We study carbon reduction pledges of publicly traded U.S. oil exploration and production (E&P) companies. Of the 69 firms in the sample, 18 have committed to net-zero carbon targets, 14 have announced significant emissions cuts, while the remaining 37 firms have not announced any formal...

This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of volatility of commodity futures. The focus of this paper is on two emerging commodity markets, China and India. It covers commodity futures from different sectors, including agricultural commodity futures, metal futures and oil futures. The...

Using China's expansion of the high-speed rail system (HSR) as a quasi-natural experiment, we analyze the comprehensive vehicle registration data from 2010 to 2023 to estimate the causal impact of HSR connectivity on the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Implementing several identification...

Based on the data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2013 to 2017 and the air quality monitoring data released by the China National Environmental Monitoring Centre, this paper conducts an empirical test on the relationship between air pollution and corporate cash...

Utilizing cross-correlation-based Planar Maximally Filtered Graph, and conditional Value-at-Risk-based extreme risk spillover network approaches, we analyze the structure and dynamics of price contagion and risk transmission between different commodity groups in the global commodity futures...