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Order! the border: Multitasking, air pollution regulation and local government responses

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103135

Hai Hong , Yongbin Huang

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Agriculture’s nitrogen legacy

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103132

Konstantinos Metaxoglou , Aaron Smith

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The Political Economy of (Lacking) Commitment to Green Policies

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103133

Josse Delfgaauw, Otto Swank

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The geography of pollution regulation and productivity

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103134

Ying Chen , Wenjie Wu , Yanwen Yun

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Social norms and tariff salience: An experimental study on household waste management

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103124

J. Bonan , C. Cattaneo , G. d’Adda , A. Galliera , M. Tavoni

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Markup dispersion, industry coverage and the cost of environmental regulation

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103130

Haoyang Li , Nan Wu , Jinhua Zhao

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Investing in a transition fuel: The remarkable decline in mortality from China's rollout of natural gas infrastructure

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103131

Wangyang Lai , Liguo Lin , Xiaochi Shen , Maigeng Zhou

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Input subsidies and the depletion of natural capital: Chinese distant water fishing

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103127

Gabriel Englander , Jihua Zhang , Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez , Qutu Jiang , Mingzhao Hu , Olivier Deschenes , Christopher Costello

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The impact of air conditioning on residential electricity consumption across world countries

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103122

Enrica De Cian , Giacomo Falchetta , Filippo Pavanello , Yasmin Romitti , Ian Sue Wing

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Competition for carbon storage

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103128

Rolf Golombek , Michael Hoel , Snorre Kverndokk , Stefano Ninfole , Knut Einar Rosendahl

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