Ecological Economics

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecological Economics is 15. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Carbon rotation ages and the offset measurement conundrum: An extended review502
The risks of the wrong climate policy for developing countries: Scenarios for South Africa185
Will adoption occur if a practice is win-win for profit and the environment? An application to a rancher's grazing practice choices166
A Prospect Theory-based experimental vignette methodology for exploring rebound effects and rebound-damping interventions163
God did not save the kings: Environmental consequences of the 1982 Falklands War134
Editorial Board125
Cost-efficient allocation of ship measures and harvest of aquatic invasive species – An application to invasive crabs on the west coast of Sweden124
BOOK REVIEWS116
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies113
Limits to degrowth? Exploring patterns of support for and resistance against degrowth policies107
Optimal pricing of protected areas under multiple sites demand models104
Citizens' preferences and valuation of urban nature: Insights from two choice experiments102
Critical realism, methodological pluralism, and ecological economics102
Reducing fossil fuel dependency in smallholding farming in l'Horta de València, Spain: A socio-metabolic approach100
Damage costs from invasive species exceed management expenditure in nations experiencing lower economic activity88
Financial capital as a shaper of households' adaptive capabilities to flood risk in northern Bangladesh84
Assessing U.S. consumers' carbon footprints reveals outsized impact of the top 1%79
Integrating recreational ecosystem service valuations into Israel's Water economy73
Does recalling energy efficiency measures reduce subsequent climate-friendly behavior? An experimental study of moral licensing rebound effects72
Towards a sustainable mobility lifestyle: Exploring the flight to rail shift through model-based behavioural change scenarios68
The effect of deliberate ignorance and choice procedure on pro-environmental decisions66
Buzzword or breakthrough beyond growth? The mainstreaming of the Wellbeing Economy66
Sufficiency: A systematic literature review64
Carbon inequality in global trade: Evidence from the mismatch between embodied carbon emissions and value added64
Biological control of a parasite: The efficacy of cleaner fish in salmon farming63
China's current carbon inequality is predominantly determined by capital disparity62
The value of information in water quality monitoring and management60
Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits60
Degrowth: What's in it for the labour movement?58
Are natural disasters stumbling blocks to carbon inequality mitigation? A global perspective58
Model-based analysis of the agglomeration bonus for the conservation of twelve meadow bird species in an agricultural landscape58
BOOK REVIEWS58
Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities58
Estimating the relationship between EROI and profitability of oil sands mining, 1997–201657
Volatility-reducing biodiversity conservation under strategic interactions53
Editorial Board52
Valuing beyond economics: A pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking52
The role of physical constraints on production52
The economics of microbiodiversity51
Resilience rankings and trajectories of world's countries51
Can carbon tariffs based on domestic embedded carbon emissions reduce more carbon leakages?50
Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?50
How does environmental regulation promote green technology innovation? Evidence from China's total emission control policy50
Less and more: Conceptualising degrowth transformations50
The universal commons: An economic theory of ecosystem ownership49
The limits to degrowth: Economic and climatic consequences of pessimist assumptions on decoupling49
Quantifying the importance of farmers' behavioral factors in ex-ante assessments of policies supporting sustainable farming practices48
The effects of the containers and packaging recycling law on the domestic recycling of plastic waste: Evidence from Japan48
Can payments-for-ecosystem-services change social norms?48
Impact of livelihood strategies and capitals on rangeland sustainability and nomads' poverty: A counterfactual analysis in Southwest Iran48
Do ecological protection approaches affect total factor productivity change of cropland production in Sweden?48
Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters47
Closing the loop at the local scale: Investigating the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the circular economy in cities and regions47
A methodological framework for understanding shared social values in deliberative valuation46
When health-related claims impact environmental demand: Results of experimental auctions with Bordeaux wine consumers46
Editorial Board46
On physical and social-cost-based CO2 equivalents for transient albedo-induced forcing45
Particulate matter and COVID-19 excess deaths: Decomposing long-term exposure and short-term effects45
Stochastic growth and regime shift risk in renewable resource management43
Achieving landscape patterns for biodiversity conservation through payments for ecosystem services – Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia43
Unpacking the urban virtual water of the Global South: Lessons from 181 cities43
Editorial Board43
Ship-owner response to carbon taxes: Industry and environmental implications42
Transitioning to a sustainable economy: A preliminary degrowth macroeconomic model42
Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India41
The unequal exchange of air pollution and economic benefits embodied in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei's consumption41
Biases and nudges in the circular economy: A review41
Degrowth-oriented organisational value creation: A systematic literature review of case studies41
Land manager preferences for outcome-based payments for environmental services in oak savannahs41
Global inequalities in countries' demand for raw materials: Twenty years of expansion and insufficient convergence40
Consumers' willingness to pay for an animal welfare food label40
Navigating sustainable futures: The role of terminal and instrumental values40
Degrowth in a settler state: climate-just economic transitions and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada39
International expansion of renewable energy capacities: The role of innovation and choice of policy instruments39
Inherently unstable? Scaling, mission drift, and the comparative performance of community-based platforms in the sharing economy39
Social comparison feedback in decision-making context: Environmental externality levels and psychological traits matter39
Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value38
The effect of the economic cycles on material requirements: Analysing the dematerialization in developed countries38
Preferences for drought risk adaptation support in Kenya: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment and three decision-making theories38
Too good to be true: The inverted U-shaped relationship between home-country digitalization and environmental performance38
Living well with the foundational economy: Assessing the spatial accessibility of foundational infrastructures in Vienna and the relationship to socio-economic status38
Environmental resource extraction and poverty: Comparative evidence from rural Thailand and Vietnam37
Editorial Board37
Integrating modelling-based and stakeholder-focused scenario approaches to close the planning gap and accelerate low-carbon transitions36
Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app36
Promoting agricultural technologies with positive environmental effects: Evidence on tree planting in Indonesia35
Linking the diversity of ecologisation models to farmers' digital use profiles35
Property value effects of the Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation in New England, U.S.A.35
Genetically engineered varieties and applied pesticide toxicity in U.S. maize and soybeans: Heterogeneous and evolving impacts35
Accepting and implementing transport pricing policies for climate: A review of evidence and research gaps35
The evolution of the EU electronics market and its impact on direct material consumption: Lessons from the past35
Editorial Board35
Pattern evolution and dynamic formation mechanism of global scrap copper trade network: Based on temporal exponential random graph model35
Grassland conservation supports migratory birds and produces economic benefits for the commercial beekeeping industry in the U.S. Great Plains35
A discrete-time bioeconomic model of free-roaming cat management: A case study in Knox County, Tennessee34
Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?33
Ambient air pollution-related environmental inequality and environmental dissimilarity in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland33
Global and Local Spatial Spill-Overs: What Matters Most for the Diffusion of Organic Agriculture in Australia?33
Editorial Board33
Temporary PES do not crowd out and may crowd in lab-in-the-field forest conservation in Colombia33
Raising awareness of climate change: Nature, activists, politicians?33
The impact of information asymmetry on animal welfare-friendly consumption: Evidence from milk market in Japan33
The Sustainable Development Goals as new business norms: A survey experiment on stakeholder preferences33
What are the banks doing in managing climate risk? Empirical evidence from a position map33
The accumulation and substitution effects of multi-nation certified organic and protected eco-origin food labels in China32
Do forest conservation policies undermine the soybean sector in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from the priority listing of municipalities32
How social movements contribute to staying within the global carbon budget: Evidence from a qualitative meta-analysis of case studies32
The social cost of adopting a plant-based diet32
Clean air as an experience good in urban China32
Ecological unequal exchange between Turkey and the European Union: An assessment from value added perspective31
Evaluating policy packages for a low-carbon transition – Principles and applications31
Co-benefits of a flexitarian diet for air quality and human health in Europe31
Criminal enforcement and environmental performance: Evidence from China31
The impact of timber regulations on timber and timber product trade31
Climate change and reindeer herding – A bioeconomic model on the impact of climate change on harvesting profits for Saami reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden31
Framing effects in expert assessments of optimal GDP development31
The effect of flood mitigation spending on flood damage: Accounting for dynamic feedback31
Toxic pollution and poverty: Economic impacts of lead (Pb) exposure on household welfare in Zambia30
Measuring the economic value of urban river restoration30
Tropical mixed-species plantations can outperform monocultures in terms of carbon sequestration and economic return30
SSP economic growth projections: Major changes of key drivers in integrated assessment modelling30
First-degree price discrimination water bank to reduce reacquisition costs and enhance economic efficiency in agricultural water buyback29
Editorial Board29
Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Forest Management: Evidence from an Experimental Study in Tajikistan29
Forest adaptation strategies to reconcile timber production and carbon sequestration objectives under multiple risks of extreme drought and windstorm events29
Water as driver of economic capacity: Introducing a physical economic model29
Do people think they have enough? A subjective income sufficiency assessment29
Editorial Board29
Temperature and life satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese older adults29
Saving the world voluntarily: Experimental evidence of gain-loss framing on voluntary pro-environmental behavior29
Willingness to pay for sustainable and legal firewood in Tasmania28
Multinational dynamic steel cycle analysis reveals sequential decoupling between material use and economic growth28
Willingness to reduce travel consumption to support a low-carbon transition beyond COVID-1928
How to estimate whether preferential trade agreements contribute to international environmental impact shifting. A new methodology and empirical illustration for Switzerland28
How to design publicly acceptable road pricing? Experimental insights from Switzerland28
Climate change and its impact on home insurance uptake in Australia28
The environmental benefits of grassroots cooperatives in agriculture28
Evaluating transformative policies in complex land-use systems28
Understanding determinants of the intention to buy rhino horn in Vietnam through the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour27
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana27
Biodiversity loss from land occupation: A prefecture- and county-level assessment of biodiversity footprints in China27
Has Central Government Environmental Protection Interview Improved Air Quality in China?27
The income inequality-CO2 emissions nexus: Transmission mechanisms27
Confronting the dilemma of growth. A response to27
Bioeconomic markets based on the use of native species (NS) in Brazil27
Relative environmental impacts and monetary cost of food categories: Functional unit matters27
The command paradox: Unraveling the impact of command-and-control water conservation policies on water-use technical efficiency26
Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes: Corrigendum26
Deepgrowth: Self-transformation towards harmonious being26
Is innovation good for the environment? A macro-level analysis26
Harnessing natural attenuation to reduce CAFOs nitrate emissions: An integrated modeling approach25
The governance of agricultural lands in marginal areas: A conceptual framework25
BOOK REVIEWS25
Bird feeding and biodiversity: The decline of the Willow Tit25
Assessing the regime-switching role of risk mitigation measures on agricultural vulnerability: A threshold analysis25
Targeting socioeconomic transformations to achieve global sustainability25
Heterogeneity, spillovers and eco-efficiency of European industries under different pollutants’ scenarios. Is there a definite direction?25
Vulnerability and spatial competition: The case of fisheries and offshore wind projects25
Editorial Board25
Carbon footprint tracking apps: The spillover effects of feedback and goal-activating appeals25
Rising inequality: A material perspective on the Great Recession in the European Union25
How do nature governance rules affect compliance decisions? An experimental analysis25
Subsidies against Nature: A multidimensional framework for biodiversity-aligned national budgets25
Community reconstruction of biocultural landscapes. Application in the Kokonuko Indigenous Territory24
Pay the polluter or polluter pays? A preliminary assessment of public preferences for water quality policy24
Indigenous people's perceptions of benefits and costs of China's second phase of the grain for green program and the influencing factors24
Knowledge spillovers between clean and dirty technologies: Evidence from the patent citation network24
An energy-based macroeconomic model validated by global historical series since 182024
Durability standards and clothing libraries for strengthening sustainable clothing markets24
An assessment of the distributional impacts of autonomous adaptation to climate change from European agriculture23
Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives23
A Global Survey of Scientific Consensus and Controversy on Instruments of Climate Policy23
Valuing Recreation in Italy's Protected Areas Using Spatial Big Data23
Innovative fire policy in the Amazon: A statistical Hicks-Kaldor analysis23
Rising from the ashes: Transitioning towards carbon neutrality through the pathways of circular economy agglomeration23
Procedural climate justice: Conceptualizing a polycentric solution to a global problem23
Vietnam's Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services scheme's puzzling role in protecting longstanding forests as deforestation rates rise23
Reframing vulnerability and resilience to climate change through the lens of capability generation23
Property values and cyanobacterial algal blooms: Evidence from satellite monitoring of Inland Lakes23
Editorial Board23
Internet use, natural resource extraction and poverty reduction in rural Thailand23
Ratcheting up private standards by exploiting coopetition: The curious case of RSPO’s adoption of zero-deforestation criteria23
Pro-environmental behavior and environmentalist movements: Evidence from the identification with Fridays for Future23
Is there a trade-off between human well-being and ecological footprint in European countries?23
Two currencies – Rethinking energy and the economy22
Carbon Giants: Exploring the Top 100 Industrial CO2 Emitters in the EU22
Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: Opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health22
Improving acceptance of natural capital accounting in land use decision making: Barriers and opportunities22
Valuing coastal fisheries and seagrasses: A case study of estuarine resources on Florida's Nature Coast22
Optimal post-border surveillance against invasive pests to protect a valuable nature reserve and island asset22
Changes in household recycling behavior: Evidence from panel data22
Does drought increase carbon emissions? Evidence from Southwestern China22
Charismatic species, matching, and demographics in conservation donations: An experimental investigation22
Coordinating on good and bad outcomes in threshold games – Evidence from an artefactual field experiment in Cambodia22
From participation to commitment in silvopastoral programmes: Insights from Chiapas, Mexico22
Can monetized carbon information increase pro-environmental behavior? Experimental evidence21
Landscape features on farms: Evidence on factors influencing their quantity and ecological value21
Pests, wind and fire: A multi-hazard risk review for natural disturbances in forests21
Consequences of ecological aggregation in general equilibrium analysis of perturbed ecosystems21
Nudges and compensation: Evaluating experimental evidence on controlling rice straw burning21
Motivational levers for the preservation of an intergenerational common resource: An experiment21
Connected we stand: Lead firm ownership ties in the global petrochemical industry21
After the storm: Environmental tragedy and sustainable mobility21
Is social capital a driver of the green transition in the European Union?20
Leveraging participation in apparel global supply chains through green industrialization strategies: Implications for low-income countries20
Changing the understanding of crop production: Integrating ecosystem services into the production function20
Wait and see? Public preferences for the temporal effectiveness of coastal protection20
Analysis of the multidimensional energy poverty in Italy using the partially ordered set20
The impact of tropical cyclones on income inequality in the U.S.: An empirical analysis20
Snowmaking's slippery slope: The effect of mountain reservoirs on water demand20
Algae-Based Two-Stage Supply Chain with Co-Products20
Macroeconomic impacts of water allocation under droughts. Accounting for global supply chains in a multiregional context20
Modelling the embodied carbon cost of UK domestic building construction: Today to 205020
Offsetting schemes and ecological taxes for wind power production20
Re-investigating the shared responsibility for trade-embodied carbon emissions19
Global value chains participation and trade-induced carbon inequality: A comparative analysis of developed and developing economies19
Ecological design of a production plant19
Obituary: Clement Allan Tisdell (1939–2022) – An ecological economist in mind, heart and soul19
Editorial Board19
Risk averse policies foster bio-economic sustainability in mixed fisheries19
There are plenty more (sustainable) fish in the sea: A discrete choice experiment on discarded species in Italy19
Payment for environmental services to reduce deforestation: Do the positive effects last?19
Can phone text messages promote the use of integrated pest management? A study of vegetable farmers in Cambodia19
Opposite ethical views converge under the threat of catastrophic climate change19
Why and when do reserves estimates in mining change and innovations take place?19
Assessing the heterogeneity of public acceptability for mangrove restoration through a choice experiment19
Assessing the economic impacts of forest certification in Spain: A longitudinal study19
The effects of emotions on stated preferences for environmental change: A re-examination19
Editorial Board19
Editorial Board19
Are greenspaces too green? Landscape preferences and water use in urban parks19
Broadening ecological footprint and biocapacity research: A co-developed research agenda with Canadian stakeholders18
The marginal abatement cost function with secondary waste markets18
Are national climate change mitigation pledges shaped by citizens' mitigation preferences? Evidence from globally representative data18
Recreation in coastal environments: Estimating the non-market value of fishing harbors18
Toward the carbon neutrality: Forest carbon sinks and its spatial spillover effect in China18
Understanding citizen investment in renewable energy communities18
Shared and environmentally just responsibility for global biodiversity loss18
Noisy biodiversity: The impact of ESG biodiversity ratings on asset prices18
Natural forces matter: A note on Simon N. Patten's critique of John B. Clark's theory of distribution18
Smallholders' preferred attributes in a subsidy program for replanting overaged oil palm plantations in Indonesia18
Celso Furtado: An ecological economist?18
Flagship species and certification types affect consumer preferences for wildlife-friendly rice labels18
Do you perceive interdependencies among human activities related to water? Drivers and effects on preferences for participation and regulation18
Travel-cost method for assessing the monetary value of recreational services in the Ömerli Catchment18
Water markets and water rebounds: China's water rights trading policy18
Domestic and foreign decoupling of economic growth and water consumption and its driving factors in the Brazilian economy18
In memoriam: Herman Daly (1938–2022)18
Financial profitability of diversified farming systems: A global meta-analysis18
A comprehensive socio-economic assessment of EU climate policy pathways18
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