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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102950

Elisa Belfiori , Armon Rezai

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Gender composition of children and sanitation behavior in India 印度儿童的性别构成和卫生行为

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102962

Deepak Saraswat

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Ocean salinity, early-life health, and adaptation 海洋盐度、生命早期健康和适应性

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102954

Amanda Guimbeau , Xinde James Ji , Zi Long , Nidhiya Menon

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On the perils of environmentally friendly alternatives 环保型替代品的危害

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102967

Francisco Alpizar , Fredrik Carlsson , Gracia Lanza

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Love of variety and the welfare effects of trade in renewable resources 爱的多样性与可再生资源贸易的福利效应

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102968

Isha Dube, Martin Quaas

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International environmental agreements when countries behave morally 当各国的行为符合道德规范时，达成国际环境协议

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102955

Thomas Eichner , Rüdiger Pethig

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Pollution and learning: Causal evidence from Obama’s Iran sanctions 污染与学习：奥巴马制裁伊朗的因果证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102965

Anthony Heyes , Soodeh Saberian

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Early warning systems, mobile technology, and cholera aversion: Evidence from rural Bangladesh 预警系统、移动技术和霍乱厌恶症：孟加拉国农村的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102966

Emily L. Pakhtigian , Sonia Aziz , Kevin J. Boyle , Ali S. Akanda , S.M.A. Hanifi

{"title":"Early warning systems, mobile technology, and cholera aversion: Evidence from rural Bangladesh","authors":"Emily L. Pakhtigian , Sonia Aziz , Kevin J. Boyle , Ali S. Akanda , S.M.A. Hanifi","doi":"10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Bangladesh, cholera poses a significant environmental health risk. Yet, information about the severity of cholera risk is limited as risk varies over time and changing weather patterns make historical cholera risk predictions less reliable. In this paper, we examine how households use geographically and temporally personalized cholera risk predictions to inform their beliefs and behaviors related to cholera and its aversion. We estimate how access to a smartphone application containing monthly cholera risk predictions unique to a user’s home location affects households’ beliefs about their cholera risk and their water use and hygiene behaviors. We find that households with access to this application feel more equipped to respond to environmental and health risks and reduce their reliance on surface water for bathing and washing – a common cholera transmission pathway. We do not find that households invest additional resources into drinking water treatment, nor do we find reductions in self-reported cholera incidence. Further, households with a static, non-personalized app containing public health information about cholera exhibit similar patterns of beliefs updating. Taken together, our results suggest that access to risk information can help households make safer water choices, yet improving design and credibility remain important dimensions for increasing application usability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15763,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Economics and Management","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 102966"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140076382","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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Taxes versus quantities reassessed 重新评估税收与数量

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102951

Larry Karp , Christian Traeger

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Beyond the annual averages: Impact of seasonal temperature on employment growth in US counties 超越年平均值：季节性气温对美国各县就业增长的影响

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102946

Ha Minh Nguyen

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