JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696)

Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics (820)

Q5 - Environmental Economics (558)

Q53 - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling (52)

Number of items at this level: 52.

Centre for Economic Performance

Bracht, Felix, Verhoeven, Dennis (2021). Air pollution and innovation. (CEP Discussion Papers 1817). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bracht, Felix, Verhoeven, Dennis (2025). Air pollution and innovation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103102

Colmer, Jonathan, Lin, Dajun, Liu, Siying, Shimshack, Jay (2020). Why are pollution damages lower in developed countries? Insights from high income, high-particulate matter Hong Kong. (CEP Discussion Papers 1702). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Colmer, Jonathan, Voorheis, John (2020). The grandkids aren't alright: the intergenerational effects of prenatal pollution exposure. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1733). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Colmer, Jonathan Mark, Evans, Mary F., Shimshack, Jay (2023). Environmental citizen complaints. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1903). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

De Haas, Ralph, Martin, Ralf, Muûls, Mirabelle, Schweiger, Helena (2022). Managerial and financial barriers during the green transition. (CEP Discussion Papers 1837). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Martin, Ralf, Muuls, Mirabelle, de Preux, Laure B., Wagner, Ulrich J. (2014). Industry compensation under relocation risk: a firm-level analysis of the EU emissions trading scheme. American Economic Review, 104(8), 2482-2508. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.8.2482

Schmitz, Tom, Colantone, Italo, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2024). Regional and aggregate economic consequences of environmental policy. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2016). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Economic History

Schneider, Eric B. (2025). Born in smog: the short- and long-run health consequences of acute air pollution exposure in historical London, 1892-1919. (Economic History Working Papers 380). London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Bromhead, Alan, Lyons, Ronan C., Ohler, Johann (2025). Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality. (Economic History Working Papers 386). London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Bromhead, Alan, Lyons, Ronan C., Ohler, Johann (2025). Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality. (CEPR Discussion Paper DP20725). CEPR Press.

Economics

Baranzini, Andrea, Carattini, Stefano, Tesauro, Linda (2021). Designing effective and acceptable road pricing schemes: evidence from the Geneva congestion charge. Environmental and Resource Economics, 79(3), 417 - 482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00564-y

Finance

Agrawal, Ashwini, Kim, Daniel (2021). Municipal bond insurance and the U.S. drinking water crisis. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 846). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Geography and Environment

Atkinson, Giles, Hamilton, Kirk (2007). Progress along the path: evolving issues in the measurement of genuine saving. Environmental and Resource Economics, 37(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-007-9114-7

Avila Uribe, Antonio (2023). The effect of air pollution on US aggregate production. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 39). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Bondy, Malvina, Roth, Sefi, Sager, Lutz (2020). Crime is in the air: the contemporaneous relationship between air pollution and crime. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 555 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1086/707127

Carozzi, Felipe, Roth, Sefi (2019). Dirty density: air quality and the density of American cities. (CEP Discussion Papers). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Carozzi, Felipe, Roth, Sefi Josef (2019). Dirty density: air quality and the density of American cities. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1635). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Carozzi, Felipe, Roth, Sefi (2023). Dirty density: air quality and the density of American cities. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102767

Dechezlepretre, Antoine, Neumayer, Eric, Perkins, Richard (2015). Environmental regulation and the cross-border diffusion of new technology: evidence from automobile patents. Research Policy, 44(1), 244-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2014.07.017

Deschenes, Olivier, Jarvis, Stephen, Jha, Akshaya, Radford, Alan D (2024). The impact of air pollution on petcare utilization. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Papers 412). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Freeman, Mark, Groom, Ben, Zechauser, Richard (2015). Refining the climate science will be essential for firms’ ability to adapt to global warming.

Ghazal, Reza, Karimi, Mohammad Sharif, Khezri, Mohsen, Javaheri, Bakhtiar, Bilan, Yuriy (2024). Unraveling the environmental Kuznets curve: the influence of economic diversity, energy efficiency, and industrial dynamics on carbon emissions in developing economies. Energy and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X241279948

Hilber, Christian A. L., Palmer, Charles (2014). Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a globalpanel of cities. (SERC Discussion Paper 169). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Jarvis, Stephen, Deschenes, Olivier, Jha, Akshaya (2022). The private and external costs of Germany’s nuclear phase-out. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(3), 1311 - 1346. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac007

Metcalfe, Robert, Roth, Sefi (2025). Making the invisible visible: the impact of revealing indoor air pollution on behavior and welfare. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Papers 422). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pinchbeck, Edward W., Roth, Sefi, Szumilo, Nikodem, Vanino, Enrico (2021). The price of indoor air pollution: evidence from risk maps and the housing market. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper Series 369). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Pinchbeck, Edward W., Roth, Sefi, Szumilo, Nikodem, Vanino, Enrico (2023). The price of indoor air pollution: evidence from risk maps and the housing market. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10(6), 1439 - 1473. https://doi.org/10.1086/725028

Provenzano, Sandro, Roth, Sefi, Sager, Lutz (2024). Air pollution and respiratory infectious diseases. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 87(5), 1127 - 1139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00858-x

Rivera, Nathaly M., Ruiz-Tagle, J. Cristobal, Spiller, Elisheba (2024). The health benefits of solar power generation: evidence from Chile. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102999

Ruiz-Tagle, Cristobal, Schueftan, Alejandra (2021). Nudging for cleaner air: experimental evidence from an RCT on wood stove usage. Environmental and Resource Economics, 79(4), 713 - 743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00582-w

Sileci, Lorenzo (2023). Carbon pricing with regressive co-benefits: evidence from British Columbia’s carbon tax. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper 405). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sinha, Avik, Schneider, Nicolas, Song, Malin, Shahzad, Umer (2022). The determinants of solid waste generation in the OECD: evidence from cross-elasticity changes in a common correlated effects framework. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106322

Grantham Research Institute

Austin, Wes, Carattini, Stefano, Gomez-Mahecha, John, Pesko, Michael F. (2023). The effects of contemporaneous air pollution on COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 119, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102815

Baranzini, Andrea, Carattini, Stefano, Tesauro, Linda (2021). Designing effective and acceptable road pricing schemes: evidence from the Geneva congestion charge. Environmental and Resource Economics, 79(3), 417 - 482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00564-y

Bowen, Alex, Forster, Piers M., Gouldson, Andrew, Hubacek, Klaus, Martin, Ralf, O'Neill, Daniel W., Rap, Alexandru, Rydge, James (2009). The implications of the economic slowdown for greenhouse gas emissions and targets. (Working Paper 11). Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy.

Bowen, Alex, Parker, Sophia (2010). Economic growth, the recession and greenhouse gas emissions. (Working paper series on analytic support for targetbased negotiations 3). Climate Strategies.

Bowen, Alex, Ranger, Nicola (2009). Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions. (Policy Brief). The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Carattini, Stefano, Baranzini, Andrea, Lalive, Rafael (2018). Is taxing waste a waste of time? Evidence from a Supreme Court decision. Ecological Economics, 148, 131-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.02.001

Chesney, Marc, Taschini, Luca (2012). The endogenous price dynamics of emission allowances and an application to CO2 option pricing. Applied Mathematical Finance, 19(5), 447-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350486X.2011.639948

Dechezlepretre, Antoine, Neumayer, Eric, Perkins, Richard (2015). Environmental regulation and the cross-border diffusion of new technology: evidence from automobile patents. Research Policy, 44(1), 244-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2014.07.017

González Dávila, Osiel, Koundouri, Phoebe, Pantelidis, Theologos, Papandreou, Andreas (2017). Do agents' characteristics affect their valuation of ‘common pool’ resources? A full-preference ranking analysis for the value of sustainable river basin management. Science of the Total Environment, 575, 1462-1469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.014

Hamilton, Kirk, Ruta, Giovanni (2016). Accounting price of an exhaustible resource: response and extensions. Environmental and Resource Economics, 68(3), 527-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-016-0030-6

Isaksen, Elisabeth, Johansen, Bjørn G. (2021). Congestion pricing, air pollution, and individual-level behavioural responses. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper 362). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Isaksen, Elisabeth Thuestad (2020). Have international pollution protocols made a difference? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102358

Pinchbeck, Edward W., Roth, Sefi, Szumilo, Nikodem, Vanino, Enrico (2021). The price of indoor air pollution: evidence from risk maps and the housing market. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper Series 369). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Ranger, Nicola, Gohar, Laila, Lowe, Jason, Bowen, Alex, Ward, Robert E. T. (2010). Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C? (Policy Brief). The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Sager, Lutz, Singer, Gregor (2023). Clean identification? The effects of the Clean Air Act on air pollution, exposure disparities and house prices. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper 376). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sileci, Lorenzo (2023). Carbon pricing with regressive co-benefits: evidence from British Columbia’s carbon tax. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper 405). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zivin, Joshua Graff, Neidell, Matthew, Sanders, Nicholas, Singer, Gregor (2021). When externalities collide: influenza and pollution. (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

LSE

Fumany, Malene, Nguyen-Tien, Viet, Li, Nanxi, Elliott, Robert J.R., Lander, Laura (2026). The EV transition: the impact of the EU battery directive on critical material supply, recycling and battery costs. Resources Policy, 112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105787

Poulsen, Taudal, Ponte, Stefano (2015). Maritime shipping must come to grips with its CO2 emissions.

Ward, Steven C. (2015). What if we turned the skills-gap debate around?

LSE Health

Commander, Simon, Nikoloski, Zlatko, Vagliasindi, Maria (2015). Estimating the size of external effects of energy subsidies. (IZA discussion paper series 8865). Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

Management

Akinsete, Ebun, Velias, Alina, Papadaki, Lydia, Chatzilazarou, Lazaros-Antonios, Koundouri, Phoebe (2025). Blending experimental economics and living laboratories in water resource management. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 17(1), 149 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-013024-033007

Greenstone, Michael, He, Guojun, Jia, Ruixue, Liu, Tong (2022). Can technology solve the principal-agent problem? Evidence from China’s war on air pollution. American Economic Review, 4(1), 54 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20200373

Methodology

Bondy, Malvina, Roth, Sefi, Sager, Lutz (2020). Crime is in the air: the contemporaneous relationship between air pollution and crime. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(3), 555 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1086/707127

de Bromhead, Alan, Lyons, Ronan C., Ohler, Johann (2025). Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality. (Economic History Working Papers 386). London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Bromhead, Alan, Lyons, Ronan C., Ohler, Johann (2025). Build better health: evidence from Ireland on housing quality and mortality. (CEPR Discussion Paper DP20725). CEPR Press.

Psychological and Behavioural Science

Akinsete, Ebun, Velias, Alina, Papadaki, Lydia, Chatzilazarou, Lazaros-Antonios, Koundouri, Phoebe (2025). Blending experimental economics and living laboratories in water resource management. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 17(1), 149 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-013024-033007

Urban and Spatial Programme

Hilber, Christian A. L., Palmer, Charles (2014). Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a globalpanel of cities. (SERC Discussion Paper 169). Spatial Economics Research Centre.