Energy Economics

1979 - 2026

Continuation of Journal of Energy Finance & Development.

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Volume 154, issue C, 2026

The role of household and community infrastructures in mitigating energy poverty in Africa: Between and within urban and rural areas

Huijoo Shon and Heerae Lee

Price vs policy: The impact of cost uncertainty on decarbonization pathways

Nathan de Matos and Madeleine McPherson

Robust functional principal component analysis for detecting anomalous behaviors in electricity markets

Mara Sabina Bernardi, Andrea Cerasa, Luigi Grossi and Fany Nan

Green bubbles: A four-stage paradigm for detection and propagation

Gian Luca Vriz and Luigi Grossi

Firm climate investment: A glass half-full

Prachi Srivastava, Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Gregory Thwaites and Ivan Yotzov

Revisiting the Last Mile: The development effects of a mass electrification program in Kenya

Dana Kassem, Giulia Zane and Eustace Uzor

Can policy achieve environmental improvement? Evidence from the whole county photovoltaic project in China

Wanhai You, Chenyao Fang, Yawei Guo and Shijing Nan

Sentiments and risks: A spillover tale under climate policy uncertainty

Yingying Huang, Weizhong Liang, Kun Duan, Mamata Parhi and Tapas Mishra

Distributional impacts of heterogenous carbon prices in the EU

Magnus Merkle and Geoffroy Dolphin

Economic emission dispatching strategy considering dynamic parameter effects: A novel approach based on projection neural networks and deep learning

Xueying Liu, You Zhao and Xing He

Strategic sector coupling? Market power in heat and power markets

Afzal S. Siddiqui and Sebastian Maier

Market structure and technology adoption in renewable energy

Gaurav Doshi and Sarah Johnston

Time segmentation in tanker freight markets: The role of risk and relative freight rates in switching decisions

Manolis G. Kavussanos, Moysiadou, Stergiani (Stella) A. and Dimitris A. Tsouknidis

Energy bill pressure stimulates investment intentions primarily for high-socioeconomic households in Australia

Rohan Best, Madeline Taylor, Raúl Gutiérrez-Alvarez and David Parra

A data-driven merit order: Learning a fundamental electricity price model

Paul Ghelasi and Florian Ziel

Decomposing return and volatility connectedness in Northwest European natural gas markets: Evidence from the R2 connectedness approach

Markos Farag and Oliver Ruhnau

NIMBY-ism and green energy infrastructure: A strategic risk disclosure approach

Liukai Yu, Mark Goh and Junjun Zheng

Measuring energy resilience via risk absorption: High-frequency evidence from China

Liangpeng Wu, Xinlei Feng, Xiaoyong Zhou, Qingyuan Zhu and Dequn Zhou

Assessing the effect of climate policy uncertainty on corporate carbon cost leadership strategy: Evidence from China

Zhongzhu Chu, Weijie Tan, Boru Ren and Zhiyi Xia

Research on the impact of ultra-high voltage transmission on urban carbon neutral technology innovation: An empirical test based on double machine learning method

Dongri Han, Ruiqi Wang, Yijia Yuan and Deheng Xiao

Spatial and socioeconomic factors of distributed photovoltaic generation in Minas Gerais

Guilherme Perobelli Salgueiro, Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Edson Paulo Domingues and Victor Eduardo de Melo Valério

The power of storytelling: How green narratives shape urban green innovation

Yajing Chen, Gaoxiang Xu, Yutian Shan, Yushan Wei, Saiquan Hu and Jie She

Energy transforming like China: the emission reduction effects of renewable energy development and its cost-benefit analysis

Beibei Shi, Guiyi Zhu, Renjie Zhang, Nan Li and Anders Ekeland

Automated monitoring and air pollution in border regions

Xin Jin and Yang Gao

Effects of basin ecological compensation policies in China: Insights from policy design differences

Lei Zhou, Shaoxin Hong and Siyan Su

User-centric design for energy service apps: Integrating expectations disconfirmation and innovation theories

Atanu Manna, Debarun Chakraborty and Nicholas Apergis

Is flexible plug-in electric vehicle charging an attractive investment? Evidence from implicit discount rate estimation

Brian Fowler, Steven van Passel, Pieter Valkering and Sebastien Lizin

Can photovoltaic poverty alleviation reduce multidimensional energy poverty? Evidence from 1928 counties in China

Yang Zhou, Peixuan Li, Mengmin Sun and Wenjia Tan

How does urban agglomeration contribute to achieving carbon reduction targets? Evidence from an HSR-weighting spatial DID approach

Ying Wang, Honghong Wei and Andreas Kontoleon

The income threshold of household carbon emissions: Nonlinear growth and decoupling challenges

Yuedong Xiao, Wenling Liu, Lei Gao, Fengtai Zhang, Yulin Zhu and Xueyang Wang

Unlocking financial inclusion through solar technology adoption in Malawi

Congyi Dai, Ryan McCord, Katerina B. Beach, Andrea Mahieu, Thabbie Chilongo, Charles Jumbe and Pamela Jagger

When carbon policy meets sulfur policy: How environmental policy portfolios enhance green productivity in Chinese cities

Bin Tan and Ning Zhang

The unintended consequences of the area-based evaluation mechanism reform on green innovation: Evidence from highly polluting firms in China

Guifeng Shi and Yiyang Xi

From demand deficit to development strategy: Navigating mini-grid viability in a fragile context11The research was funded by Research Foundation Flanders (EOS Project 30,784,531; postdoctoral scholarship 12W8320N; research project G029321N) and the University of Antwerp's Research Fund (DOCPRO – BOF scholarship FFB190256). Permission to conduct the research was granted by the University of Antwerp's Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities (Ref. Nr. SHW_19_03). We are grateful to the enumerators who conducted the surveys: Asifiwe Lyliane Celestine, Baibone Emmanuel Fitina, Baranywera Isidore Kadurha, Byeka Ines Musa, Cimanga Alice Munyerenkana, Hangi Eric Kapitula, Kahambu Blandine Kikwaya, Kanduki Anicet Mumbere, Lobo Jean Jacques Dundji, Lulimwabakulu Alexis Mukangahe, M'lugeshe Christelle Kabakaba, Mapendo Rosette Kavira, Muderhwa Jordan Muhuhu, Mugheni Elvire Safi, Mugisho Gabriel Dunia, Muhindo Pristley, Mukungerwa Fidele Kasereka, Mulindwa Clairice Kahunga, Mungu-riek Merveille Lydia, Musivirwa Rachel Zawadi, Mutaka Gratieux Shashi, Mwachigila Alphonse Kasongo, Namegabe Patrick Mugisho, Nobikana Micheline, Ombeni Moise, Shashi Gracieux, Simbyliabo Micheline Nobikana, Siwatula Justin Kitsa, Sunama Maombi Muhindo, Unyerto William Uuci, Vwira Pacifique, Zihalirwa Patrick Batumike. We further thank Virunga Foundation and Virunga Energies for their collaboration, in particular Guershom Akimili, Ephrem Balole, Josue Duha, Audacieux Kaota, Emmanuel de Merode, Didon Musubao, Gracieux Mutaka, Simon Standaert, and Pavel Stogornyuk. We thank Jean-Benoit Falisse, Kamala Kaghoma, Olivier Sterck, and Steven Van Passel for their valuable feedback and comments. We offer our sincerest gratitude to the Congolese respondents for their willingness to share information. This research would not have been possible without their participation. All errors and opinions expressed remain ours

Elie Lunanga, Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten and Sébastien Desbureaux

Retraction notice to “Alleviating the rural household energy poverty in China: The role of digital economy” [Energy Economics 142 (2025) 108160]

Haijie Wang, Tong Yan, Rongbing Huang and Junsong Gao

Do decarbonization policies work? Evidence from a global meta-analysis

Weimin Zhang, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Cutler Cleveland

Hierarchy in green: Subordinate executives and eco-innovation dynamics

Millie Liew, Zhuo Li and June Cao

Trade, finance, and the environment: The effects of green trade financing on carbon emissions

Jin Sun, Kamiar Mohaddes and Meng Cai

Electric vehicle adoption and energy prices: Empirical evidence from four Nordic countries

Xiao-Bing Zhang, Jiayi Xu, Ying Zheng, Ramazan Sari and Yanlai Chu

Climate policy and firm cross-regional investment: Evidence from China

Jian Xu and Dongmin Kong

Supply chain hotspot analysis of the Nexus between energy costs and CO2 emissions: Evidence from Japan

Aoi Tsukioka

A pathway towards energy transition: Urbanization and clean fuel adoption in Chinese homes

Han Yan

Why regulations fail? Environmental regulations, bargaining power, and strategic-political CSR in China

Qisheng Jiang, Pengcheng Tang, Chao Wang and Xinyuan Peng

Carbon–agriculture market connectedness under the EU ETS: Evidence on sectoral heterogeneity and market states

Kejia Yan and Boqiang Lin

Volume 153, issue C, 2026

Energy market connectedness: A tale of two crises

Ailie Charteris, Lidia Obojska, Jan Jakub Szczygielski and Janusz Brzeszczyński

Corrigendum to ‘Do uncertainties affect clean energy markets? Comparisons from a multi-frequency and multi-quantile framework’ [Energy Economics Volume 121, May 2023, 106679]

Yiying Li, Cheng Yan and Xiaohang Ren

Russian oil exports under international sanctions

Tania Babina, Benjamin Hilgenstock, Oleg Itskhoki, Maxim Mironov, Elina Ribakova and Nataliia Shapoval

Mitigating carbon leakage under the EU ETS: How does State Aid for Indirect Emission Costs affect firm profits?

Carlotta Masciandaro, Michaela Kesina and Machiel Mulder

Fuel price shocks and inflation dynamics in Lebanon

Mohamad Karaki and Jana El Chaar

What drives disparities in the diffusion of residential PV and battery systems? A spatial econometric analysis in the context of dynamic regulatory arrangements

Gianmarco Aniello

The impact of artificial intelligence on energy resilience: Empirical evidence from China

Kunlu Zhou, Yuanhong Liu, Qidong Liao and Jiuping Xu

Retraction notice to ‘Co-movement between dirty and clean energy: A time-frequency perspective’ [Energy Economics 119 (2023) 106565]

Saqib Farid, Sitara Karim, Muhammad A. Naeem, Rabindra Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb

Retraction notice to “Corrigendum to “Green energy policies and energy poverty in Europe: Assessing low carbon dependency and energy productivity”” [Energy Economics 144 (2025) 108356]

Gonzalo H. Soto and Xavier Martinez-Cobas

Corrigendum to “Transition risk beyond carbon intensity” [Energy Economics Volume 151, (2025), 108913]

Tatiana Evdokimova and Laurent Millischer

Trade liberalization, factor network association, and energy poverty

Guoxiang Li, Ningyu Zhang, Shangze Dai, Xiangzheng Deng, Xue-Li Chen, Yanzi Guo and Malin Song

Average incremental cost pricing in electricity auctions

Nicolas Stevens, O’Neill, Richard and Anthony Papavasiliou

Critical peak pricing and firm's asset efficiency: A double machine learning study with China's new energy manufacturing industry

Yanhong Zhan, Chuanwang Sun and Mengjie Xu

Social norms and international environmental agreements: A natural solution to environmental problems?

Simone Marsiglio and Nahid Masoudi

Weathering the storm: How does firm oil price uncertainty exposure impact green innovation in times of geopolitical tensions

Kai Huang, Jing Chi, Jing Liao and Mui Kuen Yuen

Securing public support for fuel subsidy reform: Experimental and policymaker insights from Malaysia

Preethika Bharadwaj and Stefania Innocenti

Electric vehicle charging costs and power losses under the energy price crisis: shifting dynamics in Norway

Fabian Brockmann and Mario Guajardo

Market integration across green, energy and carbon markets in emerging economies

Mahender Yadav, Albert Danso, Emmanuel Adu-Ameyaw, Annu Yadav, Agyenim Boateng and Mohit Saini

The global geopolitical-energy uncertainty index and total factor productivity: New evidence from firm-level analysis

Tam Hoang Nhat Dang, Faruk Balli, Hatice Ozer Balli, Mei Qiu and Hannah Nguyen

Automation from fires: Evidence from China

Weibing Li and Mingyang Li

The economic impact of power outages in developing countries: A quasi-experimental analysis

Manuel A. Zambrano-Monserrate

Investing in carbon transportation under volume uncertainty and scaling flexibility

Sveinung Andersen, Verena Hagspiel, Carlos Oliveira and Jan Magnus Røsbjørgen

Informed trading and the fossil fuel industry's influence over UN climate meetings

Xiaoyan Chen, Xin Ling, Martina Linnenluecke, Mona Mashhadi Rajabi and Tom Smith

Product life cycle environmental regulation and corporate carbon emissions: Quasi-natural experiment from extended producer responsibility system

Yaohui Jiang and Xuanhao Zhang

How do two-way contracts-for-difference affect futures markets? A novel modelling approach of futures market liquidity

Fabian Wagner, Malte Jansen and Lena Kitzing

Subsidies and rebound effect with incomplete carbon pricing: An application to biogas and livestock

Guy Meunier and Victor Besnier

Estimating the impact of PM2.5 on solar power with machine learning: Evidence from South Korea

Gordon Euhyun Moon and Moon Joon Kim

Trading characteristics of emissions trading scheme and carbon emission reduction efficiency: Evidence from China

Jiangyuan Li, Tao Ding, Ruipeng Tan and Liang Liang

Income distribution effect of energy marketization reform: Evidence from Chinese enterprises and regions

Wei Dou, Shengling Zhang, Zihao Wu, Ruibing Ji and Yu Hao

Beyond the linear: Green technology innovation, moderators, and global value chain upgrading

Jihong Duan, Yan Li, Wenming Shi and Kaiyao Wu

A mean reverting affine GARCH model for commodities

Marcos Escobar-Anel, Kaize Pan and Lars Stentoft

Nonlinear temperature sensitivity of residential electricity demand: Evidence from a distributional regression approach

Kyungsik Nam and Won-Ki Seo

Carbon costs and industrial firm performance: Evidence from international microdata

Arjan Trinks and Erik Hille

The theory of storage in a power system with stochastic demand

Darryl Biggar and Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh

Solar electricity without solar panels: Changes in consumption behavior due to community solar programs

Cha, Min-kyeong (Min) and Daniel Matisoff

Electricity access and economic development: Leveraging climate finance in sub-Saharan Africa11The authors thank Florence Jaumotte, Eva Jenkner, Catherine Pattillo, Hugo Rojas-Romagosa, Antonio Spilimbergo and Nico Valckx for valuable comments. The views expressed here are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the International Monetary Fund, its Executive Board, or its management

Thibault Lemaire, Andrea Medici, Giovanni Melina, Gregor Schwerhoff and Sneha Thube

Green innovation in the face of external uncertainty: Insights from US climate policies

Yong Jiang, Tony Klein, Yi-Shuai Ren and Yuan-Kun Xiong

Corrigendum to “The stochastic behavior of electricity prices under scrutiny: Evidence from spot and futures markets” [Energy Economics, 144, April 2025, 108296]

Jean-François Bégin, Fabio Gómez, Katja Ignatieva and Han Li

How do decarbonization policies affect a firm's financial performance? Evidence from emergent economies

Nicolae Stef and Sami Ben Jabeur

The effect of external assurance on corporate carbon disclosures: Empirical evidence from Europe

Georgios Papadopoulos

Deployment of China's hydrogen production with loose or tight carbon-reduction paths

Liang Gui, Xingrong Zhao, Hongtao Ren and Tieju Ma

The economics of negative price phenomenon in renewable-integrated electricity markets

Nima Rafizadeh

Price response in residential electricity demand: Evidence from Danish smart meter data

Per Andersen and Alexander Dietrich

Navigating green innovation: The role of carbon regulation and green finance in corporate strategy

Qingying Zheng, Handan Li, Guochao Bu and Hongxun Liu

The predictive effects of Fintech-ESG dynamic interdependence: A global perspective on Cleantech energy transition risk

Martin Enilov, Edna Delantar and Mamata Parhi

Does green finance ensure energy security while achieving low-carbon transformation of listed electricity firms? Evidence from China

Jin Wang, Bin Ye, Zhaoxuan He, Hongjiang Pu, Bin Su and Yaqi Lu

Green transformation in the era of intelligence: How artificial intelligence affects disruptive green innovation in firms

Jie Chen, Lisha Yang and Huahuang Su

Interactions between multiple environmental markets: addressing contamination bias in overlapping policies

Tiantian Yang and Richard Tol

Intertemporal hedging and the carbon beta premium: Insights from Chinese corporate bonds

Wei Wan, Chien-Chiang Lee and Hao Liu

Optimal flexible power deployment strategies in China considering the emission trading system

Zhiwei Liu and Boqiang Lin

From synergy to spread: How environmental regulation is helping Chinese firms achieve low-carbon expansion — and take their supply chains with them

An Pan, Puyu Mi and Xunpeng Shi

Complexity analysis of automotive supply chains considering online reputation under dual policies

Xiaobin Wang, Abudureheman Kadeer and Huanying He

Carbon price volatility in the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme

Yudou Yang, Le Wen, Basil Sharp and Sholeh Maani

Nowcasting Italian industrial production: The predictive role of lubricant oils

Marco Fruzzetti and Tiziano Ropele

Multi-agent collaboration-driven energy structure transition: A quadripartite evolutionary game analysis framework integrating carbon, electricity, and green certificate markets

Yue Wang, Bangjun Wang and Linyu Cui