Pub Date : 2021-09-04DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00324-8
A. Bongers
{"title":"Energy mix, technological change, and the environment","authors":"A. Bongers","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00324-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00324-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44282361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00323-9
M. Filippini, Suchita Srinivasan
{"title":"Adoption of environmental standards and a lack of awareness: evidence from the food and beverage industry in Vietnam","authors":"M. Filippini, Suchita Srinivasan","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00323-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00323-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42257238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-28DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00322-w
Shinkuma, Takayoshi, Sugeta, Hajime
Since Weitzman (1974) raised a question on which is the better environmental policy tax or standard under asymmetric information, many authors have proposed alternatives to both tax and standard or emission trading scheme. The policy recommended in this paper is also one of them. The policy tells us that the government can set tax rates at arbitrary levels during the trial runs. The government can extract private information from observable abatement activities of firms in the trial periods. However, the government needs not only tax but also the standard for abatement and the penalty against violating the standard, because the firms may respond strategically to the tax rates set in the trial periods. Those supplemental policy devices can eliminate any strategic incentive by equating the marginal benefit and the marginal cost. As a result, we can attain the first best after the trial periods.
{"title":"Trial runs as environmental policy with strategic firms","authors":"Shinkuma, Takayoshi, Sugeta, Hajime","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00322-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00322-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since Weitzman (1974) raised a question on which is the better environmental policy tax or standard under asymmetric information, many authors have proposed alternatives to both tax and standard or emission trading scheme. The policy recommended in this paper is also one of them. The policy tells us that the government can set tax rates at arbitrary levels during the trial runs. The government can extract private information from observable abatement activities of firms in the trial periods. However, the government needs not only tax but also the standard for abatement and the penalty against violating the standard, because the firms may respond strategically to the tax rates set in the trial periods. Those supplemental policy devices can eliminate any strategic incentive by equating the marginal benefit and the marginal cost. As a result, we can attain the first best after the trial periods.</p>","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natural disasters, such as tornadoes, floods, and wildfire pose risks to life and property, requiring the intervention of insurance corporations. One of the most visible consequences of changing climate is an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. The relative strengths of these disasters are far beyond the habitual seasonal maxima, often resulting in subsequent increases in property losses. Thus, insurance policies should be modified to endure increasingly volatile catastrophic weather events. We propose a Natural Disasters Index (NDI) for the property losses caused by natural disasters in the United States based on the “Storm Data” published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The proposed NDI is an attempt to construct a financial instrument for hedging the intrinsic risk. The NDI is intended to forecast the degree of future risk that could forewarn the insurers and corporations allowing them to transfer insurance risk to capital market investors. This index could also be modified to other regions and countries.
{"title":"A Natural Disasters Index","authors":"Mahanama, Thilini, Shirvani, Abootaleb, Rachev, Svetlozar","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00321-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00321-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Natural disasters, such as tornadoes, floods, and wildfire pose risks to life and property, requiring the intervention of insurance corporations. One of the most visible consequences of changing climate is an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. The relative strengths of these disasters are far beyond the habitual seasonal maxima, often resulting in subsequent increases in property losses. Thus, insurance policies should be modified to endure increasingly volatile catastrophic weather events. We propose a Natural Disasters Index (NDI) for the property losses caused by natural disasters in the United States based on the “Storm Data” published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The proposed NDI is an attempt to construct a financial instrument for hedging the intrinsic risk. The NDI is intended to forecast the degree of future risk that could forewarn the insurers and corporations allowing them to transfer insurance risk to capital market investors. This index could also be modified to other regions and countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-19DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00319-5
Polina Ustyuzhanina
{"title":"Decomposition of air pollution emissions from Swedish manufacturing","authors":"Polina Ustyuzhanina","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00319-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00319-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00319-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47509108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-17DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00316-8
Minoru Morita, Kazuyuki Iwata, Toshi H. Arimura
{"title":"The rebound effect in air conditioner usage: an empirical analysis of Japanese individuals’ behaviors","authors":"Minoru Morita, Kazuyuki Iwata, Toshi H. Arimura","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00316-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00316-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00316-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46207296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-22DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00318-6
L. Franckx, Frans P. de Vries, B. White
{"title":"A note on organizational structure and environmental liability","authors":"L. Franckx, Frans P. de Vries, B. White","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00318-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00318-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00318-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47466363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-02DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00317-7
Nusrate Aziz, Belayet Hossain, Laura Lamb
{"title":"Does green policy pay dividends?","authors":"Nusrate Aziz, Belayet Hossain, Laura Lamb","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00317-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00317-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00317-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49439435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-14DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00314-w
M. De Salvo, G. Cucuzza, G. Signorello
{"title":"Using discrete choice experiments to explore how bioecological attributes of sites drive birders’ preferences and willingness to travel","authors":"M. De Salvo, G. Cucuzza, G. Signorello","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00314-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00314-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00314-w","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46507562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-03DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00313-x
Toshi H. Arimura, Maosheng Duan, H. Oh
{"title":"EEPS special issue on “Carbon Pricing in East Asia”","authors":"Toshi H. Arimura, Maosheng Duan, H. Oh","doi":"10.1007/s10018-021-00313-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00313-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46150,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Economics and Policy Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s10018-021-00313-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47180627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}