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Geography, income, and the incidence of a Massachusetts carbon tax 地理、收入和马萨诸塞州碳税的发生率

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103296

Susan Stratton Sayre

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A helping hand for the regulator: The role of industry associations in firm water pollution abatement in China 监管者的援助之手：行业协会在中国企业水污染减排中的作用

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103306

Jinyong Zhan , Dingyan He , Mengjun Yang

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The differential benefits of market-based water pollution control policy 基于市场的水污染控制政策的差异效益

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103301

Zach Raff , Andrew Meyer , Arthur R. Wardle

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Lost and found: A natural field experiment on charitable donations, extinctions, and finance for conservation 失物招领：关于慈善捐赠、物种灭绝和保护资金的自然实地实验

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103295

Michael K. Tanner

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Split incentives and energy efficiency investment: Evidence from the housing market 分割激励和能源效率投资：来自房地产市场的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103277

Erdal Aydin , Piet Eichholtz , Rogier Holtermans , Santiago Bohórquez Correa

{"title":"Split incentives and energy efficiency investment: Evidence from the housing market","authors":"Erdal Aydin , Piet Eichholtz , Rogier Holtermans , Santiago Bohórquez Correa","doi":"10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103277","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103277","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Investments in energy efficiency in the built environment play a crucial role in global efforts to combat climate change. However, a significant obstacle to these investments arises from the differing incentives between landlords and tenants in the housing market. Landlords, who are typically not responsible for utility costs, may choose to invest less in energy efficiency improvements if these investments are not adequately reflected in rents. Our study provides empirical evidence of this market distortion, drawing on a comprehensive panel dataset from the Dutch housing market covering 3.8 million homes. We implement a quasi-experimental event study design that exploits transitions from rental to owner-occupied status while holding both the dwelling and the household constant. This identification strategy enables us to isolate changes in energy use attributable to tenure status. Our findings indicate a gradual decline in natural gas consumption following the transition to home-ownership, with an average reduction of about 2% that increases to as much as 5% nine years after the transition. In electricity consumption, split incentives are less important, given that tenants control the use and stock of their appliances, and we find no effect of changes in tenure status. Together, these findings provide empirical support for the relevance of tenure-based incentives in shaping energy-related decisions and can inform the design of targeted policies aimed at improving the energy performance of the rental housing stock.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15763,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Economics and Management","volume":"137 ","pages":"Article 103277"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145979357","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}

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High temperature and learning outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia 高温与学习成果：来自埃塞俄比亚的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103278

Bhavya Srivastava , Kibrom Tafere , A. Patrick Behrer

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Using satellite-observed geospatial inundation data to identify the impacts of floods on firm-level performance: The case of China during 2000–2009 利用卫星观测的地理空间淹没数据识别洪水对企业绩效的影响：以2000-2009年中国为例

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103276

Pao-Li Chang , Fan Zheng

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European energy crisis: Did electricity prices shock real estate markets? 欧洲能源危机：电价冲击了房地产市场吗？

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103283

Becka Brolinson , William M. Doerner , Arne Johan Pollestad , Michael J. Seiler

{"title":"European energy crisis: Did electricity prices shock real estate markets?","authors":"Becka Brolinson , William M. Doerner , Arne Johan Pollestad , Michael J. Seiler","doi":"10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103283","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103283","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates how the 2021–2022 European energy crisis, a major macro-financial shock, affected the relative valuation of energy-efficient homes in Norway. Leveraging the country’s electricity market—characterized by five distinct regions with varying exposure to European power prices—we analyze how energy price shocks influence housing market dynamics with a triple difference-in-differences regression framework. We find that home prices fell significantly in regions affected by the shock, with average value losses ranging from 1.2% to 3.6%. Energy-efficient homes experienced smaller price declines, particularly in the single-family home segment, indicating a differential price response during the shock. Moreover, the negative price effects persist despite the introduction of electricity price subsidies. These findings highlight the complex relations among energy costs, real estate market valuations, and housing characteristic heterogeneity by offering generalizable insights into the resilience of housing markets to unanticipated shocks and the role of policy interventions in mitigating their effects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15763,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Economics and Management","volume":"137 ","pages":"Article 103283"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145940304","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}

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Willingness to pay for climate mitigation: Evidence from Latin America 为减缓气候变化付费的意愿：来自拉丁美洲的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103297

Allen Blackman , Marc Jeuland , Emilio Leguizamo

{"title":"Willingness to pay for climate mitigation: Evidence from Latin America","authors":"Allen Blackman , Marc Jeuland , Emilio Leguizamo","doi":"10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103297","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ability of countries in Latin America to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century, the target set by the Paris Agreement, will depend critically on citizen support. To gauge this support, we administered a contingent valuation survey to representative samples in six of the region's leading GHG emitting countries and in the United States, which is used as a comparator. The survey elicits respondents' willingness to pay (WTP) for achieving global net zero by 2050 and uses a split sample design to test whether WTP is affected by the distribution of decarbonization costs across households. The mean WTP estimate for the pooled sample of six Latin American study countries is on par both with our estimate for the United States, and with estimates from a recent CV study for China, Sweden, and the United States. Moreover, this mean exceeds these estimates when all are normalized by income. However, among the Latin American study countries, mean WTPs for Argentina and Brazil are relatively low. We also find that the distribution of the costs of decarbonization across households does not have a clear effect on WTP and that the drivers of WTP for our Latin American study countries are similar to those the literature has identified in other regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15763,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Economics and Management","volume":"137 ","pages":"Article 103297"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146189034","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}

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Physical climate risk and the pricing of bank loans 自然气候风险与银行贷款定价

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103280

Karol Kempa

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