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The impact of carbon disclosure mandates on emissions and financial operating performance

Downar, Benedikt; Ernstberger, Jürgen; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2020

We examine whether a disclosure mandate for greenhouse gas emissions creates stakeholder pressure for firms to subsequently reduce their emissions. For UK-incorporated listed firms such a mandate was adopted in 2013. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that firms affected by the...

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Corporate carbon reporting : improving transparency and accountability

Comello, Stephen; Reichelstein, Julia; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2023

Numerous multinational firms have recently pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to a net-zero position by the year 2050. These pledges currently lack a unified measurement and reporting structure, leaving the public unsure about the extent of the corporate commitments. Here, we...

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Corporate carbon reduction pledges : an effective tool to mitigate climate change?

Comello, Stephen; Reichelstein, Julia; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021

In the intensifying public debate about limiting the harmful effects of climate change, many global corporations have recently articulated so-called “net-zero” goals for reducing and ultimately eliminating their own greenhouse gas emissions. We first examine the details ofthe carbon...

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Deforestation and climate change : reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

Bosetti, Valentina (ed.); Lubowski, Ruben N. (ed.) - 2010

Deforestation and emerging greenhouse gas compliance regimes : toward a global environmental law of forests, carbon and … deforestation : a stock-flow approach with target reductions /Andrea Cattaneo --Towards a sound REDD : ensuring globally consistent …"Deforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over …

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Payments for environmental services, forest conservation, and climate change : livelihoods in the REDD?

Tacconi, Luca (ed.); Mahanty, Sango (ed.); Suich, Helen (ed.) - 2010

Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) schemes at the national level. With its focus on livelihoods, the … other than carbon conservation. Drawing practical lessons for the design of activities aimed at reducing deforestation and … accessible also to non-experts in presenting the key issues faced in avoiding deforestation and benefiting livelihoods. …

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Does drought increase carbon emissions? : evidence from southwestern China

Yang, Jie; Huang, Yijing; Takeuchi, Kenji - 2020

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Trade liberalization and SO2 emissions : firm-level evidence from China's WTO entry

Li, Lei; Löschel, Andreas; Pei, Jiansuo; Sturm, Bodo; … - 2020

Is trade liberalization contributing to cleaner production amongst manufacturing firms? Theoretical predictions and empirical evidences are mixed. This study utilizes China's dual trade regime and China's WTO entry in 2001 to construct a unique micro dataset on manufacturing firms for China for...

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The moderating effect of fuel prices on the market value of fuel efficiency, driving intensity, and Co2 emissions

Klapper, Daniel; Pleshcheva, Vlada - 2019

In the current paper, we quantify the effect that fuel prices have on vehicle prices' responsiveness to fuel economy. We apply a hedonic price model to the German automobile market by using data on detailed technical specifications of high-sales vehicles of three sequential model years. In the...

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Fueling electrification : the impact of gas prices on hybrid car usage

Grigolon, Laura; Park, Eunseong; Remmy, Kevin - 2024

We use micro-level data on fuel consumption, mileage, and travel mode to study plug-in hybrid drivers’ response to fuel prices. When fuel prices rise, plug-in hybrids reduce fuel consumption more than gasoline and diesel cars. They do not reduce their mileage but increase electric recharging,...

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EU enlargement and environmental policy

Löschel, Andreas; Mraz, Marian - 2001

The Eastern European Associates (EEA) have committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions according to their targets set in the Kyoto Protocol. Furthermore since 1993 trade liberalization has taken place between all associated countries and the EU. There is meanwhile a large quantitative...

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