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What you don't know, can't hurt you: Avoiding donation requests for environmental causes

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108578

Valeria Fanghella , Lisette Ibanez , John Thøgersen

Recent research suggests that people are willing to pay to avoid requests for prosocial behavior. However, it is unknown whether this applies to private pro-environmental requests. To study this, we conducted a pre-registered, incentivized online experiment where participants played two consecutive dictator games with an environmental charity of their choice. In stage 1, we varied the type of dictator game and the information provided in a 2 × 2 factorial between-subject design: (i) a standard dictator game versus one with a costly opt-out option; (ii) with or without social information about the average donation made by participants in a previous session. All participants played a standard dictator game in stage 2, the primary aim of which was to capture temporal spillovers from stage 1. Overall, 9 % of participants opted out, leading to lower donations in the dictator game with the costly opt-out option. Providing social information decreases donations in the standard dictator game and appears to increase opt-outs when the costly opt-out option is available, but not statistically significant. Distinct spillover effects emerged depending on the options available and decisions made in stage 1, indicating that the context and motivation of the initial behavior affect the direction of the temporal spillover.

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Critical realism, methodological pluralism, and ecological economics

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108581

Richard B. Norgaard

Critical realism is an especially inappropriate philosophical basis for ecological economics since it has developed entirely within the social sciences, relies on transcendentalism as a way of understanding reality, and ignores natural realities and the role of technology. The philosophy of methodological pluralism continues to inform and represent ecological economics well.

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Floods, community infrastructure, and children’s heterogeneous learning losses in rural India

IF 1.8 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics of Education Review

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102635

Nazar Khalid , Jere R. Behrman , Emily Hannum , Amrit Thapa

India has the world’s largest number of school-aged children. The majority live in rural areas, many of which are highly flood-prone. Previous studies document that in such areas, floods are associated with lower enrollments, attendance, and learning, in some cases with differentiation by gender, caste/religion, and family SES. Previous literature suggests that components of community infrastructure have positive associations with children’s learning. However, previous literature has not addressed whether better community physical and social infrastructures are associated with (1) smaller flood-related learning losses on average, (2) different learning for marginalized versus other children in the absence of floods, and (3) different vulnerabilities to floods for marginalized versus other children. This paper finds that (1) most aspects of community physical and social infrastructure are not associated with lower flood-related learning losses on average, but proximity to towns and several components of social infrastructure are associated with lower flood-related learning losses on average, (2) community physical and social infrastructure components have heterogeneous associations, in some cases increasing, in most cases not affecting, and in other cases reducing disparities in learning between marginalized and other children in the absence of floods, and (3) community physical and social infrastructure components have heterogeneous effects, in some cases increasing, in most cases not affecting, and in other cases reducing disparities in learning between marginalized and other children in the presence of floods.

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Rubbing shoulders: Class segregation in daily activities

IF 4.8 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Public Economics

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105335

Maxim Massenkoff , Nathan Wilmers

We use location data to study cross-class encounters. Low-income and especially high-income individuals are socially isolated: they are more likely than other income groups to encounter people from their own class. Counterfactual exercises suggest this is explained largely by residential segregation and firms. Among firms, casual restaurants make the largest positive contribution to cross-class encounters through both scale and their diversity of visitors. Dollar stores and libraries isolate visitors. Our local measure of encounters is strongly associated with cross-class Facebook friendships, which have been previously shown to correlate with intergenerational mobility.

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Unveiling the nexus: Impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on foreign direct investment (FDI)

IF 10.2 2区经济学 0 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Resources Policy

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105521

Ablay Dosmaganbetov , Simeon Nanovsky

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative was originally conceived by Tony Blair in 2002 to improve the transparency and accountability of extractive industries in resource-rich economies. It is theorized that added transparency will create an environment welcoming foreign direct investment (FDI). To investigate this claim, this paper studies the impact of EITI on FDI using a panel dataset of 62 countries over 30 years. The results show that EITI membership significantly increases FDI by roughly 50% depending on the specification. Further, when examining interaction and threshold effects, the paper finds asymmetric impacts during global economic downturns: while countries that leave EITI experience significant reductions in FDI, even the mere intention to join EITI is associated with significant increases in FDI. These findings demonstrate that EITI membership serves as an effective policy mechanism for attracting foreign investment in resource-rich developing economies.

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Target-based GDP manipulation: Evidence from China

IF 4.8 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Public Economics

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105349

Binlei Gong , Yuhui Shen , Shuai Chen

GDP manipulation is a prevalent form of hidden action, often arising from the principal-agent problem. Utilizing Bunching Estimation within an innovative ratio form approach, this study identifies and quantifies target-based GDP manipulation. Our empirical analysis offers evidence of such manipulation at the prefectural level in China to meet predetermined targets. However, China’s target-based GDP manipulation is diminishing over time. Furthermore, the findings suggest that reducing the weight of economic performance in local government assessments and adopting the soft target-setting restrictions have served as effective strategies to significantly mitigate China’s GDP manipulation in recent years.

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Strategies for urban climate adaptation: Pathways towards equitable resilience in Barcelona and Berlin

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.105836

Hannah Berner , Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado , Enrico Gualini

The social effectiveness and legitimacy of climate adaptation largely depends on addressing the inequitable impacts of climate change on urban populations. Yet, there is a limited understanding of how cities attempt and succeed in integrating an equity perspective into the rapidly growing field of spatial adaptation strategies. This article explores the integration of climate change adaptation and equity in urban planning. It explores how discourses and concepts on climate equity are impacting and changing urban planning cultures and practices. For this purpose, the cases of Barcelona and Berlin, two progressive ‘early adopter’ cities are analyzed. Based on a framework highlighting the recognitional, procedural, and distributional dimensions of ‘equitable resilience’, our analysis shows the diverse approaches by which these cities adopt the dual goals of climate adaptation and equity in planning. The case-studies highlight ambiguities and gaps related to conceptual underpinnings, planning and participation processes, and consistent implementation of equitable resilience measures. However, both cities show a general openness to progressive approaches, such as intersectional perspectives and integration of various policy fields in local measures. The case-studies illustrate how ‘equitable resilience’ can serve as a catalyst for innovative concepts, robust normative principles, and experimental practices for urban climate policy and planning.

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Bolstering critical minerals trade between India and other MSP countries: A gravity model evaluation

IF 10.2 2区经济学 0 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Resources Policy

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105542

Iqra Yaseen , Surendar Singh , Suvajit Banerjee

This study aims to evaluate the opportunities for a sustainable environment, an equitable economy, and a just society through the international trade of critical minerals. By employing a gravity model, it intricately analyzes the trade dynamics between India and 13 other members of the Mineral Securities Partnership (MSP). The study indicates a landscape rich with potential for enhancing environmental protection; however, this is somewhat overshadowed by a decrease in the overall impacts on the economic and social dimensions of sustainable trade practices. The apparent lack of synergy among the various outcomes that arise from increased trade underscores a pressing need for policymakers to create pathways where environmental, economic, and social opportunities can harmoniously reinforce one another, amplifying the benefits of critical mineral trade. Moreover, the empirical findings highlight that income heterogeneity positively influences sustainable trade practices across environmental, economic, and societal fronts, thereby affirming the Heckscher-Ohlin hypothesis. Crucially, the study identifies the variability in trade uncertainty between partners as a powerful catalyst for trade and a driver of innovation within MSP countries. The discussion further delves into the effects of research and innovation, currency exchange, and geographical distance on sustainable trade, especially concerning QUAD and non-QUAD nations. This emphasizes the imperative for customized strategies that elevate global sustainable trade, considering the unique economic structures and regulatory landscapes at play.

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Greening agriculture for rural development

IF 5.4 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106974

Edward B. Barbier

This review examines the importance of agriculture in emerging market and developing economies for employment, livelihoods, and food security, while also addressing the need for more sustainable and equitable practices in the sector. It surveys available evidence to explore how agriculture in these economies might meet these various challenges. The review first examines the key structural characteristics of agriculture in these economies, including its impacts on the environment. It then highlights how agricultural and other complementary sectoral policies could support more sustainable rural development that also allow low-income households to benefit from more environmentally friendly agricultural practices. The emphasis is on cost-effective and innovative policy mechanisms to green agriculture. Reduce rural poverty and support livelihoods and job opportunities. Several policies meet these criteria, including a fossil fuel subsidy swap to fund clean energy investments and dissemination in rural areas; repurposing water subsidies to expand water supply and sanitation services for the rural poor; using proceeds from a carbon tax to fund nature-based solutions; and recycling environmentally harmful subsidies to critical rural investments. The review also discusses the major obstacles to implementing such policies and how they may be overcome through greater transparency, accountability, improved design and complementary policies.

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Place-based policies, pro-competitive effects, and allocative efficiency: Evidence from China’s economic zones

IF 5.4 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

World Development

Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106971

Wenyi Lyu, Jian Yang, Leng Yu

Using geo-coded firm and administrative data, we examine how China’s economic zones (EZs) impact allocative efficiency by identifying the reduced markups and negative spillover effects that occur after the establishment of EZs. Both incumbents and new entrants contribute to the markup changes. Additional analysis examines the significant role of new firm entry in improving allocative efficiency in EZs. First, the pro-competitive effects in the output market rather than cost savings in the input market primarily account for the reduction in markups of manufacturing firms. Second, the productivity advantages obtained from agglomeration effects may potentially enable firms to decrease their markups by passing the efficiency gains on to customers under competitive pressure. Heterogeneous analysis further indicates that the majority of the reduction in markups is driven by firms with greater market power. Moreover, the degree of pro-competitive effects relies crucially on firm characteristics and market conditions.

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