Industrial policy has long been criticized as subject to protectionist interests; accordingly, subsidies to domestic producers face disciplines under World Trade Organization...

Abstract To meet public expectations in densely populated regions, forest management should be multifunctional, not solely in public but also in private forests. Governments...

Abstract A variety of policy interventions from public authorities and private companies attempt to reduce deforestation in private forest concessions. These include fines for...

The resource curse has been mainly studied using cross-country samples. In this paper we analyze a cross-province sample from one country: China. We focus on the interplay...

This is submitted manuscript version. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.05.012 The development of regional governance for the protection of...

This paper analyses optimal corrective taxation and optimal income redistribution. The Pigouvian pollution tax is higher if pollution damages disproportionally hurt the poor due...

In this article we draw upon early lessons from the 2020 Covid-19 crisis and discuss how these may relate to a future research agenda in environmental economics. In particular,...

Asymmetric regulation of a global pollutant between countries can alter the competitiveness of industries and lead to emissions leakage, which hampers countries’ welfare. In...

We propose a new estimator, the thresholded scaled Lasso, in high-dimensional threshold regressions. First, we establish an upper bound on the ℓ ∞ estimation error of the scaled...

We explore conditions determining which anti-leakage policies might be more effective complements to domestic greenhouse gas emissions regulation. We consider four policies that...

Italy is a major country bordering the Mediterranean Sea. As part of the implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Italy has set a target for reducing...

The authors derive the annual welfare effects of low water levels on the river Rhine employing detailed trip data reported by bargemen between January 2003 and July 2005. They...

The concept of innovation systems has been a guiding paradigm of innovation research and strongly influenced research and innovation policy since the early 1990s. In spite of...

Resource-rich countries are increasingly aiming to benefit from technology and knowledge spillovers in their extractive industries. In order to enhance knowledge spillovers,...

It is common wisdom that open-access leads to the inefficient use of resources and private ownership of resources improves efficiency. However, the impact of enclosure and...

Effective integrated water resources management (IWRM) and developments impacting on water resources are recognized as key components of environmentally sustainable development....

We estimate the effect of parking occupancy on distances walked between parking and residential locations in Amsterdam. Using data from scanner cars, we show that walking...

This article discusses automobile fuel economy standards in the United States and other countries. We first describe how these programs affect the automobile market, including...

A simple integrated assessment framework that gives rules for the optimal carbon price, transition to the carbon-free era and stranded carbon assets is presented, which...

The political economy of exhaustible resource extraction is analysed in three contexts. First, if an incumbent faces a threat of being removed once and for all by a rival...