Pub Date : 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108539
Alexandre Macchione Saes
With a vast bibliography, the Brazilian economist Celso Furtado addressed many different themes and interdisciplinary approaches from an Economic Science perspective. While the literature traditionally discusses the author's contributions to Latin American structuralism, regional development, and the economics of culture, more recently reflections on environmental issues have been emphasized in his work. This paper aims to explore Furtado's work, elucidating how the environmental aspect was addressed in different ways in his interpretations throughout the 20th century. The environmental variable becomes a powerful instrument of critique against neoclassical economic theory, especially from the publication of The Myth of Economic Development.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536
Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong , Yong Sebastian Nyam
We examine the effect of the invasive insect, fall armyworm (FAW) on maize production, smallholder commercialization, labour allocation, and livestock, highlighting knowledge about FAW and their infestation levels. We also investigate the control strategies used in managing this damaging pest and its drivers with a view on behavioural factors such as aspirations, self-efficacy, and locus of control. Using a farm household dataset from Kenya and employing different empirical strategies, we show that 95 % of farmers are aware of and correctly identify FAW, with an infestation level of about 75 %. These high infestation levels have a negative effect (25 and 23 %) on maize production and commercialization respectively. FAW infestation also positively affects labour allocation which is reflected in the various management practices used by farmers: biological, cultural control, and pesticides which are used by almost 80 % of farmers. We establish significant substitutability between pesticide use and biological as well as cultural control methods. We further show a positive association between aspirations and pesticide use (0.9 percentage points). In the same vein, we also find a positive (negative) association between internal (external) locus of control and pesticide use. Overall, we document the importance of behavioural factors for invasive pest management.
{"title":"Action against invasive species: Knowledge, effect and behavioural drivers of fall armyworm management","authors":"Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong , Yong Sebastian Nyam","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We examine the effect of the invasive insect, fall armyworm (FAW) on maize production, smallholder commercialization, labour allocation, and livestock, highlighting knowledge about FAW and their infestation levels. We also investigate the control strategies used in managing this damaging pest and its drivers with a view on behavioural factors such as aspirations, self-efficacy, and locus of control. Using a farm household dataset from Kenya and employing different empirical strategies, we show that 95 % of farmers are aware of and correctly identify FAW, with an infestation level of about 75 %. These high infestation levels have a negative effect (25 and 23 %) on maize production and commercialization respectively. FAW infestation also positively affects labour allocation which is reflected in the various management practices used by farmers: biological, cultural control, and pesticides which are used by almost 80 % of farmers. We establish significant substitutability between pesticide use and biological as well as cultural control methods. We further show a positive association between aspirations and pesticide use (0.9 percentage points). In the same vein, we also find a positive (negative) association between internal (external) locus of control and pesticide use. Overall, we document the importance of behavioural factors for invasive pest management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108536"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537
Alessandro De Palma, Marco Faillo, Roberto Gabriele
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of regional government initiatives in actively engaging citizens in the energy transition by promoting changes in energy behavior. Employing micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and insights from the regional-scale “Project 100% Erneuerbare-Energie-Regionen”, the research adopts a difference-in-differences approach to inspect the impact of residing in these regions on households' energy consumption and their choices regarding renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency enhancements. The findings reveal that the program has not been able to actively involve citizens in the energy transition, showing negative effects on the three outcomes inspected. This research highlights the importance of a comprehensive understanding of local energy programs and the need for policies that foster an inclusive approach to energy transition.
{"title":"Citizen engagement in the energy transition: Assessing the impact of regional energy initiatives on energy behaviors in German households","authors":"Alessandro De Palma, Marco Faillo, Roberto Gabriele","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper evaluates the effectiveness of regional government initiatives in actively engaging citizens in the energy transition by promoting changes in energy behavior. Employing micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and insights from the regional-scale “Project 100% Erneuerbare-Energie-Regionen”, the research adopts a difference-in-differences approach to inspect the impact of residing in these regions on households' energy consumption and their choices regarding renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency enhancements. The findings reveal that the program has not been able to actively involve citizens in the energy transition, showing negative effects on the three outcomes inspected. This research highlights the importance of a comprehensive understanding of local energy programs and the need for policies that foster an inclusive approach to energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108537"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143071444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-30DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108534
Yaqi Hu , Yingzi Chen , Yutong Li , Wanwan Yang
Households, causing over 2/3 of global emissions, are vital for carbon reduction. This paper focuses on the impact of household age structure and social interactions on carbon emissions. We use data from the 2018 China Family Panel Studies and employ a spatial lag model to estimate the impact of age structure and social interaction on household carbon emissions. Our findings reveal that household age structure has non-linear effect on carbon emissions, with an inverted U-shaped relationship. Furthermore, the neighborhood effect has a significant impact on carbon emissions, and social interaction tends to promote higher carbon emissions. We also uncover heterogeneity in the neighborhood effect of carbon emissions, as rural households experience a stronger neighborhood effect due to closer social relationships, while low-income households are more susceptible to the influence of neighbors than high-income households. Our most significant finding is that age structure and social interaction have synergistic effects on household carbon emissions. Specifically, Social interactions not only delay the inflection point in the relationship between age structure and household carbon emissions but also intensify the curvature of the inverted U-shaped relationship.
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Transparency in natural resource revenue (NRR) management is crucial in theory to avoid misuse and corruption, but there is little evidence that information reaches citizens and engages them in revenue governance. We collect survey data from Bojonegoro in Indonesia, which has a strong transparency and accountability policy in petroleum revenue governance. We investigate the links with information reception and attitudes and behavior regarding NRR management. We find that respondents are poorly informed about NRR management, concerned about environmental consequences of resource extraction, but have rarely made their voice heard. Their preferred way of being informed about the issue is through fellow citizens or the internet. Our empirical analysis shows that interest in environmental issues and politics are linked with attitudes. Greater interest in politics and belief in individual citizens' ability to influence policy is also associated with the likelihood of self-declared past and future action for better NRR management. Finally, self-declared past – though not intended future – action is linked to receiving information on petroleum management. Our results suggest that engaging intrinsically motivated people in more active resource governance through clear information and pathways for action could eventually make NRR management relevant to a wider share of the population.
{"title":"When petroleum revenue transparency policy meets citizen engagement reality: Survey evidence from Indonesia","authors":"Christa Brunnschweiler , Päivi Lujala , Primi Putri , Sabrina Scherzer , Indah Wardhani","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transparency in natural resource revenue (NRR) management is crucial in theory to avoid misuse and corruption, but there is little evidence that information reaches citizens and engages them in revenue governance. We collect survey data from Bojonegoro in Indonesia, which has a strong transparency and accountability policy in petroleum revenue governance. We investigate the links with information reception and attitudes and behavior regarding NRR management. We find that respondents are poorly informed about NRR management, concerned about environmental consequences of resource extraction, but have rarely made their voice heard. Their preferred way of being informed about the issue is through fellow citizens or the internet. Our empirical analysis shows that interest in environmental issues and politics are linked with attitudes. Greater interest in politics and belief in individual citizens' ability to influence policy is also associated with the likelihood of self-declared past and future action for better NRR management. Finally, self-declared past – though not intended future – action is linked to receiving information on petroleum management. Our results suggest that engaging intrinsically motivated people in more active resource governance through clear information and pathways for action could eventually make NRR management relevant to a wider share of the population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108529"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143071448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The intensifying global water scarcity poses a significant threat to sustainability, compelling nations to implement diverse strategies focusing on improving water conservation. Despite the urgency of this issue, limited research has been conducted on the nexus between command-and-control water-saving policies and technical efficiency. This study develops a theoretical framework to assess the impact of such policies, using China's Most Stringent Water Management System (ISWMS) as an example. It argues that not all water conservation measures enhance technical efficiency, and specific command-and-control policies may hinder it. The negative effects are most pronounced in regions with inadequate infrastructure and high urbanization. Moreover, these policies may worsen efficiency in monsoon zones by improving water accessibility. Ultimately, this study emphasizes that command-and-control policies are not universally effective and often require integration with other measures to achieve desired outcomes. By offering a theoretical foundation and practical insights, this research expands the policy discourse on water-use technical efficiency and provides valuable guidance for the global formulation of command-and-control water-saving initiatives.
{"title":"The command paradox: Unraveling the impact of command-and-control water conservation policies on water-use technical efficiency","authors":"Jing Xin , Hui Zhou , Hongqiang Yang , Jichuan Sheng","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108535","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108535","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intensifying global water scarcity poses a significant threat to sustainability, compelling nations to implement diverse strategies focusing on improving water conservation. Despite the urgency of this issue, limited research has been conducted on the nexus between command-and-control water-saving policies and technical efficiency. This study develops a theoretical framework to assess the impact of such policies, using China's Most Stringent Water Management System (ISWMS) as an example. It argues that not all water conservation measures enhance technical efficiency, and specific command-and-control policies may hinder it. The negative effects are most pronounced in regions with inadequate infrastructure and high urbanization. Moreover, these policies may worsen efficiency in monsoon zones by improving water accessibility. Ultimately, this study emphasizes that command-and-control policies are not universally effective and often require integration with other measures to achieve desired outcomes. By offering a theoretical foundation and practical insights, this research expands the policy discourse on water-use technical efficiency and provides valuable guidance for the global formulation of command-and-control water-saving initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108535"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-25DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108521
Elena Hofferberth
Addressing contemporary social-ecological crises requires systemic change. Post-Growth Economics (PGE) has emerged as a paradigm to address this challenge. To strengthen the theoretical and methodological foundations of PGE and overcome some of the cleavages between Marxist (and other) analyses and critiques of capitalism and De-/Post-Growth, this article develops a theoretical framework of 21st century capitalism and elaborates on the implications for De-/Post-Growth. For that purpose, it synthesises insights from within and outside PGE, drawing on heterodox schools of economic thought whose potential has so far not been fully harnessed by PGE scholars, most notably Marxist Political Economy. One central result is that the renunciation of economic growth and the reorientation of the economy towards sustainability and wellbeing necessitate a deeper transformation of the social relations of capitalism. Breaking the system's growth dependence requires the dissolution of the system's dependence on profit, wage labour, the private ownership and unequal distribution of essential resources, and money as universal equivalent. It means reconfiguring interhuman relations and relations to non-human nature. To offer transformative solutions at the current historical juncture, PGE would benefit from accounting more comprehensively for the distinct challenges arising from capitalism's contemporary forms, particularly financialisation and increasing rentierism.
{"title":"Post-growth economics as a guide for systemic change: Theoretical and methodological foundations","authors":"Elena Hofferberth","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108521","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108521","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing contemporary social-ecological crises requires systemic change. Post-Growth Economics (PGE) has emerged as a paradigm to address this challenge. To strengthen the theoretical and methodological foundations of PGE and overcome some of the cleavages between Marxist (and other) analyses and critiques of capitalism and De-/Post-Growth, this article develops a theoretical framework of 21<sup>st</sup> century capitalism and elaborates on the implications for De-/Post-Growth. For that purpose, it synthesises insights from within and outside PGE, drawing on heterodox schools of economic thought whose potential has so far not been fully harnessed by PGE scholars, most notably Marxist Political Economy. One central result is that the renunciation of economic growth and the reorientation of the economy towards sustainability and wellbeing necessitate a deeper transformation of the social relations of capitalism. Breaking the system's growth dependence requires the dissolution of the system's dependence on profit, wage labour, the private ownership and unequal distribution of essential resources, and money as universal equivalent. It means reconfiguring interhuman relations and relations to non-human nature. To offer transformative solutions at the current historical juncture, PGE would benefit from accounting more comprehensively for the distinct challenges arising from capitalism's contemporary forms, particularly financialisation and increasing rentierism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108521"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108528
Chen Xiang , Terry van Gevelt
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Pub Date : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108531
Chuan Liao , Arun Agrawal
Large-scale land transactions (LSLTs) for agricultural development represent changes in inherently complex and coupled socio-ecological systems. This is particularly so in lower- and middle-income countries where land is the principal basis of livelihoods and generates substantial but diverse ecosystem services, and tenure arrangements affect both livelihoods and ecosystem provision simultaneously. Despite decades of research on LSLTs, a significant epistemological gap persists between broad quantitative analyses and in-depth case studies, and systematic empirical research investigating the joint economic, social, and environmental outcomes remains rare. We analyze 24 LSLTs in Ethiopia, selected carefully to represent variations in LSLT characteristics and local contexts. Across these 24 cases, outcomes diverge markedly from the pessimistic conclusions identified in much existing empirical research. Considering such diversity, we classify LSLT outcomes into four categories: synergy, tradeoff, struggle, and failure. We then perform qualitative comparative analysis to examine the specific conditions that correlate with these outcomes. Our findings highlight the importance of moving beyond monoconsequential predictions for land tenure changes and of more comparative analysis of LSLTs to attend to variations across social, economic, and environmental outcomes considered in relation to each other. An integrated epistemological approach, our study shows, is necessary to understand the diverse pathways through which land tenure changes drive human-nature interactions and affect the broader landscape of coupled socio-ecological systems.
{"title":"Divergent outcomes of large-scale land transactions in Ethiopia: A quantitative comparative analysis","authors":"Chuan Liao , Arun Agrawal","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108531","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108531","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large-scale land transactions (LSLTs) for agricultural development represent changes in inherently complex and coupled socio-ecological systems. This is particularly so in lower- and middle-income countries where land is the principal basis of livelihoods and generates substantial but diverse ecosystem services, and tenure arrangements affect both livelihoods and ecosystem provision simultaneously. Despite decades of research on LSLTs, a significant epistemological gap persists between broad quantitative analyses and in-depth case studies, and systematic empirical research investigating the joint economic, social, and environmental outcomes remains rare. We analyze 24 LSLTs in Ethiopia, selected carefully to represent variations in LSLT characteristics and local contexts. Across these 24 cases, outcomes diverge markedly from the pessimistic conclusions identified in much existing empirical research. Considering such diversity, we classify LSLT outcomes into four categories: synergy, tradeoff, struggle, and failure. We then perform qualitative comparative analysis to examine the specific conditions that correlate with these outcomes. Our findings highlight the importance of moving beyond monoconsequential predictions for land tenure changes and of more comparative analysis of LSLTs to attend to variations across social, economic, and environmental outcomes considered in relation to each other. An integrated epistemological approach, our study shows, is necessary to understand the diverse pathways through which land tenure changes drive human-nature interactions and affect the broader landscape of coupled socio-ecological systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108531"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108526
Anne Sophie Dietrich , Valeria Carini , Giulia Vico , Riccardo Bommarco , Helena Hansson
Ecosystem services, such as weed and pest regulation provided by biodiversity, are vital for sustainable crop production. However, the economic contributions of biodiversity are often overlooked in commercial markets due to the absence of market prices. This complicates quantification and comparison with physical capital, leading to poor economic decisions. To improve the economic understanding of crop production, we combine economic and ecological analyses and develop a structural production economic model that accounts for ecosystem services' contributions to crop yields. Our structural crop production function integrates both anthropogenic inputs and ecosystem services, quantifying production possibilities along a spectrum from input-intensive to ecosystem service-based management practices. The model explicitly depicts resource allocation decisions across labour, physical capital, and intermediate inputs. To mitigate and reverse biodiversity stressors in intensive agriculture, alternative management practices that maintain productivity while reducing reliance on polluting inputs are essential. We review and recommend economic and ecological indicators, ranging from ideal measurements to available proxies, for model estimation, addressing the trade-offs between accuracy, feasibility, and data collection costs. Our analysis emphasises the need for comprehensive information to operationalise the understanding of productivity and substitutability between ecosystem services and biodiversity-adverse inputs such as agrochemicals and energy.
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