In 2011, aiming to achieve sustainable development in transportation sector, the Chinese government started a pilot policy of low-carbon transportation system (LCTS). Based on the panel data for 280 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2017, we first measure carbon efficiency by using...

We provide novel empirical evidence on the association between social networks and the adoption of renewable energy technology. We distinguish between two main transmission mechanisms through which social networks can affect renewable energy technology adoption: information diffusion and social...

A variety of measures have been developed to elicit individual risk preferences. How these measures perform in the field, in particular in developing countries with non-student subjects, is still an open question. We implement an artefactual field experiment in rural China to investigate (i)...

Vehicle electrification plays a critical role in achieving a Net-Zero economy in the United States. Vehicle electrification relies on the deployment of energy infrastructure to overcome the barriers to wider adoption. Despite the rapid expansion of EV charging stations (EVCSs) in recent years,...

Accurately assessing the impacts of climate change on each economic sector is essential for designing effective climate policies. Although the impacts of climate change on the agricultural and industrial sectors have been abundantly explored, studies focusing on the service sector are still...