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Timing Is Everything: How Economists Can Better Address the Urgency of Stronger Climate Policy 时机就是一切：经济学家如何更好地应对更强有力的气候政策的紧迫性

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez014

L. Goulder

引用次数: 42

Estimating the Economic Impacts of Climate Change Using Weather Observations 利用天气观测估计气候变化的经济影响

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez024

Charles D. Kolstad, Frances C. Moore

引用次数: 99

Designing and Evaluating a U.S. Carbon Tax Adjustment Mechanism to Reduce Emissions Uncertainty 设计与评估美国碳税调整机制以降低排放不确定性

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez018

Marc A. C. Hafstead, Roberton C. Williams

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引用次数: 13

Carbon Tax Review and Updating: Institutionalizing an Act-Learn-Act Approach to U.S. Climate Policy 碳税审查和更新：将美国气候政策的行为-学习-行为方法制度化

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez019

Joseph E. Aldy

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引用次数: 13

The Political Economy of Hybrid Approaches to a U.S. Carbon Tax: A Perspective from the Policy World 美国碳税混合征收方式的政治经济学：政策世界视角

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez022

S. Brooks, N. Keohane

引用次数: 14

Assessing the Rationale for the U.S. EPA’s Proposed “Strengthening Transparency In Regulatory Science” Rule 评估美国环保局提出的“加强监管科学透明度”规则的理由

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez017

Madison E. Condon, Michael A. Livermore, J. Shrader

引用次数: 2

An Emissions Assurance Mechanism: Adding Environmental Certainty to a U.S. Carbon Tax 排放保证机制:为美国碳税增加环境确定性

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez013

G. Metcalf

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引用次数: 17

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Satellite Data for Causal Inference 利用卫星数据进行因果推理的利弊

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez023

Meha Jain

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引用次数: 34

How Should We Think about Environmental Policy and Jobs? An Analogy with Trade Policy and an Illustration from U.S. Coal Mining 我们应该如何看待环境政策和就业？与贸易政策的类比及美国煤矿业的启示

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez016

Jeremy G. Weber

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引用次数: 11

Marine Plastic Pollution: Sources, Impacts, and Policy Issues 海洋塑料污染:来源、影响和政策问题

IF 5.4 3区经济学

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.1093/reep/rez012

B. C. Carney Almroth, H. Eggert

引用次数: 79