood prevention services are among the highest valued services, while the amenity services are the least valued among all wetland services. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258144 |
| By: | McDonald, Vincent R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264263 |
| By: | Henderson, Thomas H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264105 |
| By: | Pierre, R.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264659 |
| By: | Leslie, Kenneth A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264880 |
| By: | Brathwaite, A.H.; Nurse, J. O. J |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264257 |
| By: | Orane, Douglas; Lovell, Trevor |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264898 |
| By: | McDonald, Vincent R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264669 |
| By: | Singh, Ranjit H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265542 |
| By: | Martin, C. I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264254 |
| By: | Duggal, Ved P. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264411 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264879 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264638 |
| By: | Ellis, Clarence F. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264883 |
| By: | Birla, S.C. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264641 |
| By: | Walter, C.J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264664 |
| By: | Chesney, H.A.D |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264889 |
| By: | Birla, Dr. S.C.; McIntosh, Dr. C.E. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc74:264536 |
| By: | Thomas, R.D. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Demand and Price Analysis, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264271 |
| By: | Watty, Frank |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264047 |
| By: | Deep Ford, J.R.; White, Douglas |
| Abstract: | Trees can become an attractive integral component of farming systems by demonstrating that they are as profitable than traditional agricultural crops. Agroforestry systems help address the short-term profitability needs of the farmer while achieving long-term goals of maintaining yields and the environment. This study compares the profitabilities of traditional crops and an agroforestry system. A linear programming model finds an optimal farming alternatives through long-term financial analysis. The results are presented in the context of scenarios which include different discount rates and land quality classifications. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265302 |
| By: | Defrancesco, Edi; Perito, Maria Angela; Bozzolan, Irene; Cei, Leonardo; Stefani, Gianluca |
| Abstract: | This paper explores Italian consumers’ appreciation for health-related and environmentally friendly attributes of whole-wheat pasta. A modified version of the attribute-based referenda (ABR) model has been estimated on a sequence of two dichotomous choice questions randomly administered to a sample of households, starting as a single-attribute version (“adding” treatment) or a complete product version (“subtracting” treatment). The results suggest that taste and habits are considerable barriers, since only whole-wheat pasta consumers are willing to pay for health-related attributes. Overall, people are unwilling to pay for the environmental attribute even when informed of a product’s environmentally friendly method of production. However, the way in which the choice is framed is important, with higher values attached to attributes evaluated in the subtracting context, supporting prospect theory and the endowment effect |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Consumer/Household Economics |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258164 |
| By: | McIntyre, Alister |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264822 |
| By: | Lundgren, Jan O. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc71:264265 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264882 |
| By: | Anna Alberini; Javier Bas; Cinzia Cirillo |
| Abstract: | We devise a difference-in-difference study design to assess the impact of fare-free bus service in Alexandria, located in the Washington, DC metro area. Our surveys show modest to no effect, with at most 6% more residents in Alexandria increasing their bus usage compared to control locations. We find no effect on ground-level ozone or road crashes, suggesting little to no impact on road traffic. One-third of respondents in control locations indicated they would use buses more frequently if fare-free service were available in their areas. Based on the respondent-reported reductions in car miles, the program led to a reduction of 0.294 to 0.494 tons of CO2 per year, or 5% to 9% of the average annual emissions from a US car, at a cost of $70-$120 per ton of CO2. We predict a CO2 reduction of 0.454 tons per year, equivalent to 8% of the average US car's annual emissions if the fare-free bus covered all of the study areas. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.02190 |
| By: | Rankine, Lloyd B. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264901 |
| By: | Jules Linden; Cathal O'Donoghue; Denisa Sologon |
| Abstract: | Carbon taxes are increasingly popular among policymakers but remain politically contentious. A key challenge relates to their distributional impacts; the extent to which tax burdens differ across population groups. As a response, a growing number of studies analyse their distributional impact ex-ante, commonly relying on microsimulation models. However, distributional impact estimates differ across models due to differences in simulated tax designs, assumptions, modelled components, data sources, and outcome metrics. This study comprehensively reviews methodological choices made in constructing microsimulation models designed to simulate the impacts of carbon taxation and discusses how these choices affect the interpretation of results. It conducts a meta-analysis to assess the influence of modelling choices on distributional impact estimates by estimating a probit model on a sample of 217 estimates across 71 countries. The literature review highlights substantial diversity in modelling choices, with no standard practice emerging. The meta-analysis shows that studies modelling carbon taxes on imported emissions are significantly less likely to find regressive results, while indirect emission coverage has ambiguous effects on regressivity, suggesting that a carbon border adjustment mechanism may reduce carbon tax regressivity. Further, we find that estimates using older datasets, using explicit tax progressivity or income inequality measures, and accounting for household behaviour are associated with a lower likelihood of finding regressive estimates, while the inclusion of general equilibrium effects increases this likelihood. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.07713 |
| By: | Bully, Collin; Martin, Arthurton |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264649 |
| By: | Manner, Richard H.; Baker, Justin S. |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361219 |
| By: | Delbridge, Victoria; Glaeser, Edward L.; Harman, Oliver; Joshi, Mrunmai; Spence, Erin |
| Abstract: | This paper considers policy options for providing solid waste management services in low- and middle-income cities. It covers technologies for storage, collection and transport, and diversion or disposal; considers who should provide services; and examines different approaches to compliance and funding. |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2025–10–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130932 |
| By: | Zanasi, Cesare; Rota, Cosimo; Trerè, Simona; Falciatori, Sharon |
| Abstract: | There is an increasing interest in green marketing as a powerful tool to enhance the agrifood companies’ reputation and competitiveness; this makes it necessary to provide tools, for the consumers and the other stakeholders in the food system, able to detect the presence of distorted or false information often defined as greenwashing. It is also important for the agrifood companies to be able to prevent their communication to be unintentionally perceived as greenwashing, thus fully exploiting the value added provided by an effective communication of their sustainability policies. The goal of this paper is to provide a monitoring tool able to support the food companies definition of effective green marketing strategies, avoiding the risk of greenwashing; moreover supporting the other food system stakeholders’ critical analysis of the sustainability communication coming from the food companies. To this end a list of indicators coming from different organizations (Greenpeace, EnviroMedia Social Marketing and Oregon University, Terrachoice, Futerra) and authors (J.Grant, 2009) have been chosen and integrated in order to cover a broad range of sustainability dimensions and communication suggestions finalised to avoiding greenwashing in the agrifood sector. The level of correctness and relevance of the companies communication as been assessed by measuring the number of actions described in the food companies’ Sustainability Report, falling within the indicators belonging to the different categories of green marketing and greenwashing. The indicators have been tested on a large Italian food company: Barilla, by considering its Sustainability Report for the year 2016. The results showed that the sustainability actions related to possible greenwashing represent a relatively low share of the total action implemented by Barilla. Most interesting is the capacity of this analytical tool to encompass a broad range of dimensions related to the companies green marketing strategies evaluation; this allows also other stakeholders to more clearly analyse the capacity of a company to provide a clear honest and complete report on their sustainability activities. Further studies should weigh the different green marketing and greenwashing indicators in order to appreciate their relevance in contributing to the overall level of correct communication. A sample of representative food chain stakeholders should be involved in providing an expert evaluation. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Marketing |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258146 |
| By: | Dunn, C.L. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264118 |
| By: | Shigeharu Okajima (Kobe University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, 2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657- 8501.); Hiroko Okajima (Nagoya University, Nagoya University Graduate School of Economics, Furocho, Chikusa Ward, Nagoya City Aichi 464-8601.); Naohiro Shirao (Osaka University of Economics, 2-2-8 Osumi HigashiYodogawa-ku Osaka-shi, 533-8533.); Kenji Takeuchi (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Yoshida-honmachi Kyoto, 606-8501.) |
| Abstract: | Eco-labels are widely promoted as information-based environmental instruments that generate “win–win†outc omes by improving both environmental quality and firm profitability. However, credible causal evidence on t heir financial effects remains limited. Using panel data on Japanese firms from 2012 to 2016, this study ex amines whether Type I (third-party certified) and Type II (self-declared) eco-labels improve firm financial pe rformance. To address selection bias, we apply inverse probability weighting with firm and year fixed effect s and stabilize weights through trimming and capping procedures. We further examine heterogeneity between B2C and B2B firms based on differences in consumer visibility. The results show that Type I labels have no significant financial effects across all specifications. Type II labels exhibit modest positive effects for B2 C firms under trimmed weights, but these effects disappear when extreme weights are capped, indicating li mited robustness. Overall, we find no consistent financial benefits from eco-label adoption, challenging the b usiness-case narrative and suggesting that eco-label policies should be justified primarily by environmental ef fectiveness rather than expected profitability gains. |
| Keywords: | Eco-labels, Environmental labeling, Firm performance, Causal inference, Inverse probability weighting |
| JEL: | Q50 Q58 M14 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:was:dpaper:2503 |
| By: | Smedley, Michael J. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264894 |
| By: | Fix, Blair |
| Abstract: | In the world of scientific disinformation, Roger Pielke Jr. is a well known player. A political scientist by training, Pielke has a long history of being a thorn in the side of climatologists who study natural disasters. [***] Pielke’s latest entry in this genre is a 2024 paper called ‘Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”’. The paper takes aim at the ‘billion-dollar disasters’ dataset run by climatologists at the NOAA. As the name suggests, the database tracks the cost of US weather and climate-related disasters which have inflation-adjusted losses that exceed $1 billion. (Or rather, the database tracked these costs. The billion-dollar-disasters database was recently cancelled by the Trump regime. Afterwards, Pielke took to his blog to celebrate.) [***] Now, my goal here is not to defend the billion-dollar-disasters dataset from Pielke’s criticism. Instead, my aim is to show that Pielke’s analysis is so flawed that it undermines his own appeal ‘scientific integrity’. For his part, Pielke claims that putting climatologists in charge of disaster loss estimation is ‘problematic’, and that the job would be better left to ‘proper economists’. Furthermore, Pielke argues that the billion-dollar-disasters dataset is so faulty that it violates the NOAA’s own standards on ‘scientific integrity’. Yet while Pielke sits on this high horse, he manages to so horribly botch his own analysis that one wonders if he is unintentionally writing satire. [***] In what follows, I’ll spend a whole essay unpacking and debunking a single chart. Figure 1 shows Pielke’s published analysis of the billion-dollar-disasters dataset. The graph seems to show a steady decline in average disaster costs as a share of US GDP. The implicit message is that when climatologists warn about worsening natural disasters, they’re overreacting. If anything, economic growth seems to be making disaster costs more trivial. Or so Pielke claims. |
| Keywords: | accounting, disaster, ecology, measurement, price, United States |
| JEL: | Q5 P1 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esprep:334359 |
| By: | Huang, Kuan-Ming; Petrolia, Daniel |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360863 |
| By: | Zhu, Mingying; Chen, Bo; Hu, Zhiren; Du, Wei |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates whether productivity growth in the service sector can improve environmental quality. Using the expansion of China's national 5A-level tourist attraction list as a natural experiment, we find that when a city obtains its first nationally recognized "best" tourist attraction, the PM2.5 concentration declines by about 5.1% over the following decade. The improvement in air quality is driven by structural transformation resulting from the reallocation of capital and labor toward the service sector, rather than strengthened environmental regulations. The air quality improvement generated an additional USD 3.1 billion in revenue for China's tourism sector over the decade. |
| Keywords: | Community/Rural/Urban Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360758 |
| By: | Gomes, P.I. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264905 |
| By: | Archibald, M.A. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264044 |
| By: | Jordan, K. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc82:264881 |
| By: | da Cruz, Nuno F.; Ahmed, Saeed; Gebremariam, Eyob |
| Abstract: | As many other large cities of the Global South, Addis Ababa and Faisalabad have struggled with improving their solid waste management (SWM) systems. The political economy of this sector alongside local attitudes towards waste work create a complex governance environment where solutions are far from obvious. To trace social, political and institutional change in the SWM systems of these cities, our comparative analysis followed an interdisciplinary approach anchored in three key governance arenas: the institutional and policy frameworks that have been set up to tackle the problem, the role and agency of the various actors involved, and the actual practices of dealing with waste. Despite substantial institutional differences between the cities, our findings show that the level of service delivered to users and the lives and livelihoods of waste workers are analogous. Both come remarkably close to adopting an integrated approach to SWM. However, without a detailed understanding of the place-based socio-economic and politico-cultural features of these SWM systems, imported principles or best practices cannot be properly contextualised. As complex human systems, successfully addressing the governance disconnects in the SWM setups of Addis Ababa and Faisalabad will not hinge on better technical solutions. Rather, it will depend on the responsible authorities’ ability to create an environment where existing ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ practices and actors can coexist and interface with one another in mutually beneficial ways. |
| Keywords: | Global South; hybridity; place-based governance; solid waste; urban governance |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2026–01–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:129626 |
| By: | Nicolas Astier; Frank A. Wolak |
| Abstract: | Nuclear and intermittent renewables (wind and solar) are generally regarded as the only scalable technologies producing low-carbon electricity. However, the extent to which these technologies can co-exist in a reliable power system depends on whether nuclear units can adjust their operations to renewable output fluctuations. Using hourly data from the French power system, we find that nuclear units are operated quite flexibly, and that the foregone energy production due to “load following” actions (relative to the counterfactual of operating at full capacity during load following events) is currently limited. However, we find that an additional load following event is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of a unit failure. We also find that unit-level minimum output constraints are binding more frequently as system-wide renewable generation increases, especially so for units most exposed to solar generation. In 2024, hours during which available nuclear flexibility was exhausted are associated with non-positive hourly day-ahead prices. |
| JEL: | L94 Q2 Q42 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34662 |
| By: | Zenghui, Chao; Zhang, Jing; Chen, Kelin; Zhang, Jun |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360661 |
| By: | Delbridge, Victoria; Glaeser, Edward L.; Harman, Oliver |
| Abstract: | Urban waste management is both a practical necessity and a visible reflection of city governance. In low- and middle-income cities, uncollected refuse undermines health, productivity, and public confidence. It clogs drainage, fuels flooding, and contributes to respiratory disease through open burning. Solid waste management in developing cities already consumes one-fifth of municipal budgets on average, yet service delivery remains uneven and financially precarious. This toolkit synthesises global evidence and experience to guide policymakers in designing credible, affordable, and politically viable reforms. |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2025–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:130933 |
| By: | Hagerty, Nick; Zucker, Ariel |
| Abstract: | Groundwater is a vital input to agricultural production worldwide, but a widespread lack of effective regulation leads to overconsumption and depletion. We evaluate a program of price incentives for voluntary groundwater conservation among smallholder farmers in Gujarat, India, where water (and the electricity used to pump it) is scarce and unregulated. To do so, we install meters and offer payments for reduced groundwater pumping in a randomized controlled trial. Price incentives work: The program reduced hours of irrigation by 24 percent. Most of the conservation is achieved by a price within a realistic policy range; doubling the price has little additional effect. Payment expenditures per unit energy conserved are near the cost of expanding electricity supply, suggesting that payments for groundwater conservation may be a cost-effective policy tool where pricing is politically infeasible. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361141 |
| By: | Samuel Darwisman |
| Abstract: | The science of pipeline transport is currently governed by a collection of fragmented, discipline-specific theories that are inadequate for addressing the systemic challenges of 21st-century infrastructure. This paper introduces and formalizes a new, unified theory: the General Theory of Piping Transportation (GTPT), formulated by Darwisman. The GTPT posits that a pipeline system is a complex socio-technical entity whose state and long-term viability are determined by the fully coupled interaction of three interdependent domains: Physical Dynamics ({\Phi}), Life-Cycle Dynamics ({\Lambda}), and Socio-Economic Dynamics ({\Sigma}). This paper presents the core postulates of the GTPT, which are derived from a systematic synthesis of the fragmented existing literature. The prescriptive power of the theory is illustrated by contrasting the strategic outcomes derived from the GTPT against those from classical theories. By defining resilience as the primary design objective and operationalizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the GTPT provides a new theoretical foundation for the design, management, and governance of infrastructure across all critical sectors. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.13081 |
| By: | Tenbrock, Sebastian; Wernick, Christian; Gries, Christin-Isabel |
| Abstract: | Die Erfassung und Berechnung der indirekten Treibhausgasemissionen entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette (Scope 3-Emissionen) stellt Telekommunikationsunternehmen in der Praxis der Berichterstattung vor besondere Herausforderungen. Die Studie untersucht, wie TK-Anbieter ihre Scope-3-Emissionen entlang ihrer vor- und nachgelagerten Wertschöpfungsketten erfassen. Dabei wurden die Nachhaltigkeitsberichte von 16 europäischen, börsennotierten TK-Anbietern ausgewertet und Expertengespräche mit 15 Vertretern von Telekommunikationsanbietern, Verbänden und Stadtwerken in Deutschland geführt. Scope 3 machen in der TK-Branche den größten Anteil an den Gesamtemissionen aus, insbesondere solche Emissionen, die im Zusammenhang mit eingekauften Gütern und Dienstleistungen und Kapitalgütern sowie bei der Nutzung der verkauften Produkte durch gewerbliche und private Endkunden entstehen. Diese drei Scope 3-Kategorien dominieren bei allen betrachteten europäischen und deutschen Anbietern und zeigen, dass die zentralen Emissionstreiber branchenweit vergleichbar sind. Gleichzeitig zeigt die Untersuchung, dass die Erfassung von Scope 3 aufgrund der Komplexität, kleinteiliger Strukturen und Prozesse sowie begrenzter Datenverfügbarkeit ungenau und mit Unsicherheiten behaftet ist. Hinzu kommt, dass die verschiedenen möglichen Reportingansätze z.T. stark voneinander abweichende Ergebnisse generieren. Die meisten Unternehmen haben in den letzten Jahren ihr Reporting deutlich ausgeweitet, sowohl was die umfassten Kategorien als auch die Detailtiefe innerhalb der Kategorien angeht. Im Ergebnis haben diese beiden Aspekte zur Folge, dass eine Vergleichbarkeit sowohl im Zeitablauf auf Unternehmensebene als auch zwischen den berichtenden Unternehmen nur eingeschränkt möglich ist. Branchenweite Best Practices werden bislang nur punktuell umgesetzt. Die Entwicklung gemeinsamer Ansätze hängt dabei auch von der Größe der TK-Anbieter ab. Während kleinere Unternehmen vor allem in projektbasierten Verbandsformaten kooperieren, entwickeln größere multinational tätige Anbieter in internationalen Initiativen gemeinsame Standards weiter. Insgesamt verfügen größere Unternehmen über mehr Ressourcen und sind in der Lage, ihre Zulieferer stärker zur Mitwirkung beim Reporting und zur Umsetzung von Nachhaltigkeitszielen zu verpflichten. Bis zu den Änderungen des europäischen Rechtsrahmens im Zuge der CSRD- und EU-Omnibus-Initiative bestand bei kleineren Anbietern Unsicherheit darüber, ob und wenn ja ab wann, sie einer Verpflichtung zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung unterliegen werden. Diese Unsicherheit ist durch die Verabschiedung der Trilog-Einigung weitgehend beseitigt worden. Bei den Unternehmen, die wider Erwarten doch nicht der Berichtspflicht unterliegen werden, steht nun allerdings zu erwarten, dass das Thema Nachhaltigkeit und Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung deutlich an Relevanz verlieren wird. |
| Abstract: | The collection and calculation of indirect greenhouse gas emissions along the entire value chain (Scope 3 emissions) pose particular challenges for telecommunications companies in their reporting practices. The study examines how telecommunications providers record their Scope 3 emissions along their upstream and downstream value chains. The sustainability reports of 16 European, publicly traded telecommunications providers were evaluated, and expert discussions were held with 15 representatives of telecommunications providers, associations, and municipal utilities in Germany. Scope 3 emissions account for the largest share of total emissions in the telecommunications industry, particularly emissions from purchased goods and services, capital goods, and the use of sold products by commercial and private end customers. These three Scope 3 categories dominate among all European and German providers considered and show that the key emission drivers are comparable across the industry. At the same time, the study shows that the recording of Scope 3 is inaccurate and subject to uncertainty due to its complexity, fragmented structures and processes, and limited data availability. In addition, the various possible reporting approaches sometimes generate widely differing results. Most companies have significantly expanded their reporting in recent years, both in terms of the categories covered and the level of detail within the categories. As a result, these two aspects mean that comparability is only possible to a limited extent, both over time at the company level and between the reporting companies. Industry-wide best practices have so far only been implemented selectively. The development of common approaches also depends on the size of the telecommunications providers. While smaller companies cooperate primarily in project-based association formats, larger multinational providers continue to develop common standards in international initiatives. Overall, larger companies have more resources and are in a position to oblige their suppliers to cooperate more closely in reporting and implementing sustainability goals. Until the changes to the European legal framework in the wake of the CSRD and EU Omnibus Initiative, there had been uncertainty among smaller providers as to whether, and if so when, they would be subject to sustainability reporting requirements. This uncertainty has been largely removed with the adoption of the trilogue agreement. For companies that, contrary to expectations, will not be subject to reporting requirements, it is to be expected that the topic of sustainability and sustainability reporting will become significantly less relevant. |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:wikdps:334506 |
| By: | Chatzopoulos, Thomas; Domínguez, Ignacio Pèrez; Zampieri, Matteo; Toreti, Andrea |
| Abstract: | Extreme-weather events frequently drive production fluctuations, price volatility, and hence uncertainty on agricultural commodity markets. Simulation models of global agriculture typically assume normal weather in deterministic scenarios, contain no explicit parameterization of weather elements on the supply side, and confound multitudinous sources of yield fluctuation in exogenous yield shocks. As a part of a wider project on extreme events modelling, in this paper we present the experimental design of a first attempt to explicitly parameterize extreme weather into a partial equilibrium model of global agriculture (Aglink-Cosimo). We outline the main model additions and present preliminary estimates of wheat yield-to-heat elasticities for key regions. We also present the potential wheat market impacts from a counterfactual heat-wave scenario in Australia. Finally, we outline ongoing and future work on multi-scenario analysis in the context of extreme weather and global markets. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258186 |
| By: | Jia, Jingru; McNamara, Paul E. |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361001 |
| By: | Thomas, Jerome C. |
| Abstract: | White potato production in St. Kitts was re-introduced in 1985 and has shown dramatic increases during its first five years from 15, 875 kg in 1986 to 303, 907 kg in 1990 but declined to 243, 580 kg in 1991. White potato production was re-introduced as part of the Agricultural Diversification Programme with the main target being to meet half of the annual domestic demand of 544, 300 kg by 1990. To support the activity, Government provided incentives including subsidised seed, land for potato production as well as research and developmental support. The initial success of the white potato activity resulted in the private sector becoming involved in seed importation while farmers found potato production highly profitable with a relatively large domestic market. The sustainability of white potato production in St. Kitts is dependent on continued Government support, increased private sector involvement and development of export marketing. There is also need to improve storage facilities, to further develop cultural practices using appropriate technology and to ensure that increased production has no negative impact on the environment. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc92:265465 |
| By: | Arjoon, P. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264124 |
| By: | Flandoli, Franco; Leocata, Marta; Livieri, Giulia; Morlacchi, Silvia; Corvino, Fausto; Pirni, Alberto |
| Abstract: | This paper develops two mathematical models to understand subjects’ behavior in response to the urgency of a change and inputs from governments e.g., (subsides) in the context of the diffusion of the solar photovoltaic in Italy. The first model is a Markov model of interacting particle systems. The second one, instead, is a MeanField Game model. In both cases, we derive the scaling limit deterministic dynamics, and we compare the latter to the Italian solar photovoltaic data. We identify periods where the first model describes the behavior of domestic data well and a period where the second model captures a particular feature of data corresponding to companies. The comprehensive analysis, integrated with a philosophical inquiry focusing on the conceptual vocabulary and correlative implications, leads to the formulation of hypotheses about the efficacy of different forms of governmental subsidies. |
| Keywords: | green energy transition; individual based modeling; Markov model; mean-field games; procrastination; solar photovoltaic |
| JEL: | C1 |
| Date: | 2025–07–29 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:129077 |
| By: | Gong, Ziqian; Shaw, Brooke; Martin, Gray D.; Petruas, Jeff; Ohrel, Sara; Marie, Lewis |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361218 |
| By: | Singh, Ranjit H. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc02:265570 |
| By: | Ahmed S. Alahmed; Audun Botterud; Saurabh Amin; Ali T. Al-Awami |
| Abstract: | We develop a mathematical framework for the optimal dispatch of flexible water desalination plants (WDPs) as hybrid generator-load resources. WDPs integrate thermal generation, membrane-based controllable loads, and renewable energy sources, offering unique operational flexibility for power system operations. They can simultaneously participate in two markets: selling desalinated water to a water utility, and bidirectionally transacting electricity with the grid based on their net electricity demand. We formulate the dispatch decision problem of a profit-maximizing WDP, capturing operational, technological, and market-based coupling between water and electricity flows. The threshold-based structure we derive provides computationally tractable coordination suitable for large-scale deployment, offering operational insights into how thermal generation and membrane-based loads complementarily provide continuous bidirectional flexibility. The thresholds are analytically characterized in closed form as explicit functions of technology and tariff parameters. We examine how small changes in the exogenous tariff and technology parameters affect the WDP's profit. Extensive simulations illustrate the optimal WDP's operation, profit, and water-electricity exchange, demonstrating significant improvements relative to benchmark algorithms. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.02243 |
| By: | Clarke, E.G. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264656 |
| By: | Covelli María Paula |
| Abstract: | Las ciudades concentran cerca del 70% de las emisiones globales de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI). En Argentina, la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) genera el 4% de las emisiones nacionales, siendo el consumo eléctrico su principal fuente. Este trabajo evalúa el impacto económico de una medida del Plan de Acción Climática local que busca instalar paneles solares en el 30% de los techos residenciales hacia 2050. Para ello, se desarrolló una Matriz de Contabilidad Social bi-regional de Argentina (2018), con apertura detallada del sector energético, y se simuló la medida mediante un modelo insumo-producto regional. Los resultados indican efectos económicos positivos tanto en CABA como a nivel nacional, impulsados por la caída en el precio de la electricidad. |
| JEL: | Q4 R5 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aep:anales:4788 |
| By: | Bhandari, Nabin; Miao, Ruiqing |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the impact of federal crop insurance program (FCIP) on corn and soybean yields in the United States, using a county-level large panel dataset spanning over 1950-2022. As extreme heat becomes a grand challenge in the U.S. agriculture, the focus of this article is on estimating the mediating role of FCIP on weather-yield relationship using different identification techniques. Results from fixed effect instrumental variable (FE-IV) approach suggest that the sensitivity of insured corn yield to overheat growing degree days (GDD) is 36%-104% higher than non-insured corn, depending upon the time frame under consideration. Similarly, results from staggered Difference-in-Difference (DiD) estimation technique suggest that the negative effect of FCIP on insured corn yield is pronounced in hot counties when compared to cool counties. Similar patterns are observed for soybean yields. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361070 |
| By: | Uz, Dilek; Adom, Enoch; Gordon, Beatrice |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361220 |
| By: | Vine, Anne; Bateman, David |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Farm Management |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ucwarc:264016 |
| By: | Gurney, J.M. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc75:264550 |
| By: | Langen, Nina; Bauske, Emily; Dubral, Ricarda; Göbel, Christine; Speck, Melanie; Engelmann, Tobias; Rohn, Holger; Teitscheid, Petra |
| Abstract: | Sustainable out-of-home nutrition can help achieve overarching sustainability goals through a transformation in demands of consumers in this growing market. Studies indicate that individual food choice behaviours in out-of-home settings relate to a wide set of personal, social and situational factors. These factors can be influenced by various intervention strategies. In an expert meeting and a focus group we invited caterers and consumers to generate, discuss and evaluate various practical intervention ideas. Both parties largely perceive the explored ideas as useful and agree on key intervention ideas. Overall caterers and consumers state to prefer nudging strategies over information and participation interventions. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258177 |
| By: | Roost, Stefanie Cipriano |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how citizens in a large middle-income country evaluate the design of cash transfer programmes, and whether these preferences shift when vulnerability is framed as climate-induced. Using a pre-registered online survey in Brazil, we combined a multi-attribute conjoint experiment with a climate information treatment. Respondents evaluated programmes varying in benefit level, eligibility, conditionalities, implementing actor, payment schedule and financing. Support depends strongly on perceived fairness and financing choices. Expanding eligibility from extreme poverty to poverty substantially increases approval, while further expansion yields no additional gains. Conditionalities (in particular, empowering ones, such as financial training or health check-ups) raise support, whereas work requirements have heterogeneous effects across different social groups. Financing through personal income tax or cuts to existing programmes enjoys lower levels of approval, while corporate taxation and subsidy reductions are more acceptable. Climate information modestly increases solidaristic attitudes but does not eliminate underlying ideological divides. This study highlights how citizens update not only the extent but also the preferred form of redistribution under climate stress. |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:diedps:335010 |
| By: | Sharma, Manoj; Villoria, Nelson B. |
| Abstract: | The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) seeks to reduce deforestation in tropical countries by restricting imports of soy products. The main concern is that trade restrictions can shift deforestation-embodied trade to unregulated markets. To shed light on this issue, we employ a standard gravity model focused on the soy sector, treating the EUDR compliance costs as trade costs for exports to the EU. Our findings reveal that the stricter trade restrictions on tropical soy producers lead to a significant reallocation of trade flows toward China and other Asian countries. If tropical countries do not comply with the EUDR, the EU consumer prices rise even more, while tropical countries see minimal terms-of-trade losses. Our analysis indicates that the EUDR is likely to be ineffective in reducing deforestation directly linked to soy production. |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361018 |
| By: | Weber, Curt M.; Roy, Sharon |
| Abstract: | The beverage industry around the world has been water-intensive, traditionally involving significant water usage, resulting in conflict over the viability of water sourcing vis-à-vis the respective surrounding ecosystems. Much of the usage has been related to the cleaning and sanitizing of manufacturing lines. With the advent of “clean-in-place” systems (CIP), it is possible to clean these lines in one minute in an environmentally friendly manner. This article discusses the use of advanced CIP to improve the beverage production process through reduction of water consumption, and how continuous improvement will assist in solving a critical problem in food manufacture. The legal ramifications of treatment of water with a concentrated food cleaner will be discussed, as well as an investigation of attaining and exceeding established regulatory standards. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258147 |
| By: | Mancuso, Teresina; Baldi, Lucia; Peri, Massimo; Blandino, Massimo; Reyner, Amedeo |
| Abstract: | The Italian legal framework for the agricultural sector has recently introduced a new form of contract, the “network contract”. The aim of this study is to verify if the use of this new contract would be appropriate to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of sustainable innovation of an Italian agri-food chain and to strengthen the agricultural role with dealing food processing companies. We focus on Piedmont, an Italian region where a soft wheat supply chain is in continuing evolution but is still very fragmented; indeed the two Producers Organization and one Consortium specialized in grain storage and trade only work around 30% of the grain produced annually. Following the framework of transaction cost we carried out a survey using semi-structured interviews as a qualitative analysis tool to gather the opinions of the primary operators in the Piedmont soft wheat supply chain. Initial results suggest that there is still an unsatisfactory horizontal coordination in the supply chain and that the network contract still seems to be little known and appreciated. However operators of the production stage of the chain consider the goals of improving the quality of the wheat and the economic and environmental sustainability very important but they think it would be difficult to achieve them simultaneously. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258168 |
| By: | Xiao, Keliang; Ridley, William; Park, Doyoung |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361000 |
| By: | Claire M. Miller; Michael J. Lydeamore; Jennifer A. Flegg; Lee Berger; Lee F. Skerratt; Anthony W. Waddle; Patricia Therese Campbell |
| Abstract: | The fungal disease chytridiomycosis poses a threat to frog populations worldwide. It has driven over 90 amphibian species to extinction and severely affected hundreds more. Difficulties in disease management have shown a need for novel conservation approaches. We present a novel mathematical model for chytridiomycosis transmission in frogs that includes the natural history of infection, to test the hypothesis that sunlight-heated refugia reduce transmission. This model was fit using approximate Bayesian computation to experimental data where frogs were grouped into sunlight-heated or shaded refugia cohorts. Results show a 40 percent reduction in infection due to sunlight-heating of refugia. Frogs that were infected and recovered had a reduction in susceptibility of approximately 97 percent compared to naive frogs. Our model offers insight into using sunlight-heated refugia to reduce chytridiomycosis prevalence. Importantly, it is the first step in determining the necessary level of refugia in the landscape for frog population recovery and population sustainability. |
| Keywords: | chytridiomycosis, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, approximate Bayesian computation, mathematical biology, epidemiology, transmission, intervention |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:msh:ebswps:2025-6 |
| By: | Kim, Yunjin; Rhew, Chanhee |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360668 |
| By: | Houdret, Annabelle; Ftouhi, Hind; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Belghazi, Amal |
| Abstract: | Dans de nombreuses régions (semi)arides, les femmes rurales sont au coeur des dynamiques liées à l'eau - et par conséquent très affectées par la pénurie. Celle-ci affecte leur quotidien, leurs activités agricoles, leurs initiatives économiques et leurs réseaux de solidarité qui dépendent directement de la disponibilité de la ressource. Ces femmes sont souvent à la fois plus vulnérables aux changements climatiques à cause d'un accès parfois difficile aux services publics, à la terre, à l'eau et aux institutions. En même temps, ces femmes jouent un rôle central pour le développement rural des oasis, notamment à travers leur savoir-faire, leurs initiatives et leur capacités d'adaptation. Ce Policy Brief analyse les expériences des femmes dans les oasis du Sud-Est marocain. Il montre que le stress hydrique agit comme un facteur multidimensionnel qui redéfinit les tâches domestiques, les pratiques agricoles, les opportunités économiques et les formes de sociabilité des femmes, ainsi que leur contribution au développement. Il signale trois défis majeurs des femmes en zones rurales vulnérables : (a) un accès limité aux ressources (terre, crédit, infrastructures, éducation) ; (b) des formations inadaptées aux réalités rurales et aux besoins; et (c) des normes sociales freinant leur présence dans les espaces de décision. L'hétérogénéité des femmes rencontrées et de leurs besoins souligne le besoin d'approches ciblées et diverses. L'exemple marocain montre également l'importance de considérer l'eau dans toutes ses dimensions : domestique, agricole, économique et institutionnelle. Ceci permettrait de mieux comprendre à la fois la vulnérabilité des femmes, et leur contribution au développement durable. Les enseignements tirés des oasis marocaines offrent ainsi un repère pour d'autres pays (semi-) arides, en soulignant quatre leviers d'action pour les institutions marocaines et les politiques de développement : 1. Produire et diffuser des données genrées. Collecter des informations désagrégées par sexe, âge, statut socio-économique et autres. Cartographier les vulnérabilités, les ressources et les compétences des femmes • Assurer une meilleure circulation de ces données entre terrain et décideurs pour un soutien adapté. 2. Soutenir l'accès des femmes aux services publics, à la terre et aux crédits. Promouvoir l'accès aux services de santé et d'éducation suivant les besoins spécifiques ainsi que l'accès aux crédits et à la terre 3. Soutenir les initiatives féminines. Appuyer les initiatives collectives et individuelles par des formations adaptées, un accès au financement et à la valorisation, et la commercialisation des produits. 4. Accompagner le changement des normes sociales et la représentation institutionnelle. Intégrer les dimensions culturelles et sociales dans les politiques et programmes de développement. Promouvoir une évolution des représentations sociales sur les rôles et capacités des femmes. Valoriser la diversité des initiatives féminines et faciliter la participation des femmes dans les instances de gouvernance y compris de l'eau par des formations et sensibilisations. |
| Keywords: | changement climatique, genre, Maroc, ressources en eau, developpement rural, cooperatives, oasis, pénurie d'eau, Moeyen Orient et Afrique du Nord |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:idospb:334585 |
| By: | Antonio Jose, Alfazema |
| Abstract: | This article analyzes economic growth, financial crises, and the reforms needed to ensure sustainable development in developing countries. Initially, it observes that economic growth in these countries is frequently marked by rapid expansions followed by financial crises, attributed to factors such as insufficient infrastructure, external vulnerabilities, and inadequate economic policies. Next, it discusses the importance of structural reforms, including improved governance, economic diversification, the implementation of sound fiscal and monetary policies, and the strengthening of the financial system. Finally, it highlights that the adoption of sustainable practices and regional integration are fundamental to promoting balanced and resilient growth, guaranteeing the present and future of all nations. The study reinforces the need for integrated, long-term policies to transform challenges into opportunities for sustainable development. |
| Keywords: | Economic Growth; Financial Crises; Reforms; Sustainable Development; Developing Countries. |
| JEL: | G14 O10 |
| Date: | 2025–01–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127739 |
| By: | Baral, Suraksha; Neubig, Christina M. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360913 |
| By: | Geden, Oliver; Reisinger, Andy |
| Abstract: | Die globale Erwärmung wird voraussichtlich bis Anfang der 2030er Jahre über 1, 5 °C steigen. Eine Rückkehr zu 1, 5 °C vor Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts würde zwar nicht alle Schäden verhindern, die in einer Phase überhöhter Temperaturen entstehen. Doch verglichen mit einer dauerhaften Erwärmung über 1, 5 °C würde sie die Risiken verringern. Um Ausmaß und Dauer des »Overshoot«, also der Phase oberhalb der 1, 5°C-Linie, sowie die damit einhergehenden Klimarisiken zu begrenzen, sind verstärkte Klimaschutzmaßnahmen dringend erforderlich. Ziel muss es dabei sein, die maximale globale Erwärmung deutlich unter 2 °C zu halten. Für das anschließende Wiederabsenken der globalen Durchschnittstemperatur sind global anhaltende netto-negative Emissionen von Kohlendioxid (CO2) notwendig, möglicherweise sogar netto-negative Emissionen aller Treibhausgase (THG). Dies stellt die internationale Klimapolitik in ihrem Bemühen, »1, 5 °C in Reichweite zu halten«, vor neue Herausforderungen. Für klimapolitische Vorreiter wie die Europäische Union (EU) bedeutet dies, dass »Netto-Null« nicht mehr als Endpunkt, sondern nur als Übergangspunkt auf dem Weg zu netto-negativen THG-Emissionen betrachtet werden muss, begleitet von der Entwicklung neuer politischer Instrumente. |
| Keywords: | globale Erwärmung, Anstieg um 1, 5 °C, Treibhausgase (THG), Overshoot, Kohlendioxid (CO2) |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:swpakt:334556 |
| By: | Akeliwira, Ayuune George |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the relationship between natural resource rents and poverty in 45 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2011 to 2020. The measure of poverty used is the percentage of the population living below income thresholds of $3.65 and $2.15 per day, which are commonly used by the World Bank to measure poverty in low-income countries. Data for the analysis are drawn from international sources, including the World Bank’s Poverty and Inequality Platform, World Bank Development Indicators, Global Financial Development Indicators, IMF Direction of Trade Statistics, and the Political Regimes of the World dataset (Herre & Roser, 2023). The econometric results, derived from fixed-effects regression models, account for unobserved heterogeneity across countries. The findings indicate that, in aggregate, natural resource rents (from oil, minerals, natural gas, coal, and forests) do not have impact on poverty at any threshold. However, when disaggregating by resource type, the results show that natural gas rents and mineral rents are positively and significantly associated with poverty at all poverty thresholds. These findings strongly support the resource-curse hypothesis, which posits that resource wealth, if not effectively managed, can increase poverty and hinder long-term economic growth. Policymakers in SSA should focus on improving governance and directing resource rents into productive sectors to ensure that resource wealth contributes positively to broader economic development. |
| Keywords: | Poverty, natural resource rents, resource-curse, Sub-Saharan Africa, economic growth |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esprep:334396 |