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Environmental impacts of agricultural intensification: Evidence from Brazil’s double-cropping boom 农业集约化对环境的影响：来自巴西两季种植繁荣的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2026.103286

Behzad Jeddi , Guilherme DePaula

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Adjusting to the energy transition: Training and transfers in coal country 适应能源转型：产煤国家的培训与转移

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103264

Eleanor Krause

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Firm ownership and pollution 企业所有权和污染

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103265

Tsz Chun Kwok , Daniel Spiro , Arthur A. van Benthem

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The non-green effects of going green: Local environmental and economic consequences of lithium extraction in Chile 走向绿色的非绿色效应：智利锂开采对当地环境和经济的影响

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103257

Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco , Vaios Triantafyllou , Gonzalo Martínez

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Rolling back the tides: Impact of droughts on crop diversification and cropland expansion 退潮：干旱对作物多样化和农田扩张的影响

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103260

Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong , Emmanuel Tolani , Ernest L. Molua

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Does central supervision mitigate border pollution? Evidence from the national specially monitored firms program in China 中央监管能缓解边境污染吗？来自中国国家特别监督公司项目的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103261

Panbing Wan , Lin Chen , ZhongXiang Zhang

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Is a nudge enough? Evidence from environmental compliance in Chile's industrial wastewater regulation 轻轻一推就够了吗？智利工业废水法规环境合规的证据

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103256

Pablo Aguirre-Hormann , Francisco Donoso , Patricio Domínguez , Cristóbal De la Maza , Enzo E. Sauma

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Feeling guilty, anxious or still hopeful? The role of distinct emotions in climate change mitigation behavior 感到内疚、焦虑还是仍然充满希望？不同情绪在减缓气候变化行为中的作用

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103273

Myriam Bechtoldt , Carina Keller , Daniel Schunk , Isabell Zipperle

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Asymmetric environmental regulation, interfuel substitution and carbon leakage 不对称环境监管、燃料间替代和碳泄漏

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103263

Emmanuel Murray-Leclair

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Do sufficiency consumption changes drive emissions down? A production network approach 充足消费的改变会推动排放下降吗？生产网络方法

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103258

Célia Escribe , Philippe Quirion

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