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{"title":"Social acceptance of climate policies: Insights from Austria","authors":"Linus Eckert,&nbsp;Sigrid Stagl,&nbsp;Benjamin Schemel","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108708","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108708","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social acceptance of climate protection policies is essential in order to achieve national climate targets. This study analyses the social acceptance of several climate protection policies that are currently discussed in Austria, which have been identified as key measures for the National Energy and Climate Plan. To this end, a nationwide quota-representative survey was conducted with 1500 eligible voters with Austrian citizenship. This study breaks down climate policies into a more detailed and nuanced range of policies beyond the norm in the international literature. The results show a high level of support for key climate protection measures among the Austrian population. The majority of the analysed policies receive more support than objection. Only measures relating to speed limits and the prohibition of new combustion engine vehicles show increased objection. Furthermore, education is found to be the strongest and most consistent predictor of social acceptance of climate policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"237 ","pages":"Article 108708"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From vision to reality: A longitudinal qualitative study on Spanish stakeholder perceptions of hydrogen energy technologies","authors":"Joaquín Navajas ,&nbsp;Eulàlia Badia ,&nbsp;Roser Sala ,&nbsp;Lila Gonçalves","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The social perception of hydrogen is a complex and multifaceted outcome influenced by various factors, including group and social characteristics, political determinants, and historical contexts. This study analyzes the perceptions of hydrogen among key stakeholders in Spain -researchers, industry actors, government agencies, and environmental organizations-, comparing their views in 2023 with those from 2010. Through a qualitative analysis of stakeholders' interpretative repertoires and secondary sources, the study examines the evolution of these perceptions over time. It highlights how historical and social contexts influence key actors' visions, revealing tensions and shifts in their positions, particularly between public and industry actors. Additionally, the study shows how, in the Spanish context, certain barriers appear insuperable, transforming what could have been a research and development opportunity into a case of relative failure in leading a new technology. Thus, the results reveal a strong link between contextual factors and the construction of narratives about the future potential of technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 104178"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144298112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Macroprudential assessment framework and firms’ access to bank credit: Evidence from China","authors":"Guanchun Liu ,&nbsp;Hangjuan Liu ,&nbsp;Jiaqi Wu ,&nbsp;Linqing You","doi":"10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how macroprudential policies for managing systematic risk affect bank lending to the real sector. Taking China’s macroprudential assessment (MPA) framework in 2015 as a quasi-natural experiment, our difference-in-differences identification utilizes two-dimensional variations: firms’ reliance on bank financing (i.e., high versus low) and year (i.e., before and after 2015). We find that the MPA framework significantly reduces firms’ access to bank credit, and a one standard deviation increase in firms’ bank dependence lowers the amount of available bank credit by 23.9%. In particular, corporate debt maturity becomes shorter as a result of decreasing long-term debt relative to short-term debt and constrained firms experience a stronger negative credit effect than unconstrained firms, which is consistent with the credit supply theory. Moreover, the decreased bank credit is more pronounced when firms face higher risk, rely more on small banks, and are located in cities with greater growth pressure. In addition, firms experience production shrinkage and bank risk-taking declines. We argue that the MPA framework curbs credit growth while helping to maintain financial stability, providing valuable insights into the economic effects of macroprudential policies in a typical emerging market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48409,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization","volume":"236 ","pages":"Article 107111"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local context and mobilization in poor communities: Lessons from Kenya, Malawi and Zambia","authors":"Prisca Jöst ,&nbsp;Ellen Lust","doi":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107088","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107088","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Why are some actors better able than others to mobilize the poor? Some scholars approaching this question focus on leaders, suggesting that different types of actors and their corresponding roles shape their abilities to encourage participation in community initiatives or support for specific candidates. Others emphasize actors’ connections to their followers, positing that individuals closely connected within a community mobilize more effectively. Together, these approaches suggest that the mobilizers’ success varies by community, yet there remains limited understanding of where and why certain actors are more influential. In this paper, we turn attention to how the social context moderates actors’ abilities to influence the poor. To do so, we analyze data from a factorial vignette experiment with over 14,117 poor respondents in 631 communities embedded in an original survey fielded in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. We find more local actors, including those without formal leadership positions, have greater influence than more distant ones, and their comparative advantage is magnified in communities with dense social ties. Results also indicate that the fear of community sanctions and desire to cooperate with others drive mobilization, while fear of mobilizer sanctioning does not. We further rule out the possibility that these findings are driven by the homogeneity of socially dense communities or their levels of social inequality or ethnolinguistic fractionalization. These findings turn attention away from the focus on leaders in official positions, whether customary or state. They also suggest that social development programs can be more effective when engaging locally embedded actors, particularly in socially dense communities and when aimed at promoting community social goods. This approach may help international donors and NGOs achieve more sustainable outcomes and foster community resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48463,"journal":{"name":"World Development","volume":"195 ","pages":"Article 107088"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144296949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How cost framing affects college applications: evidence from a targeted information intervention","authors":"Joshua A. Price","doi":"10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102677","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102677","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluates an experiment conducted at a regional public university aimed at increasing college applications by reframing how tuition costs were presented to prospective students. High school seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher received letters outlining the application process and financial aid eligibility. A randomized subset received an enhanced version of the letter that emphasized the net cost of attending college—highlighting how the Pell Grant could significantly reduce tuition—rather than focusing on the full, list price. Results show that letters highlighting net costs increased application rates by 2.03 percentage points overall, with students most likely to qualify for the Pell Grant 4.08 percentage points more likely to apply. However, the intervention did not significantly influence enrollment decisions or FAFSA completion rates. These findings underscore both the promise and limitations of low-cost, information-based outreach efforts. While salient cost framing can shift application behavior, additional support may be needed to convert interest into enrollment—particularly at broad-access institutions serving economically diverse populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48261,"journal":{"name":"Economics of Education Review","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 102677"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144298046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting building heat decarbonization with heat Pumps: Analysis of subsidy schemes in Swiss leading cantons","authors":"Xiang Li ,&nbsp;Roman Bolliger ,&nbsp;Monika Hall ,&nbsp;Martin Patel","doi":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114722","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114722","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Heat pumps (HP) are a key solution for decarbonizing building heating systems. However, their adoption remains slow due to high upfront costs, technical challenges, and limited financial support. This study examines the impact of mandatory requirements to transition to HPs, combined with subsidy schemes, based on real-world case studies from two Swiss cantons. Two approaches of establishing the subsidy level are distinguished: i) LCOH-based subsidies, bringing down the levelized cost of renewable heating to the level of a gas boiler; and ii) Capital expenditure-based (CapEx-based) subsidies, which, in pure form, are designed to entirely repay the extra investment cost for installing the renewable heating system relative to a gas boiler. We find that current subsidy levels cover only a small portion of the additional investment costs compared to gas boilers and in most cases, they somewhat exceed the LCOH-based subsidy level. Today's subsidy levels can be considered as good compromise between the two ways studied (i and ii), while opportunities are shown for some adaptations in the studied regulatory frameworks. These findings provide practical guidance for designing effective subsidy schemes for other Swiss cantons and other countries aiming to decarbonize building heating systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11672,"journal":{"name":"Energy Policy","volume":"206 ","pages":"Article 114722"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unleashing American Energy? Uncertainties in energy transition developments under a new Trump administration","authors":"Raphael Deberdt ,&nbsp;Angeline Letourneau ,&nbsp;Philippe Le Billon","doi":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erss.2025.104169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The United States (U.S.) needs critical minerals if it wants to compete with China in low-carbon and military technologies. The country is, however, caught in a dual dynamic. It needs increased critical minerals supplies but also engages in aggressive policies aimed at dismantling federal support for low-carbon products as well as establishing foreign trade barriers. This article is informed by political ecology and political economy and addresses the perceptions of economic actors involved in the critical minerals sector during the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency. The U.S. efforts to develop critical minerals have relied on a flurry of administrative and legal instruments. Despite an increased production of official policies and laws in the past 15 years, we find that the 2025 political transition spurred uncertainties. Though the domestic and international landscape remains unclear, a majority of actors within the U.S. critical minerals sector maintains a positive outlook on the impacts of the Trump presidency on their industry. They underline that the new administration is likely to streamline permitting processes and consolidate Federal financial support after the appointment of pro-business and pro-energy department heads. So far, however, the neo‐illiberal turn initiated under the Biden administration and turbocharged by the Trump administration under a blunt agenda alienating many communities and traditional foreign allies has failed to produce the expected results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48384,"journal":{"name":"Energy Research & Social Science","volume":"126 ","pages":"Article 104169"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the reality of carbon reduction: Is the Paris Agreement turning the world green or just painting it green?","authors":"Huijin Zhang ,&nbsp;Wenbo Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108661","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108661","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As global climate change becomes increasingly serious due to the continuous growth of CO₂ emissions, the Paris Agreement has been adopted by most countries in the world. However, whether this global climate change agreement can effectively reduce CO₂ emissions and contribute to achieving the goal of controlling global warming within 2 °C is still widely questioned. Therefore, this study uses staggered difference-in-difference (DID) to examine the impact of the Paris Agreement on CO₂ emissions using historical data for 104 countries from 2010 to 2021, and implements shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to predict global CO₂ emissions from 2020 to 2100. The results show that the Paris Agreement can effectively reduce CO₂ emissions. However, predictions under the five SSPs suggest that current efforts cannot achieve the global carbon emission control targets. The results of this study provide insightful suggestions for the formulation and implementation of future global climate policies to avoid overly optimistic carbon reduction estimates, and contribute to policymakers in various countries realizing the necessity and potential of exploring effective carbon reduction measures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11665,"journal":{"name":"Energy Economics","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 108661"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144298007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Politically connected suppliers and firm financial stability","authors":"Ahmed W. Alam ,&nbsp;Reza Houston","doi":"10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112444","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112444","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While prior studies focus on the impact of a firm’s own political connections on its financial performance, this paper examines whether and how a firm’s financial stability is affected by the political connectivity of its key suppliers. Controlling for supplier-buyer relationship strength and the focal firm’s own political connections, empirical tests reveal that politically connected supplier industries significantly impair the financial performance of a focal firm. Furthermore, a firm’s financial stability is substantially eroded by the increases in political expenditures of its major supplier industry. These outcomes are more severe for focal firms with low market power and remain robust to using a combination of matched samples, dealing with possible selection bias. Further tests indicate that capital investments and business innovations are two potential channels through which politically connected suppliers destabilize the focal firm’s financial performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11468,"journal":{"name":"Economics Letters","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 112444"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How was published evidence used in model-based cost - utility analysis for lung cancer?","authors":"Haijing Guan, Chunping Wang, Ruowei Xiao, Ting Zhou, Wei Li, Yanan Xu, Hongting Nie, Zhigang Zhao, Sheng Han, Feng Xie","doi":"10.1186/s13561-025-00651-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-025-00651-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Model-based cost-utility analysis (CUA) is a widely used method for evaluating the value of innovative medicines for lung cancer. However, comprehensive evidence exploring the sources of input parameters for CUA modeling is lacking. The objective of this study was to analyze the sources of clinical efficacy and safety, cost, and health utility parameters in model-based CUAs for advanced lung cancer in the United States (US) and China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically reviewed model-based CUAs of pharmacological treatments for advanced lung cancer published between January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2025 in the US and Chinese setting. We classified the source of each parameter and retrieved the references cited for the parameters to analyze the citation path and level until we identified the original studies. We also compared the disease and region of parameters used in CUAs with those reported in the original studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 235 studies involving 10,005 parameters were included. Nearly half of the parameters (49.9%) were derived from published literature. Meanwhile, 17.7% had unidentifiable sources and 1.3% were based on assumptions. Among parameters cited from published literatures, 90.7% were first-level citations, but only 64.2% of cost parameters met this standard. Additionally, 30.8% of parameters showed discrepancies in disease or region between the CUAs and original studies. Parameter source distributions were similar between Chinese and US models. However, substantial differences were observed between Chinese and US models in the citation levels of cost parameters and the use of non-local utility data.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights challenges in parameter citation and the use of data inconsistent with the target disease and region in model-based CUAs. Enhancing transparency requires direct citation of original studies and generation of disease- and region-specific data to support robust economic evaluations.</p>","PeriodicalId":46936,"journal":{"name":"Health Economics Review","volume":"15 1","pages":"50"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}