This list includes a selection of the latest research on Environmental Science posted to SSRN in 2026.
Betting on Established Heuristics to Fight Climate Change: Making Emissions Binding in Energy Performance Certificates by Alexandre Garel (Audencia Business School)
Building Macroeconomically Relevant Climate Indices via the Assemblage VAR by Christophe Barrette (Bocconi University – Department of Economics), Philippe Goulet Coulombe (Université du Québec à Montréal – Département des Sciences Économiques) and Tim Reinicke (ETH Zürich – KOF Swiss Economic Institute)
Internalizing Externalities through Public Pressure: Transparency Regulation for Fracking and Water Quality by Pietro Bonetti (University of Navarra, IESE Business School), Christian Leuz (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business) and Giovanna Michelon (University of Padua)
Climate Risk and Homeowners Insurance Non-Renewals: Real Effects on Foreclosures and Local Economies by Mary Brooke Billings (New York University), Stephen G. Ryan (New York University (NYU) – Leonard N. Stern School of Business) and Han Yan (University of British Columbia (UBC) – Sauder School of Business
Declining forest structural heterogeneity triggers multi-trophic species diversity loss by Tao Wang (Xinjiang Agricultural University), Lingbo Dong (Northeast Forestry University) and Zhaogang Liu (Northeast Forestry University)
Towards an “Environmental Competition Law”? By Walid Chaiehloudj (University Côte d’Azur)
Who Pays for Growth? Evidence from Data Centers and the Grid by Robyn Meeks (Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University), Jacquelyn Pless (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Sloan School of Management), Zhiyuan Qi (North Carolina State University) and Zhenxuan Wang (North Carolina State University)
Induced Seismicity at the Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project, Alberta by James Phillip Verdon (University of Bristol), Cindy Lim (University of Bristol) and Germán Rodríguez-Pradilla (University of Bristol)
Real Problem, Misguided Fix: Insights from the EU ETS on Carbon Capture and Utilisation under Cap and Trade Systems by Claudia Günther (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Ruhr-University Bochum), Darius Sultani (Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK); University of Flensburg), Michael Pahle (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) and Andreas Löschel (Ruhr-University Bochum; University of Barcelona)
Greenwashing in Earnings Conference Calls by Luzi Hail (University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)), Shawn Kim (University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business; University of California, Berkeley – Accounting Group) and Rachel Xi Zhang (NUS Business School)
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