Based on 39,791 rental contracts from 2,438 residential properties in the Swiss real estate market, we study how a property’s CO2 emissions affect net rental values. We use a novel measure of operational carbon emissions which relies on various parameters related to the sustainability and...

Natural resource rent (NRR) can be a blessing for the economic growth of resource-rich economies but may cause environmental problems. The present research explores the effects of NRR, economic growth, trade openness (TO), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on the carbon intensities of...

In recent decades, lower emissions have been driven by structural changes such as the shift from manufacturing to the service sector and investment in energy efficiency. However, many developing countries extract fossil fuels from the Earth's surface, to export raw materials such as coal, oil,...