Ecological Economics

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecological Economics is 13. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board416
Will adoption occur if a practice is win-win for profit and the environment? An application to a rancher's grazing practice choices311
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies262
Integrating recreational ecosystem service valuations into Israel's Water economy233
BOOK REVIEWS219
Financial capital as a shaper of households' adaptive capabilities to flood risk in northern Bangladesh170
Towards a sustainable mobility lifestyle: Exploring the flight to rail shift through model-based behavioural change scenarios160
Energy matters: Mitigating the impacts of future land expansion will require managing energy and extractive footprints150
A Prospect Theory-based experimental vignette methodology for exploring rebound effects and rebound-damping interventions126
The effect of deliberate ignorance and choice procedure on pro-environmental decisions122
Citizens' preferences and valuation of urban nature: Insights from two choice experiments111
China's current carbon inequality is predominantly determined by capital disparity108
God did not save the kings: Environmental consequences of the 1982 Falklands War101
Carbon rotation ages and the offset measurement conundrum: An extended review99
Assessing U.S. consumers' carbon footprints reveals outsized impact of the top 1%96
The risks of the wrong climate policy for developing countries: Scenarios for South Africa91
Reducing fossil fuel dependency in smallholding farming in l'Horta de València, Spain: A socio-metabolic approach89
Improving the validity and credibility of the sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services in Amman, Jordan88
Biological control of a parasite: The efficacy of cleaner fish in salmon farming87
Buzzword or breakthrough beyond growth? The mainstreaming of the Wellbeing Economy83
Does recalling energy efficiency measures reduce subsequent climate-friendly behavior? An experimental study of moral licensing rebound effects79
Modelling energy transition risk: The impact of declining energy return on investment (EROI)78
Damage costs from invasive species exceed management expenditure in nations experiencing lower economic activity76
Sufficiency: A systematic literature review70
Carbon inequality in global trade: Evidence from the mismatch between embodied carbon emissions and value added70
Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?69
The value of information in water quality monitoring and management68
Can carbon tariffs based on domestic embedded carbon emissions reduce more carbon leakages?66
Pluralistic discounting recognizing different capital contributions: An example estimating the net present value of global ecosystem services65
Potential outcomes and impacts of organic group certification in Italy: An evaluative case study64
Volatility-reducing biodiversity conservation under strategic interactions62
The universal commons: An economic theory of ecosystem ownership61
Valuing beyond economics: A pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking61
Impact of livelihood strategies and capitals on rangeland sustainability and nomads' poverty: A counterfactual analysis in Southwest Iran60
Does corporate environmentalism affect corporate insolvency risk? The role of market power and competitive intensity60
Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters58
Climate change and species decline: Distinct sources of European consumer concern supporting more sustainable diets57
Quantifying the importance of farmers' behavioral factors in ex-ante assessments of policies supporting sustainable farming practices56
The role of physical constraints on production54
Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities54
BOOK REVIEWS54
Editorial Board52
Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits51
Do ecological protection approaches affect total factor productivity change of cropland production in Sweden?51
Can payments-for-ecosystem-services change social norms?51
Resilience rankings and trajectories of world's countries50
The economics of microbiodiversity50
Estimating the relationship between EROI and profitability of oil sands mining, 1997–201649
The effects of the containers and packaging recycling law on the domestic recycling of plastic waste: Evidence from Japan49
Constructing Non-monetary Social Indicators: An Analysis of the Effects of Interpretive Communities48
Are natural disasters stumbling blocks to carbon inequality mitigation? A global perspective48
When health-related claims impact environmental demand: Results of experimental auctions with Bordeaux wine consumers47
How does environmental regulation promote green technology innovation? Evidence from China's total emission control policy47
Closing the loop at the local scale: Investigating the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the circular economy in cities and regions47
Less and more: Conceptualising degrowth transformations47
The economic values of global forest ecosystem services: A meta-analysis46
The limits to degrowth: Economic and climatic consequences of pessimist assumptions on decoupling46
Editorial Board45
Unpacking the urban virtual water of the Global South: Lessons from 181 cities44
Particulate matter and COVID-19 excess deaths: Decomposing long-term exposure and short-term effects44
Me trying to talk about sustainability: Exploring the psychological and social implications of environmental threats through user-generated content43
Stochastic growth and regime shift risk in renewable resource management42
Social comparison feedback in decision-making context: Environmental externality levels and psychological traits matter42
International expansion of renewable energy capacities: The role of innovation and choice of policy instruments42
Valuation through deliberation - Citizens' panels on peatland ecosystem services in Finland42
The unequal exchange of air pollution and economic benefits embodied in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei's consumption41
Consumers' willingness to pay for an animal welfare food label41
Too good to be true: The inverted U-shaped relationship between home-country digitalization and environmental performance41
Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India40
Finance, climate-change and radical uncertainty: Towards a precautionary approach to financial policy40
Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value40
Inherently unstable? Scaling, mission drift, and the comparative performance of community-based platforms in the sharing economy40
Economic losses from natural disturbances in Norway spruce forests – A quantification using Monte-Carlo simulations40
Editorial Board39
Impacts of human behaviour in agri-environmental policies: How adequate is homo oeconomicus in the design of market-based conservation instruments?39
Ship-owner response to carbon taxes: Industry and environmental implications39
Navigating sustainable futures: The role of terminal and instrumental values39
A methodological framework for understanding shared social values in deliberative valuation38
Degrowth-oriented organisational value creation: A systematic literature review of case studies38
Editorial Board38
Market knowledge as a driver of sustainable use of common-pool resources: A lab-in-the-field study among pastoralists in Ethiopia38
Land manager preferences for outcome-based payments for environmental services in oak savannahs38
Preferences for drought risk adaptation support in Kenya: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment and three decision-making theories38
On physical and social-cost-based CO2 equivalents for transient albedo-induced forcing38
Achieving landscape patterns for biodiversity conservation through payments for ecosystem services – Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia38
The effects of framing on environmental decisions: A systematic literature review38
Evaluating policy packages for a low-carbon transition – Principles and applications37
Integrating modelling-based and stakeholder-focused scenario approaches to close the planning gap and accelerate low-carbon transitions37
BOOK REVIEWS36
Grassland conservation supports migratory birds and produces economic benefits for the commercial beekeeping industry in the U.S. Great Plains36
Do forest conservation policies undermine the soybean sector in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from the priority listing of municipalities36
A discrete-time bioeconomic model of free-roaming cat management: A case study in Knox County, Tennessee36
Property value effects of the Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation in New England, U.S.A.36
Editorial Board36
Ecological unequal exchange between Turkey and the European Union: An assessment from value added perspective36
The social cost of adopting a plant-based diet36
Genetically engineered varieties and applied pesticide toxicity in U.S. maize and soybeans: Heterogeneous and evolving impacts34
Does sustainability-promoting policy making reduce our welfare?33
The effect of the economic cycles on material requirements: Analysing the dematerialization in developed countries33
Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app33
What are the banks doing in managing climate risk? Empirical evidence from a position map32
Promoting agricultural technologies with positive environmental effects: Evidence on tree planting in Indonesia32
Temporary PES do not crowd out and may crowd in lab-in-the-field forest conservation in Colombia32
Climate change and reindeer herding – A bioeconomic model on the impact of climate change on harvesting profits for Saami reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden32
The impact of information asymmetry on animal welfare-friendly consumption: Evidence from milk market in Japan32
Permanence of PES and the role of social context in the Regional Integrated Silvo-pastoral Ecosystem Management Project in Costa Rica32
SSP economic growth projections: Major changes of key drivers in integrated assessment modelling32
Clean air as an experience good in urban China32
The Sustainable Development Goals as new business norms: A survey experiment on stakeholder preferences32
Criminal enforcement and environmental performance: Evidence from China31
Ambient air pollution-related environmental inequality and environmental dissimilarity in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland31
Framing effects in expert assessments of optimal GDP development31
Sustainable practices and product quality: Is there value in eco-label certification? The case of wine31
Raising awareness of climate change: Nature, activists, politicians?31
Linking the diversity of ecologisation models to farmers' digital use profiles31
The impact of timber regulations on timber and timber product trade30
How social movements contribute to staying within the global carbon budget: Evidence from a qualitative meta-analysis of case studies30
The accumulation and substitution effects of multi-nation certified organic and protected eco-origin food labels in China30
Global and Local Spatial Spill-Overs: What Matters Most for the Diffusion of Organic Agriculture in Australia?30
Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?30
The effect of flood mitigation spending on flood damage: Accounting for dynamic feedback30
Editorial Board30
Co-benefits of a flexitarian diet for air quality and human health in Europe30
Economic valuation of cultural ecosystem services: The case of landscape aesthetics in the agritourism market30
Do people think they have enough? A subjective income sufficiency assessment29
How to estimate whether preferential trade agreements contribute to international environmental impact shifting. A new methodology and empirical illustration for Switzerland29
On consumer impact from Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca29
Willingness to pay for sustainable and legal firewood in Tasmania29
Editorial Board29
Forest adaptation strategies to reconcile timber production and carbon sequestration objectives under multiple risks of extreme drought and windstorm events29
Editorial Board29
First-degree price discrimination water bank to reduce reacquisition costs and enhance economic efficiency in agricultural water buyback28
Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Forest Management: Evidence from an Experimental Study in Tajikistan28
The Effect of Gain-loss Framing on Climate Policy Preferences28
The environmental benefits of grassroots cooperatives in agriculture27
Climate change and its impact on home insurance uptake in Australia27
Tropical mixed-species plantations can outperform monocultures in terms of carbon sequestration and economic return27
Water as driver of economic capacity: Introducing a physical economic model27
How to design publicly acceptable road pricing? Experimental insights from Switzerland27
Measuring the economic value of urban river restoration27
Bioeconomic markets based on the use of native species (NS) in Brazil27
Saving the world voluntarily: Experimental evidence of gain-loss framing on voluntary pro-environmental behavior27
Temperature and life satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese older adults26
Toxic pollution and poverty: Economic impacts of lead (Pb) exposure on household welfare in Zambia26
Untangling the underlying drivers of the use of single-use food packaging26
Economic activity and distribution of an invasive species: Evidence from night-time lights satellite imagery data26
GEM: A short “Growth-vs-Environment” Module for survey research26
Understanding determinants of the intention to buy rhino horn in Vietnam through the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour26
Carbon pricing of basic materials: Incentives and risks for the value chain and consumers26
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana26
The income inequality-CO2 emissions nexus: Transmission mechanisms26
Multinational dynamic steel cycle analysis reveals sequential decoupling between material use and economic growth26
The natural assurance value of nature-based solutions: A layered institutional analysis of socio ecological systems for long term climate resilient transformation26
What determines consumers' use of eco-labels? Taking a close look at label trust26
Willingness to reduce travel consumption to support a low-carbon transition beyond COVID-1926
Confronting the dilemma of growth. A response to25
Rising inequality: A material perspective on the Great Recession in the European Union25
The command paradox: Unraveling the impact of command-and-control water conservation policies on water-use technical efficiency25
How do nature governance rules affect compliance decisions? An experimental analysis25
Has Central Government Environmental Protection Interview Improved Air Quality in China?25
Indigenous people's perceptions of benefits and costs of China's second phase of the grain for green program and the influencing factors25
Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes: Corrigendum25
Innovative fire policy in the Amazon: A statistical Hicks-Kaldor analysis24
Ratcheting up private standards by exploiting coopetition: The curious case of RSPO’s adoption of zero-deforestation criteria24
An energy-based macroeconomic model validated by global historical series since 182024
Do farmers prefer increasing, decreasing, or stable payments in Agri-environmental schemes?24
Bird feeding and biodiversity: The decline of the Willow Tit24
Carbon footprint tracking apps: The spillover effects of feedback and goal-activating appeals24
Assessing the regime-switching role of risk mitigation measures on agricultural vulnerability: A threshold analysis24
Vulnerability and spatial competition: The case of fisheries and offshore wind projects24
Demand drivers and changes in food-related emissions in the UK: A decomposition approach24
Property values and cyanobacterial algal blooms: Evidence from satellite monitoring of Inland Lakes23
The governance of agricultural lands in marginal areas: A conceptual framework23
BOOK REVIEWS23
Reframing vulnerability and resilience to climate change through the lens of capability generation23
Vietnam's Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services scheme's puzzling role in protecting longstanding forests as deforestation rates rise23
Editorial Board23
Durability standards and clothing libraries for strengthening sustainable clothing markets23
Is there a trade-off between human well-being and ecological footprint in European countries?22
Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives22
Valuing Recreation in Italy's Protected Areas Using Spatial Big Data22
A Global Survey of Scientific Consensus and Controversy on Instruments of Climate Policy22
Knowledge spillovers between clean and dirty technologies: Evidence from the patent citation network22
Procedural climate justice: Conceptualizing a polycentric solution to a global problem22
Internet use, natural resource extraction and poverty reduction in rural Thailand22
Community reconstruction of biocultural landscapes. Application in the Kokonuko Indigenous Territory22
Rising from the ashes: Transitioning towards carbon neutrality through the pathways of circular economy agglomeration22
Targeting socioeconomic transformations to achieve global sustainability22
Heterogeneity, spillovers and eco-efficiency of European industries under different pollutants’ scenarios. Is there a definite direction?22
Community-level economic impacts of a change in TAC for Alaska fisheries: A multi-regional framework assessment22
Deepgrowth: Self-transformation towards harmonious being21
Beyond institutional bricolage: An ‘intertwining approach’ to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru21
Wait and see? Public preferences for the temporal effectiveness of coastal protection21
Improving acceptance of natural capital accounting in land use decision making: Barriers and opportunities21
Carbon footprint information, prices, and restaurant wine choices by customers: A natural field experiment21
Book Review21
Why and when do reserves estimates in mining change and innovations take place?21
Changes in household recycling behavior: Evidence from panel data21
Motivational levers for the preservation of an intergenerational common resource: An experiment21
Harnessing natural attenuation to reduce CAFOs nitrate emissions: An integrated modeling approach21
Offsetting schemes and ecological taxes for wind power production21
Two currencies – Rethinking energy and the economy21
Editorial Board21
Charismatic species, matching, and demographics in conservation donations: An experimental investigation20
Valuing coastal fisheries and seagrasses: A case study of estuarine resources on Florida's Nature Coast20
Assessing the heterogeneity of public acceptability for mangrove restoration through a choice experiment20
Algae-Based Two-Stage Supply Chain with Co-Products20
Pests, wind and fire: A multi-hazard risk review for natural disturbances in forests20
Payment for environmental services to reduce deforestation: Do the positive effects last?20
Consequences of ecological aggregation in general equilibrium analysis of perturbed ecosystems20
Carbon Giants: Exploring the Top 100 Industrial CO2 Emitters in the EU20
After the storm: Environmental tragedy and sustainable mobility20
An assessment of the distributional impacts of autonomous adaptation to climate change from European agriculture20
Data and Transparency Key for China's Pollution Clean-up20
Is social capital a driver of the green transition in the European Union?20
Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: Opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health20
Does drought increase carbon emissions? Evidence from Southwestern China20
Optimal post-border surveillance against invasive pests to protect a valuable nature reserve and island asset19
Assessing the economic impacts of forest certification in Spain: A longitudinal study19
Changing the understanding of crop production: Integrating ecosystem services into the production function19
Can monetized carbon information increase pro-environmental behavior? Experimental evidence19
From participation to commitment in silvopastoral programmes: Insights from Chiapas, Mexico19
Nudges and compensation: Evaluating experimental evidence on controlling rice straw burning19
Trends in national biodiversity footprints of land use19
Re-investigating the shared responsibility for trade-embodied carbon emissions19
The impact of tropical cyclones on income inequality in the U.S.: An empirical analysis19
There are plenty more (sustainable) fish in the sea: A discrete choice experiment on discarded species in Italy19
Connected we stand: Lead firm ownership ties in the global petrochemical industry18
Modelling the embodied carbon cost of UK domestic building construction: Today to 205018
Are national climate change mitigation pledges shaped by citizens' mitigation preferences? Evidence from globally representative data18
Green coops: Drivers of innovation for circular strategies among Italian cooperatives18
Leveraging participation in apparel global supply chains through green industrialization strategies: Implications for low-income countries18
Editorial Board18
Risk averse policies foster bio-economic sustainability in mixed fisheries18
Did crop diversity criterion from CAP green payments affect both economic and environmental farm performances? Quasi-experimental evidence from France18
Macroeconomic impacts of water allocation under droughts. Accounting for global supply chains in a multiregional context18
Can phone text messages promote the use of integrated pest management? A study of vegetable farmers in Cambodia18
Global value chains participation and trade-induced carbon inequality: A comparative analysis of developed and developing economies18
Broadening ecological footprint and biocapacity research: A co-developed research agenda with Canadian stakeholders18
The marginal abatement cost function with secondary waste markets18
Sustainable commodity governance and the global south17
Convenient solutions, inconvenient truths – Why supermarkets will not drive food system transformation17
Editorial Board17
Do you perceive interdependencies among human activities related to water? Drivers and effects on preferences for participation and regulation17
Do forests provide watershed services for farmers in the humid tropics? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon17
Flagship species and certification types affect consumer preferences for wildlife-friendly rice labels17
Is green growth possible and even desirable in a spaceship economy?17
Compliance and cooperation in global value chains: The effects of the better cotton initiative in Pakistan and India17
Investment, insurance and weather shocks: Evidence from Cambodia17
Celso Furtado: An ecological economist?17
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