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How Does Green Investment Affect Environmental Pollution? Evidence from China by Ren, Siyu, Hao, Yu, Wu, Haitao

“…China is currently undergoing an important stage wherein it is adjusting its development mode and upgrading its industrial structure. Green investment has…”
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The Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy by Coker, Eric S., Cavalli, Laura, Fabrizi, Enrico, Guastella, Gianni, Lippo, Enrico, Parisi, Maria Laura, Pontarollo, Nicola, Rizzati, Massimiliano, Varacca, Alessandro, Vergalli, Sergio

“…Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutant concentrations is known to cause chronic lung inflammation, a condition that may promote increased severity of…”
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Environmental Performance and Regulation Effect of China’s Atmospheric Pollutant Emissions: Evidence from “Three Regions and Ten Urban Agglomerations” by Miao, Zhuang, Baležentis, Tomas, Tian, Zhihua, Shao, Shuai, Geng, Yong, Wu, Rui

“…This paper employs the slack-based measure method and an extended Luenberger productivity indicator to estimate and decompose the atmospheric environmental…”
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Infectious Diseases and Meat Production by Espinosa, Romain, Tago, Damian, Treich, Nicolas

“…Most infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. In this paper, we explore the role of animal farming and meat consumption in the emergence and…”
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Cultured Meat: Promises and Challenges by Treich, Nicolas

“…Cultured meat involves producing meat from animal cells, not from slaughtered animals. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the meat industry,…”
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Greening the Post-pandemic Recovery in the G20 by Barbier, Edward B.

“…Rebuilding G20 economies after the COVID-19 pandemic requires rethinking what type of economy we need and want in the future. Simply reviving the existing…”
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Carbon Pricing Efficacy: Cross-Country Evidence by Best, Rohan, Burke, Paul J., Jotzo, Frank

“…To date there has been an absence of cross-country empirical studies on the efficacy of carbon pricing. In this paper we present estimates of the contribution…”
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Public Awareness of Nature and the Environment During the COVID-19 Crisis by Rousseau, Sandra, Deschacht, Nick

“…As our behavioral patterns change due to the COVID-19 crisis, our impact on nature and the environment changes too. Pollution levels are showing significant…”
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Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities by Cole, Matthew A., Ozgen, Ceren, Strobl, Eric

“…In light of the existing preliminary evidence of a link between Covid-19 and poor air quality, which is largely based upon correlations, we estimate the…”
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Structural, Innovation and Efficiency Effects of Environmental Regulation: Evidence from China’s Carbon Emissions Trading Pilot by Liu, Cenjie, Ma, Chunbo, Xie, Rui

“…Conventional wisdom argues that environmental regulation can trigger both structural adjustments and enhanced innovation. We test this conjecture by using a…”
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Cross-Country Comparisons of Covid-19: Policy, Politics and the Price of Life by Balmford, Ben, Annan, James D., Hargreaves, Julia C., Altoè, Marina, Bateman, Ian J.

“…Coronavirus has claimed the lives of over half a million people world-wide and this death toll continues to rise rapidly each day. In the absence of a vaccine,…”
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The Environmental Impacts of the Coronavirus by Helm, Dieter

“…The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in global lockdowns, sharply curtailing economic activity. It is a unique experiment with substantial impacts…”
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Few and Not So Far Between: A Meta-analysis of Climate Damage Estimates by Howard, Peter H., Sterner, Thomas

“…Given the vast uncertainty surrounding climate impacts, meta-analyses of global climate damage estimates are a key tool for determining the relationship…”
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The environmental effects of the “twin” green and digital transition in European regions by Bianchini, Stefano, Damioli, Giacomo, Ghisetti, Claudia

“…This study explores the nexus between digital and green transformations—the so-called “twin” transition—in European regions in an effort to identify the impact…”
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Weather, Climate and Total Factor Productivity by Letta, Marco, Tol, Richard S. J.

“…Recently it has been hypothesized that climate change will affect total factor productivity growth. Given the importance of TFP for long-run economic growth,…”
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Fiscal Pressure, Tax Competition and Environmental Pollution by Bai, Junhong, Lu, Jiayu, Li, Sijia

“…As one of the strategies local governments adopt in response to fiscal stress, tax competition influences the social optimum level of public goods such as…”
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Green Taxes in a Post-Paris World: Are Millions of Nays Inevitable? by Carattini, Stefano, Baranzini, Andrea, Thalmann, Philippe, Varone, Frédéric, Vöhringer, Frank

“…Turning the Paris Agreement’s greenhouse gas emissions pledges into domestic policies is the next challenge for governments. We address the question of the…”
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Green Recovery Policies for the COVID-19 Crisis: Modelling the Impact on the Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Lahcen, B., Brusselaers, J., Vrancken, K., Dams, Y., Da Silva Paes, C., Eyckmans, J., Rousseau, S.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic induces the worst economic downturn since the Second World War, requiring governments to design large-scale recovery plans to overcome…”
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Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Lessons from COVID-19 by Howarth, Candice, Bryant, Peter, Corner, Adam, Fankhauser, Sam, Gouldson, Andy, Whitmarsh, Lorraine, Willis, Rebecca

“…The COVID-19 imposed lockdown has led to a number of temporary environmental side effects (reduced global emissions, cleaner air, less noise), that the climate…”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Agricultural Markets by Elleby, Christian, Domínguez, Ignacio Pérez, Adenauer, Marcel, Genovese, Giampiero

“…This paper analyses the impacts on global agricultural markets of the demand shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the first wave of lockdown measures…”
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