This paper examines the impacts of climate shocks on international trade in China. We find that there are substantial climate effects on exports but only little impacts on imports. Poorer, warmer and non-coastal cities suffer more from a warming climate

This article asks how sustainable investing (SI) contributes to societal goals, conducting a literature review on investor impact—that is, the change investors trigger in companies' environmental and social impact. We distinguish three impact mechanisms: shareholder engagement, capital...

This paper estimates the effect of coal-fired power plants on infant mortality in India. We find that a one GW increase in coal-fired capacity corresponds to a 14% increase in infant mortality rates in districts near versus far from the plant site. This effect is 2-3 times larger than estimates...

Despite organic food being deemed to include environmental and health attributes, few studies have examined the perception regarding organic food from the scanner panel data. Considering the hike in the value-added tax (VAT) implemented by the Japanese government in April 2014 as a natural...

This paper develops a model of used vehicle trade between countries with different environmental regulations regarding vehicle emissions. We show that the US, given its strict environmental regulations, has incentives to export used vehicles to Mexico, which impacts air pollution emissions...

We develop a dynamic groundwater model that incorporates both groundwater pumping and investment in deeper wells and apply the model to the arid, alluvial aquifer region of Northern India that is experiencing rapid depletion. We compute the potential benefits of regulating groundwater use by...