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Volumetric choice experiments and welfare measures in a subsidy-driven context 补贴驱动下的体积选择实验和福利措施

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101572

Wiktor Budziński , Mikołaj Czajkowski , Solen Le Clec’h , Olimpia Markiewicz , Bettina Matzdorf , Matěj Opatrný , Jens Rommel , Julian Sagebiel , Christoph Schulze , Milan Ščasný , Lenny van Bussel , Katarzyna Zagórska , Wojciech Zawadzki

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On the free allocation of emission rights under endogenous lobby formation 论内源性游说组织形成下排放权的自由配置

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101555

Pauli Lappi

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The effect of urbanization on environmental emissions: Evidence from a meta-analysis 城市化对环境排放的影响：来自meta分析的证据

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101573

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor , Binyam Afewerk Demena

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To tax or to regulate? Cultural worldviews and the efficacy of policy trials 征税还是监管？文化世界观与政策试验的有效性

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101552

Maria J. Montoya-Villalobos , Alexandre Cambo

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Prominent numbers in DCE cost vectors: A review and an application to wind energy DCE成本向量中的突出数：综述及其在风能中的应用

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2025.101551

Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu , Klaus Glenk , Jürgen Meyerhoff

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Jumping beans: Implications of fat tails in international soybean and biofuels markets 跳豆：肥尾对国际大豆和生物燃料市场的影响

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2025.101550

Charles F. Mason , Luca Taschini , Neil A. Wilmot

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Will global warming reduce future energy consumption and CO2 emissions by U.S. households? 全球变暖会减少美国家庭未来的能源消耗和二氧化碳排放吗？

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101553

Alexander Hill

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Stochastic deforestation and ecosystem collapse 随机砍伐森林和生态系统崩溃

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2025.101549

Fayu Chong , Gregory S. Amacher , Kelly Cobourn

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Exploring public opinions on mining governance and preferences for interventions to enhance battery mineral access 探索公众对矿业治理的意见和干预措施的偏好，以提高电池矿物的获取

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2026.101554

Mahelet G. Fikru , Sreeja Koppera , Nhien Nguyen

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The effects of spatial framing and attribute range on the measurement of nonuse values of biodiversity improvements 空间分框和属性范围对生物多样性改善非利用价值测度的影响

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Resource and Energy Economics Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2025.101539

Kennet Christian Uggeldahl , Thomas Lundhede , Jette Bredahl Jacobsen , Søren Bøye Olsen

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