دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی گرایش های تحقیق در اقتصاد زیست محیطی و منابع: دیدگاه های JEEM - الزویر 2018

Abstract

This paper provides a contemporary analysis of how research issues have developed in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) over the four decades of its existence. We have classified the articles in the journal along five dimensions: content, methods, environmental media, the regional dimension of studies, and cross-cutting issues. While up to about 10 years ago, non-market valuation and cost-benefit analysis, natural resource economics, and environmental policy instruments represented the lion’s share of articles published in the journal, more recently we observe a significant shift towards a more diversified array of research areas, with climate change and energy issues finding their way into the journal. In addition, increasing methodological plurality becomes apparent, reflected in a significant shift away from economic theory and towards empirical approaches. We also analyze key distinctions between the major environmental economics journals. Finally, we analyze JEEM’s external influence on leading general economics (A+) journals. We find that that A+ citations are positively correlated with a focus on climate change economics, market-based environmental policies and policy comparisons, the use of econometric and statistical methods or experimental approaches, and negatively correlated with a focus on water pollution and other pollutants such as pesticides.

6. Conclusions

In this paper we have identified the most important trends observable in JEEM from 1974- 2014 and provided a detailed investigation of the environmental and resource economics research published by the journal in that period. The same classification scheme was also applied to the 100 most frequently cited articles in four other major journals in the subfield. Graphs and diagrams illustrate the content, research methods, environmental media, the regional dimension of the articles, and cross-cutting issues and provide insights into shifts of emphasis within each category.

The assessment points up the recent changes both in JEEM and in the environmental and resource economics field, indicating greater content diversity and a shift in research emphasis towards issues posed by climate change and energy usage. The changing complexion of methodological approaches reveals not only the increasing importance of statistical approaches and non-market valuation applications, but also the increasing popularity of experimental methods. Despite a growing focus on greenhouse gases, JEEM remains a prime discussion platform for all forms of environmental media and pollution, especially natural resources. Moreover, applications to specific regional contexts seem to have become the standard case for future research. The diffusion of environmental economics research into major general-interest economics (A+) journals and the attendant influence exercised by the characteristics of JEEM articles shows that only a small selection of factors appear to be relevant, among them climate change economics, market-based approaches and policy comparisons, econometric and statistical methods, and experimental approaches. By contrast, A+ citations are negatively correlated with a focus on water pollution and pesticides and other pollutants.