Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

For both research and practice, it is paramount to understand what, where and when agri-
environmental policies have been put in place. Here we present a database of 6,124 agri …

We conducted a nationwide field experiment in China to evaluate the direct and indirect
impacts of assigning firms to public or private citizen appeals when they violate pollution …

Green development is critical for China's economic transformation. Enhancing green total
factor energy efficiency (hereafter GTFEE) is vital to emission reduction and to win-win …

This article estimates the effect of environmental regulation on firm productivity using a
spatial regression discontinuity design implicit in China's water quality monitoring system …

The international response to climate change has been inadequate, but not zero. There are
1,800 climate change laws worldwide. We use panel data on legislative activity in 133 …

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its
election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward …

We study Brazil's recent use of satellite technology to overcome law enforcement
shortcomings resulting from weak institutional environments. DETER is a system that …

The past decade or so has seen a dramatic change in the way that economists can learn by
watching our planet from above. A revolution has taken place in remote sensing and allied …

We evaluated a program of payments for ecosystem services in Uganda that offered forest-
owning households annual payments of 70,000 Ugandan shillings per hectare if they …