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Sustainability as a dynamic game 可持续发展是一个动态的游戏

IF 5.9 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103238

Berno Buechel, Corinne Dubois , Stephanie Fuerer, Tjaša Maillard-Bjedov

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Labor reallocation in the heat: A comprehensive analysis in rural Bangladesh 高温下的劳动力再分配：孟加拉国农村地区的综合分析

IF 5.9 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103199

Man Li

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To improve is to change: The effects of Risk Rating 2.0 on flood insurance demand 改善就是改变：风险等级2.0对洪水保险需求的影响

IF 5.9 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103228

Francesc Ortega, Ivan Petkov

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Impact, inspiration, or image: On the trade-offs in pro-environmental behaviors 影响，灵感，还是形象：关于环保行为的权衡

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103214

Raisa Sherif, Sven A. Simon

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The effect of energy prices on employment: Evidence from a developing country 能源价格对就业的影响：来自一个发展中国家的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103227

Erik Hille, Cian Angerpointner

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The hidden benefits of CSR: Corporate philanthropy begets giving of employees 企业社会责任的隐性利益：企业慈善事业引发员工的捐赠

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103225

Manuel Grieder , Deborah Kistler , Jan Schmitz

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Informing the uninformed, sensitizing the informed: The two sides of consumer environmental awareness 告知不知情的人，使知情的人敏感：消费者环境意识的两个方面

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103226

Dorothée Brécard , Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline

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Environmental regulation and firms’ extensive margin decisions 环境法规与企业的广泛利润决策

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103224

Shuo Li , Min Wang

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Public environmental complaints and regulatory intensity 公众环境投诉和监管力度

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103221

Jiaqi Zhang , Robert J.R. Elliott , Bing Zhang , Mengdi Liu

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Downstream carbon leakage from upstream carbon tariffs: Evidence from trade tariffs 上游碳关税造成的下游碳泄漏：来自贸易关税的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103220

Vincent Thivierge

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