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Voting with their (left and right) feet: Are homebuyers’ values of neighborhood environmental amenities consistent with their politics? 用（左脚和右脚）投票：购房者对社区环境便利设施的价值观是否与其政治立场一致？

IF 5.5 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103157

Corey Lang, Jarron VanCeylon

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A market mechanism for sustainable and efficient resource use under uncertainty

IF 5.5 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103151

Martin F. Quaas , Ralph Winkler

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Heterogeneous flood zone effects on coastal housing prices - Risk signal and mandatory costs 洪泛区对沿海住房价格的异质性影响 - 风险信号和强制成本

IF 5.5 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103153

Zhenshan Chen , Charles Towe , Xi He

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Can social protection reduce damages from higher temperatures?

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103152

Teevrat Garg , Gordon C. McCord , Aleister Montfort

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The political economy of ratchet effect: Evidence from China’s environmental regulation

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103150

Guangyu Cao , Xi Weng , Mingwei Xu , Li-An Zhou

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Air pollution and children’s health inequalities 空气污染与儿童健康不平等

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103149

Milena Suarez Castillo , David Benatia , Christine Le Thi

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Land tenure security and deforestation: Evidence from a framed field experiment in Uganda

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103137

Sarah Walker , Jennifer Alix-García , Anne Bartlett , Alice Calder

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The value of a value: The benefits of improved decision making informed by non-market valuation

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103148

David J. Pannell , Robert J. Johnston , Michael P. Burton , Md Sayed Iftekhar , Abbie A. Rogers , Cheryl Day

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Effects of environmental exposures on weight-related health behaviors and outcomes

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103138

Brandyn F. Churchill , Sparshi Srivastava

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The social welfare implications of electrification in the U.S. residential energy market

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103136

Alexander Hill

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