Studies and Analyses
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Governments must explain the benefits of eco taxes
He continues: “Without environmental taxes it will be much harder to meet climate targets”. Kallbekken recently completed a Ph.D. on environmental tax schemes,…
House price shocks and breaking up
A study carried out by research associate Helmut Rainer and his colleague Ian Smith concludes that unexpected downturns in the housing market can damage family…
First comprehensive “inventory” of life in Antarctica
Reporting this week in the Journal of Biogeography, the team from British Antarctic Survey and University of Hamburg, describe how they combed the land, sea…
Who gets the benefit?
Researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex used data from the British Household Panel Survey, which has…
Exposure to organochlorate pollutants and lead weakens animals bones
This work has studied the effects of lead toxicity in the long term in wild birds populations, determining how this heavy metal causes bone weakening and…
How to improve email communication
In a new article in the current issue of American Journal of Sociology authors Daniel A. Menchik and Xiaoli Tian (both of the University of Chicago) study how…