Ecological Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Economics is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board428
Will adoption occur if a practice is win-win for profit and the environment? An application to a rancher's grazing practice choices324
Integrating recreational ecosystem service valuations into Israel's Water economy282
BOOK REVIEWS240
A Prospect Theory-based experimental vignette methodology for exploring rebound effects and rebound-damping interventions226
The effect of deliberate ignorance and choice procedure on pro-environmental decisions171
God did not save the kings: Environmental consequences of the 1982 Falklands War153
Carbon rotation ages and the offset measurement conundrum: An extended review130
The risks of the wrong climate policy for developing countries: Scenarios for South Africa128
Reducing fossil fuel dependency in smallholding farming in l'Horta de València, Spain: A socio-metabolic approach117
Buzzword or breakthrough beyond growth? The mainstreaming of the Wellbeing Economy110
Improving the validity and credibility of the sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services in Amman, Jordan107
Developing policy packages for low-carbon passenger transport: A mixed methods analysis of trade-offs and synergies102
Citizens' preferences and valuation of urban nature: Insights from two choice experiments95
Towards a sustainable mobility lifestyle: Exploring the flight to rail shift through model-based behavioural change scenarios93
Does recalling energy efficiency measures reduce subsequent climate-friendly behavior? An experimental study of moral licensing rebound effects92
Energy matters: Mitigating the impacts of future land expansion will require managing energy and extractive footprints91
Biological control of a parasite: The efficacy of cleaner fish in salmon farming89
Sufficiency: A systematic literature review83
Financial capital as a shaper of households' adaptive capabilities to flood risk in northern Bangladesh80
China's current carbon inequality is predominantly determined by capital disparity74
Damage costs from invasive species exceed management expenditure in nations experiencing lower economic activity73
Assessing U.S. consumers' carbon footprints reveals outsized impact of the top 1%71
Carbon inequality in global trade: Evidence from the mismatch between embodied carbon emissions and value added68
Modelling energy transition risk: The impact of declining energy return on investment (EROI)68
Potential outcomes and impacts of organic group certification in Italy: An evaluative case study66
Volatility-reducing biodiversity conservation under strategic interactions64
Valuing beyond economics: A pluralistic evaluation framework for participatory policymaking64
Quantifying the importance of farmers' behavioral factors in ex-ante assessments of policies supporting sustainable farming practices62
Climate change and species decline: Distinct sources of European consumer concern supporting more sustainable diets61
Are natural disasters stumbling blocks to carbon inequality mitigation? A global perspective60
Does corporate environmentalism affect corporate insolvency risk? The role of market power and competitive intensity58
BOOK REVIEWS57
The value of information in water quality monitoring and management57
Editorial Board56
Can payments-for-ecosystem-services change social norms?54
Linking marine habitats and economic values: A spatial scaling methodology for valuing societal benefits54
The economics of microbiodiversity53
Estimating the relationship between EROI and profitability of oil sands mining, 1997–201652
Resilience rankings and trajectories of world's countries52
Biotechnology or bioeconomy: Six of one and half a dozen of the other?51
When health-related claims impact environmental demand: Results of experimental auctions with Bordeaux wine consumers50
Closing the loop at the local scale: Investigating the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the circular economy in cities and regions50
The limits to degrowth: Economic and climatic consequences of pessimist assumptions on decoupling50
The role of physical constraints on production50
The economic values of global forest ecosystem services: A meta-analysis49
Exploring economy-wide sustainable conditions for EU bio-chemical activities49
Can carbon tariffs based on domestic embedded carbon emissions reduce more carbon leakages?48
Impact of livelihood strategies and capitals on rangeland sustainability and nomads' poverty: A counterfactual analysis in Southwest Iran48
Less and more: Conceptualising degrowth transformations47
The universal commons: An economic theory of ecosystem ownership47
The effects of the containers and packaging recycling law on the domestic recycling of plastic waste: Evidence from Japan46
Do ecological protection approaches affect total factor productivity change of cropland production in Sweden?46
Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters45
Particulate matter and COVID-19 excess deaths: Decomposing long-term exposure and short-term effects44
How does environmental regulation promote green technology innovation? Evidence from China's total emission control policy44
Social comparison feedback in decision-making context: Environmental externality levels and psychological traits matter44
Editorial Board44
Stochastic growth and regime shift risk in renewable resource management43
Preferences for drought risk adaptation support in Kenya: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment and three decision-making theories43
Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India42
Impacts of human behaviour in agri-environmental policies: How adequate is homo oeconomicus in the design of market-based conservation instruments?42
Navigating sustainable futures: The role of terminal and instrumental values42
On physical and social-cost-based CO2 equivalents for transient albedo-induced forcing41
Achieving landscape patterns for biodiversity conservation through payments for ecosystem services – Evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia41
Editorial Board41
Market knowledge as a driver of sustainable use of common-pool resources: A lab-in-the-field study among pastoralists in Ethiopia41
Ship-owner response to carbon taxes: Industry and environmental implications41
A methodological framework for understanding shared social values in deliberative valuation41
Me trying to talk about sustainability: Exploring the psychological and social implications of environmental threats through user-generated content40
Living well with the foundational economy: Assessing the spatial accessibility of foundational infrastructures in Vienna and the relationship to socio-economic status40
Unpacking the urban virtual water of the Global South: Lessons from 181 cities40
Economic losses from natural disturbances in Norway spruce forests – A quantification using Monte-Carlo simulations40
Land manager preferences for outcome-based payments for environmental services in oak savannahs40
Degrowth in a settler state: climate-just economic transitions and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada39
Inherently unstable? Scaling, mission drift, and the comparative performance of community-based platforms in the sharing economy39
Degrowth-oriented organisational value creation: A systematic literature review of case studies39
International expansion of renewable energy capacities: The role of innovation and choice of policy instruments38
BOOK REVIEWS38
Too good to be true: The inverted U-shaped relationship between home-country digitalization and environmental performance38
Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value38
The unequal exchange of air pollution and economic benefits embodied in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei's consumption38
Consumers' willingness to pay for an animal welfare food label38
Editorial Board38
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Do forest conservation policies undermine the soybean sector in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from the priority listing of municipalities36
Environmental resource extraction and poverty: Comparative evidence from rural Thailand and Vietnam36
Property value effects of the Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation in New England, U.S.A.36
The social cost of adopting a plant-based diet36
Grassland conservation supports migratory birds and produces economic benefits for the commercial beekeeping industry in the U.S. Great Plains35
Does sustainability-promoting policy making reduce our welfare?35
A discrete-time bioeconomic model of free-roaming cat management: A case study in Knox County, Tennessee35
Prosocial and financial incentives for biodiversity conservation: A field experiment using a smartphone app34
The effect of the economic cycles on material requirements: Analysing the dematerialization in developed countries34
Raising awareness of climate change: Nature, activists, politicians?33
Promoting agricultural technologies with positive environmental effects: Evidence on tree planting in Indonesia33
Climate change and reindeer herding – A bioeconomic model on the impact of climate change on harvesting profits for Saami reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden33
Permanence of PES and the role of social context in the Regional Integrated Silvo-pastoral Ecosystem Management Project in Costa Rica33
SSP economic growth projections: Major changes of key drivers in integrated assessment modelling33
How social movements contribute to staying within the global carbon budget: Evidence from a qualitative meta-analysis of case studies33
Temporary PES do not crowd out and may crowd in lab-in-the-field forest conservation in Colombia33
Economic valuation of cultural ecosystem services: The case of landscape aesthetics in the agritourism market32
Criminal enforcement and environmental performance: Evidence from China32
The accumulation and substitution effects of multi-nation certified organic and protected eco-origin food labels in China32
What are the banks doing in managing climate risk? Empirical evidence from a position map32
Framing effects in expert assessments of optimal GDP development32
Global and Local Spatial Spill-Overs: What Matters Most for the Diffusion of Organic Agriculture in Australia?32
Linking the diversity of ecologisation models to farmers' digital use profiles32
Clean air as an experience good in urban China32
Co-benefits of a flexitarian diet for air quality and human health in Europe32
Ambient air pollution-related environmental inequality and environmental dissimilarity in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland31
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
The Sustainable Development Goals as new business norms: A survey experiment on stakeholder preferences31
Integrating modelling-based and stakeholder-focused scenario approaches to close the planning gap and accelerate low-carbon transitions31
Genetically engineered varieties and applied pesticide toxicity in U.S. maize and soybeans: Heterogeneous and evolving impacts30
The effect of flood mitigation spending on flood damage: Accounting for dynamic feedback30
The impact of information asymmetry on animal welfare-friendly consumption: Evidence from milk market in Japan30
Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?30
The impact of timber regulations on timber and timber product trade30
How to estimate whether preferential trade agreements contribute to international environmental impact shifting. A new methodology and empirical illustration for Switzerland29
Do people think they have enough? A subjective income sufficiency assessment29
Editorial Board29
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
Climate change and its impact on home insurance uptake in Australia28
The environmental benefits of grassroots cooperatives in agriculture28
First-degree price discrimination water bank to reduce reacquisition costs and enhance economic efficiency in agricultural water buyback28
Bioeconomic markets based on the use of native species (NS) in Brazil28
Carbon pricing of basic materials: Incentives and risks for the value chain and consumers28
Tropical mixed-species plantations can outperform monocultures in terms of carbon sequestration and economic return28
Saving the world voluntarily: Experimental evidence of gain-loss framing on voluntary pro-environmental behavior28
Water as driver of economic capacity: Introducing a physical economic model28
Willingness to reduce travel consumption to support a low-carbon transition beyond COVID-1927
The natural assurance value of nature-based solutions: A layered institutional analysis of socio ecological systems for long term climate resilient transformation27
How to design publicly acceptable road pricing? Experimental insights from Switzerland27
Temperature and life satisfaction: Evidence from Chinese older adults27
Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Forest Management: Evidence from an Experimental Study in Tajikistan27
Measuring the economic value of urban river restoration27
Multinational dynamic steel cycle analysis reveals sequential decoupling between material use and economic growth27
Toxic pollution and poverty: Economic impacts of lead (Pb) exposure on household welfare in Zambia26
Confronting the dilemma of growth. A response to26
Mediation and moderation roles of resilience capacity in the shock–food-security nexus in northern Ghana26
GEM: A short “Growth-vs-Environment” Module for survey research26
The income inequality-CO2 emissions nexus: Transmission mechanisms26
Understanding determinants of the intention to buy rhino horn in Vietnam through the Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour26
Untangling the underlying drivers of the use of single-use food packaging26
The Effect of Gain-loss Framing on Climate Policy Preferences26
Has Central Government Environmental Protection Interview Improved Air Quality in China?26
Economic activity and distribution of an invasive species: Evidence from night-time lights satellite imagery data26
Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes: Corrigendum25
What determines consumers' use of eco-labels? Taking a close look at label trust25
The command paradox: Unraveling the impact of command-and-control water conservation policies on water-use technical efficiency25
Rising inequality: A material perspective on the Great Recession in the European Union25
Indigenous people's perceptions of benefits and costs of China's second phase of the grain for green program and the influencing factors25
Assessing the regime-switching role of risk mitigation measures on agricultural vulnerability: A threshold analysis24
BOOK REVIEWS24
Durability standards and clothing libraries for strengthening sustainable clothing markets24
Innovative fire policy in the Amazon: A statistical Hicks-Kaldor 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
Bird feeding and biodiversity: The decline of the Willow Tit24
How do nature governance rules affect compliance decisions? An experimental analysis24
Carbon footprint tracking apps: The spillover effects of feedback and goal-activating appeals24
Editorial Board24
Vietnam's Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services scheme's puzzling role in protecting longstanding forests as deforestation rates rise23
Harnessing natural attenuation to reduce CAFOs nitrate emissions: An integrated modeling approach23
Targeting socioeconomic transformations to achieve global sustainability23
Deepgrowth: Self-transformation towards harmonious being23
Internet use, natural resource extraction and poverty reduction in rural Thailand23
The governance of agricultural lands in marginal areas: A conceptual framework23
Community-level economic impacts of a change in TAC for Alaska fisheries: A multi-regional framework assessment23
Knowledge spillovers between clean and dirty technologies: Evidence from the patent citation network23
Is there a trade-off between human well-being and ecological footprint in European countries?23
Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives23
Ratcheting up private standards by exploiting coopetition: The curious case of RSPO’s adoption of zero-deforestation criteria22
Editorial Board22
Property values and cyanobacterial algal blooms: Evidence from satellite monitoring of Inland Lakes22
Valuing Recreation in Italy's Protected Areas Using Spatial Big Data22
A Global Survey of Scientific Consensus and Controversy on Instruments of Climate Policy22
Offsetting schemes and ecological taxes for wind power production22
Motivational levers for the preservation of an intergenerational common resource: An experiment22
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
An energy-based macroeconomic model validated by global historical series since 182022
Changes in household recycling behavior: Evidence from panel data22
Procedural climate justice: Conceptualizing a polycentric solution to a global problem22
Reframing vulnerability and resilience to climate change through the lens of capability generation22
Heterogeneity, spillovers and eco-efficiency of European industries under different pollutants’ scenarios. Is there a definite direction?22
Carbon footprint information, prices, and restaurant wine choices by customers: A natural field experiment22
An assessment of the distributional impacts of autonomous adaptation to climate change from European agriculture21
Payment for environmental services to reduce deforestation: Do the positive effects last?21
Assessing the heterogeneity of public acceptability for mangrove restoration through a choice experiment21
Charismatic species, matching, and demographics in conservation donations: An experimental investigation21
Is social capital a driver of the green transition in the European Union?21
After the storm: Environmental tragedy and sustainable mobility21
Coordinating on good and bad outcomes in threshold games – Evidence from an artefactual field experiment in Cambodia21
Valuing coastal fisheries and seagrasses: A case study of estuarine resources on Florida's Nature Coast21
Consequences of ecological aggregation in general equilibrium analysis of perturbed ecosystems21
Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: Opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health20
Assessing the economic impacts of forest certification in Spain: A longitudinal study20
There are plenty more (sustainable) fish in the sea: A discrete choice experiment on discarded species in Italy20
Wait and see? Public preferences for the temporal effectiveness of coastal protection20
Global value chains participation and trade-induced carbon inequality: A comparative analysis of developed and developing economies20
Optimal post-border surveillance against invasive pests to protect a valuable nature reserve and island asset20
Re-investigating the shared responsibility for trade-embodied carbon emissions20
Beyond institutional bricolage: An ‘intertwining approach’ to understanding the transition towards agroecology in Peru20
Can monetized carbon information increase pro-environmental behavior? Experimental evidence20
Can phone text messages promote the use of integrated pest management? A study of vegetable farmers in Cambodia20
Carbon Giants: Exploring the Top 100 Industrial CO2 Emitters in the EU20
The impact of tropical cyclones on income inequality in the U.S.: An empirical analysis20
Changing the understanding of crop production: Integrating ecosystem services into the production function20
Modelling the embodied carbon cost of UK domestic building construction: Today to 205020
Pests, wind and fire: A multi-hazard risk review for natural disturbances in forests20
From participation to commitment in silvopastoral programmes: Insights from Chiapas, Mexico19
Connected we stand: Lead firm ownership ties in the global petrochemical industry19
Improving acceptance of natural capital accounting in land use decision making: Barriers and opportunities19
Editorial Board19
Green coops: Drivers of innovation for circular strategies among Italian cooperatives19
Nudges and compensation: Evaluating experimental evidence on controlling rice straw burning19
Leveraging participation in apparel global supply chains through green industrialization strategies: Implications for low-income countries19
Trends in national biodiversity footprints of land use19
Does drought increase carbon emissions? Evidence from Southwestern China19
Are national climate change mitigation pledges shaped by citizens' mitigation preferences? Evidence from globally representative data19
Did crop diversity criterion from CAP green payments affect both economic and environmental farm performances? Quasi-experimental evidence from France19
Why and when do reserves estimates in mining change and innovations take place?19
Algae-Based Two-Stage Supply Chain with Co-Products19
Macroeconomic impacts of water allocation under droughts. Accounting for global supply chains in a multiregional context19
Two currencies – Rethinking energy and the economy19
Risk averse policies foster bio-economic sustainability in mixed fisheries19
Water markets and water rebounds: China's water rights trading policy19
Opposite ethical views converge under the threat of catastrophic climate change18
Celso Furtado: An ecological economist?18
Broadening ecological footprint and biocapacity research: A co-developed research agenda with Canadian stakeholders18
Investment, insurance and weather shocks: Evidence from Cambodia18
How the energy procurement switching strategies (driven by the Russia-Ukraine conflict) impact the global sustainability? The global sustainability dashboard18
Editorial Board18
Do you perceive interdependencies among human activities related to water? Drivers and effects on preferences for participation and regulation18
A comprehensive socio-economic assessment of EU climate policy pathways18
Financial profitability of diversified farming systems: A global meta-analysis18
Obituary: Clement Allan Tisdell (1939–2022) – An ecological economist in mind, heart and soul18
Editorial Board18
Sustainable commodity governance and the global south18
Collaborative governance as a means of navigating the uncertainties of sustainability transformations: The case of Finnish food packaging18
Tracing carbon footprints to intermediate industries in the United Kingdom17
Ecological design of a production plant17
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