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Payments and penalties in ecosystem services programs 生态系统服务计划中的付款和处罚

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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102988

Youngho Kim, Erik Lichtenberg, David A. Newburn

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Can leaders motivate employees’ energy-efficient behavior with thoughtful communication? 领导者能否通过深思熟虑的沟通激发员工的节能行为？

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102990

Christin Hoffmann , Kirsten Thommes

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How constant is constant elasticity of substitution? Endogenous substitution between clean and dirty energy 恒定替代弹性有多恒定？清洁能源与肮脏能源之间的内生替代

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102982

Ara Jo , Alena Miftakhova

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Discretion rather than rules in multiple-species fisheries 多鱼种渔业中的自由裁量权而非规则

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102983

Rajesh Singh, Quinn Weninger

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Carbon capture: Storage vs. Utilization 碳捕获：储存与利用

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102976

Michel Moreaux , Jean-Pierre Amigues , Gerard van der Meijden , Cees Withagen

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Coordinating to avoid the catastrophe 协调避免灾难

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102977

Vitus Bühl, Robert C. Schmidt

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Weathering the ride: Experimental evidence on transport pricing, climate extremes, and future travel demand 风雨兼程：关于交通定价、极端气候和未来出行需求的实验证据

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102978

Peter Christensen , Adam Osman , Abigail Stocker

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The impact of ozone pollution on mortality: Evidence from China 臭氧污染对死亡率的影响：来自中国的证据

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102980

Yun Qiu , Yunning Liu , Wei Shi , Maigeng Zhou

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Consumer demand and the economy-wide costs of regulation: Modeling households with empirically estimated flexible functional forms 消费者需求和整个经济的监管成本：用经验估算的灵活函数形式为家庭建模

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102972

Ensieh Shojaeddini , Andrew Schreiber , Ann Wolverton , Alex Marten

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On the palm oil-biodiversity trade-off: Environmental performance of smallholder producers 棕榈油与生物多样性之间的权衡：小农生产者的环境绩效

IF 4.6 3区经济学

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102975

Bernhard Dalheimer , Iordanis Parikoglou , Fabian Brambach , Mirawati Yanita , Holger Kreft , Bernhard Brümmer

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