For many governments enacting green policies is a priority, but these often entail substantial and uneven costs on citizens. How does the introduction of green policies affect voting? We study this question in the context of a major ban on polluting cars introduced in Milan. The policy was...

While the existing literature on the economic effects of climate change has mainly focused on temperature and rainfall variations, the impacts of aridification have been often overlooked. Here, we examine the effects of aridification (proxied with a measure of soil potential evapotranspiration)...

This study shows how soil aridity (proxied with a measure of soil potential evapotranspiration) impacts child wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using climate and infant health data from a grid of approximately 4,000 cells in 34 African countries, we find that infants born in arid areas are...

The paper reviews urban transport policies in Italian cities and their impact on the concentration of NO2 and PM10. Using parametric and non-parametric techniques, it finds no significant effect of the policy actions currently implemented. Further, it finds evidence of a weak positive impact of...

The aim of this paper is to present an alternative methodology for discounting far distant future externalities generated by an investment project; time-declining discount rates. First I present the experimental evidence on Individuals' time-inconsistency. Second I consider the theoretical...

The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional...