This paper explores the role and impact of low-carbon certification in a duopolistic competitive market. We establish a model considering customers' green preferences and companies' low-carbon certification decisions under different states of the certification market. Results show that: (1)...

Mechanization is expanding rapidly in developing countries. However, long-term use of agricultural machinery is projected to result in additional carbon emissions. Actually, major changes in mechanized production have already occurred, affecting agricultural systems' environmental performance....

This study aims to investigate the cross-sectional and time-series dynamics of realized Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits issued and the role of investments for a seminal sample of China's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects specializing in the wind sector. The study investigates...

For the sustainable development, enterprises are required to reduce carbon emissions while satisfying the demand for heterogeneous products. Considering the manufacturer's entry and green strategies: M&A or greenfield investment in green or non-green production, we employ an extended Hotelling...

Microbial necromass has been increasingly recognized as an important source of soil organic carbon (C). However, how nitrogen (N) addition regulates microbial necromass decomposition and the size of different necromass pools remain poorly understood. Here, via an incubation of 13 C-labeled...