出版者・発行元：Cities  

This study examines the impact of migration between urban and rural areas on well-being, with a focus on overall life satisfaction and domain-specific satisfaction. Although previous research has established that migration to areas with declining population often reduces subjective well-being, little is known about how such urban-rural migration affects satisfaction across specific life domains. Using data from an online survey conducted among individuals in Japan, we find that migration to urban areas improves overall life satisfaction, resulting in a 7.39 % higher life satisfaction compared to those who remain in rural areas. Additionally, such migration increases satisfaction in domains including jobs and wages, childcare, elderly care, and opportunities to meet people. In contrast, migration to rural areas does not improve well-being in domains such as environmental, security, and community satisfaction, which is hypothesized as advantages of migration to rural areas. Contrary to the common belief that people staying in rural areas have lower satisfaction with education and health than urban migrants, our findings reveal no significant disparity in these domains. By shedding light on domain-specific satisfaction, overall, our findings highlight the pronounced benefits of migration to urban areas. These results underscore the urgency for rural areas to improve their standards in these key domains to ensure long-term sustainability.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106056

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出版者・発行元：Cities  

This study examines the impact of migration between urban and rural areas on well-being, with a focus on overall life satisfaction and domain-specific satisfaction. Although previous research has established that migration to areas with declining population often reduces subjective well-being, little is known about how such urban-rural migration affects satisfaction across specific life domains. Using data from an online survey conducted among individuals in Japan, we find that migration to urban areas improves overall life satisfaction, resulting in a 7.39 % higher life satisfaction compared to those who remain in rural areas. Additionally, such migration increases satisfaction in domains including jobs and wages, childcare, elderly care, and opportunities to meet people. In contrast, migration to rural areas does not improve well-being in domains such as environmental, security, and community satisfaction, which is hypothesized as advantages of migration to rural areas. Contrary to the common belief that people staying in rural areas have lower satisfaction with education and health than urban migrants, our findings reveal no significant disparity in these domains. By shedding light on domain-specific satisfaction, overall, our findings highlight the pronounced benefits of migration to urban areas. These results underscore the urgency for rural areas to improve their standards in these key domains to ensure long-term sustainability.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106056

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable Cities and Society  

We explore the long-term impact of railway infrastructure on air pollution by examining Japan's railway network expansion over a 25-year period. Using Difference-in-Differences, regression analysis with market access, and instrumental variables strategies, we identify a causal link between railway development and improved air quality. Our findings show that railway expansion significantly reduces Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) by 9.576% to 21.65% and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<inf>2</inf>) by 1.401% to 1.546%. Results also indicate increased ridership and a shift towards railways following these expansions. Improved air quality translates to health benefits valued between 98.271 and 161.515 million USD, or approximately 1.426% to 2.342% of total construction costs. The most significant improvements are seen in areas with initially high SPM levels, with diminishing benefits noted further from central business districts. Our simulations suggest that the benefits of railway expansions will persist, advocating for continued development of railway networks as a sustainable strategy for environmental and public health enhancement.

DOI： 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106408

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable Cities and Society  

We explore the long-term impact of railway infrastructure on air pollution by examining Japan's railway network expansion over a 25-year period. Using Difference-in-Differences, regression analysis with market access, and instrumental variables strategies, we identify a causal link between railway development and improved air quality. Our findings show that railway expansion significantly reduces Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) by 9.576% to 21.65% and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<inf>2</inf>) by 1.401% to 1.546%. Results also indicate increased ridership and a shift towards railways following these expansions. Improved air quality translates to health benefits valued between 98.271 and 161.515 million USD, or approximately 1.426% to 2.342% of total construction costs. The most significant improvements are seen in areas with initially high SPM levels, with diminishing benefits noted further from central business districts. Our simulations suggest that the benefits of railway expansions will persist, advocating for continued development of railway networks as a sustainable strategy for environmental and public health enhancement.

DOI： 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106408

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology  

Prior research documents strong associations between social support and having an intimate friend with improved health and well-being outcomes, with most of the evidence based on data from the U.S. However, less is known about how these indicators of having close social connections differ across countries and across demographic groups within those different countries. The development of targeted, culturally appropriate interventions around close social connections requires understanding how they vary across countries and demographic groups. This study presents an in-depth, cross-national exploration of social support and having an intimate friend and its variations across key demographic groups. Using a diverse and international dataset of 202,898 individuals from 22 countries, this paper examines relationships between levels of social support, having an intimate friend, and key demographics, including: age, gender, marital status, employment status, education, and immigration status. The descriptive results present the ordered means of social support and the ordered proportion of having an intimate friend across countries. Globally, most people report having an intimate friend (84%) and people who will help them (7.4 on scale of 0–10), both of which, however, vary greatly across countries, and highlight who does not. They also vary greatly, overall, by employment status, educational level, and religious service attendance. This work illuminates the distributions and descriptive statistics of social support and having an intimate friend across these demographic features and offers insight into country-specific variations that lay a valuable foundation for future investigations into sociocultural influences that might shape close social connections.

DOI： 10.1007/s41042-025-00226-0

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出版者・発行元：Environmental Challenges  

Although Japan's forests cover approximately two-thirds of its land area and offer potential for improved management, new large-scale afforestation efforts face substantial constraints, highlighting the need for alternative methods to enhance soil organic carbon. This study investigates whether planting turf and clover beneath solar panels can increase soil carbon and reduce erosion. Over two years in Okayama Prefecture, seeds and a binder solution containing fiber and fertilizer were applied to bare ground. While three measurement methods were tested, the loss on ignition method was selected for its simplicity. Analysis at 24 sampling sites revealed measurable carbon gains in the surface soil, estimated at approximately 3.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year. These findings suggest that under-panel vegetation could be a viable option for climate mitigation in Japan's constrained land-use context.

DOI： 10.1016/j.envc.2025.101153

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology  

Prior research documents strong associations between social support and having an intimate friend with improved health and well-being outcomes, with most of the evidence based on data from the U.S. However, less is known about how these indicators of having close social connections differ across countries and across demographic groups within those different countries. The development of targeted, culturally appropriate interventions around close social connections requires understanding how they vary across countries and demographic groups. This study presents an in-depth, cross-national exploration of social support and having an intimate friend and its variations across key demographic groups. Using a diverse and international dataset of 202,898 individuals from 22 countries, this paper examines relationships between levels of social support, having an intimate friend, and key demographics, including: age, gender, marital status, employment status, education, and immigration status. The descriptive results present the ordered means of social support and the ordered proportion of having an intimate friend across countries. Globally, most people report having an intimate friend (84%) and people who will help them (7.4 on scale of 0–10), both of which, however, vary greatly across countries, and highlight who does not. They also vary greatly, overall, by employment status, educational level, and religious service attendance. This work illuminates the distributions and descriptive statistics of social support and having an intimate friend across these demographic features and offers insight into country-specific variations that lay a valuable foundation for future investigations into sociocultural influences that might shape close social connections.

DOI： 10.1007/s41042-025-00226-0

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出版者・発行元：Environmental Challenges  

Although Japan's forests cover approximately two-thirds of its land area and offer potential for improved management, new large-scale afforestation efforts face substantial constraints, highlighting the need for alternative methods to enhance soil organic carbon. This study investigates whether planting turf and clover beneath solar panels can increase soil carbon and reduce erosion. Over two years in Okayama Prefecture, seeds and a binder solution containing fiber and fertilizer were applied to bare ground. While three measurement methods were tested, the loss on ignition method was selected for its simplicity. Analysis at 24 sampling sites revealed measurable carbon gains in the surface soil, estimated at approximately 3.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year. These findings suggest that under-panel vegetation could be a viable option for climate mitigation in Japan's constrained land-use context.

DOI： 10.1016/j.envc.2025.101153

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the agenda for future development, with economic, environmental, and social sustainability as the three pillars of sustainability. Achieving the SDGs requires understanding the combined impact of current policies over time. The Inclusive Wealth (IW) Index integrates economic, environmental, and social dimensions, providing a comprehensive tool for assessing sustainability at the regional level. However, its use in forecasting future sustainability trends is limited, restricting its applicability in guiding long-term policy development. Developing countries, particularly those reliant on coal-fired power generation, face the dual challenges of promoting economic growth while mitigating the impacts of climate change. Renewable energy (RE) offers a potential solution to reduce carbon emissions, but it also presents economic and infrastructural challenges. This study proposes a new framework that combines the computable general equilibrium and Greenhouse Gas-Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies models to estimate future sustainability under the IW framework, focusing on RE development, air pollution alleviation, and carbon emission abatement. Using Shandong Province as a case study, the framework provides a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of RE development on the economy, carbon damage, and health capital. Our results indicate that carbon pricing can increase reliance on electricity transmission for the low-carbon transition, while local RE replaces local thermal power to some extent. The findings show that the development of RE and domestic electricity transmission positively impacts GDP, air pollution alleviation, carbon abatement, and human health capital, which can be further accelerated by carbon tax policies. The co-benefit of air pollution reduction and carbon abatement provides valuable insights for policymakers, suggesting that policies promoting energy structural shifts may be beneficial for sustainable development.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-025-01686-8

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the agenda for future development, with economic, environmental, and social sustainability as the three pillars of sustainability. Achieving the SDGs requires understanding the combined impact of current policies over time. The Inclusive Wealth (IW) Index integrates economic, environmental, and social dimensions, providing a comprehensive tool for assessing sustainability at the regional level. However, its use in forecasting future sustainability trends is limited, restricting its applicability in guiding long-term policy development. Developing countries, particularly those reliant on coal-fired power generation, face the dual challenges of promoting economic growth while mitigating the impacts of climate change. Renewable energy (RE) offers a potential solution to reduce carbon emissions, but it also presents economic and infrastructural challenges. This study proposes a new framework that combines the computable general equilibrium and Greenhouse Gas-Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies models to estimate future sustainability under the IW framework, focusing on RE development, air pollution alleviation, and carbon emission abatement. Using Shandong Province as a case study, the framework provides a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of RE development on the economy, carbon damage, and health capital. Our results indicate that carbon pricing can increase reliance on electricity transmission for the low-carbon transition, while local RE replaces local thermal power to some extent. The findings show that the development of RE and domestic electricity transmission positively impacts GDP, air pollution alleviation, carbon abatement, and human health capital, which can be further accelerated by carbon tax policies. The co-benefit of air pollution reduction and carbon abatement provides valuable insights for policymakers, suggesting that policies promoting energy structural shifts may be beneficial for sustainable development.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-025-01686-8

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出版者・発行元：International Journal of Green Energy  

This research aims to investigate the persistence of the energy transition changes on economic growth by incorporating the Energy Transition Policies (ETPs) in an augmented Solow Growth Model. Using the panel data of 80 developed and developing economies for 2000–2021 and applying the method of GMM and Correia’s fixed-effects estimator, the study identifies that energy transitions have an inverse U-shape concerning growth. The results indicate that renewable energy investments benefit early-stage developing economies due to the primary energy demand. On the other hand, developed countries may encounter decreasing marginal returns, which underscores the urgency of resource efficiency and the development of new renewable energy technologies. The policy measures relevant to the advanced economies include enhancing investment in renewable innovations for technology, such as energy storage systems, and tackling socioeconomic disparities through retraining and building up the workforce and absorption of communities. Therefore, by providing strong and statistically significant empirical evidence of the non-linear and stage-specific nature of energy implications of transitions, this work contributes to developing theory within the insights provided by the growth model. The study results indicate guidelines for policymakers regarding adequate policies for the transition toward low-carbon economies while maintaining economic development and social justice in the context of climate change.

DOI： 10.1080/15435075.2025.2503409

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出版者・発行元：International Journal of Green Energy  

This research aims to investigate the persistence of the energy transition changes on economic growth by incorporating the Energy Transition Policies (ETPs) in an augmented Solow Growth Model. Using the panel data of 80 developed and developing economies for 2000–2021 and applying the method of GMM and Correia’s fixed-effects estimator, the study identifies that energy transitions have an inverse U-shape concerning growth. The results indicate that renewable energy investments benefit early-stage developing economies due to the primary energy demand. On the other hand, developed countries may encounter decreasing marginal returns, which underscores the urgency of resource efficiency and the development of new renewable energy technologies. The policy measures relevant to the advanced economies include enhancing investment in renewable innovations for technology, such as energy storage systems, and tackling socioeconomic disparities through retraining and building up the workforce and absorption of communities. Therefore, by providing strong and statistically significant empirical evidence of the non-linear and stage-specific nature of energy implications of transitions, this work contributes to developing theory within the insights provided by the growth model. The study results indicate guidelines for policymakers regarding adequate policies for the transition toward low-carbon economies while maintaining economic development and social justice in the context of climate change.

DOI： 10.1080/15435075.2025.2503409

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

This study evaluates Japan's transition to electrified vehicles by analyzing environmental and social impacts across the vehicle life cycle (2020–2050) under three scenarios: business-as-usual (BAU), Widespread, and the 2035 internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) ban. Using Environmentally Extended Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EEIO-LCA) with the LIME3 method, environmental impacts on human health, social assets, biodiversity, and primary production were monetized into a unified monetary indicator (USD). Social impacts were quantified via Social Life Cycle Assessment using the Social Hotspot Database. Cumulative environmental impacts are projected at 236.6, 237, and 231.1 billion USD for BAU, Widespread, and ICEV ban scenarios, respectively. While rapid electrification reduces human health impacts during operation phase, these gains are offset by increased impacts from manufacturing and electricity generation. Social impacts reach 9,410, 11,133, and 15,268 billion medium risk hours equivalent for the respective scenarios, with over 50 % of social impacts by 2050 shifting to China, Rest of Asia, and Africa under the ICEV ban scenario due to battery production. Our result shows that the ICEV ban could reduce environmental impacts by 2.3 % compared to BAU but increases social impacts by 62 %. It indicates that high electrification slightly lowers environmental impacts but greatly increases social impacts. Extending battery lifespans and improving fuel economy could reduce the ICEV ban's environmental and social impacts to 190.5 billion USD and 9921.4 billion mrheq, respectively. Complementary measures—like supply chain due diligence and transparency, environmentally and socially integrated policy design, battery recycling—are essential to prevent unintended global social consequences.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125509

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Climate change and its related policies have significant impacts on energy industries, leading to a considerable number of stranded assets and poor financial performance. Using a global sample of 1147 listed oil and gas firms from 2000 to 2021, this paper investigates whether mergers and acquisitions (M&As) mitigate climate policy shocks, focusing on the consequential financial impacts. Taking the Paris Agreement as the major climate policy shock, we first confirm the negative impacts of climate policy on the financial performance of oil and gas firms, after which we demonstrate M&As can alleviate the adverse effects. Mechanism analysis reveals that the financial benefits of M&As are stronger in upstream firms, those with better corporate governance and sufficient cash flows. Firms in countries with high-level economic development and carbon risk can benefit from M&As. Furthermore, conglomerate M&As increased following the Paris Agreement, indicating that these energy firms responded to climate policy shocks through diversification. These findings can help us understand the global impacts of climate policies and have important implications for how the energy sector should respond to policy shocks.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3108

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出版者・発行元：International Review of Financial Analysis  

This study explores the relationship between the readability of sustainability reports and ESG scores for U.S. companies using GPT-4, a generative AI tool. The findings reveal a positive correlation between context-dependent readability scores and the average of multiple ESG scores, whereas their standard deviations exhibit a negative correlation. Conversely, existing text-dependent readability scores reflecting word features show no correlation with ESG scores. Moreover, we observe a correlation between readability and ESG scores among companies with lower social visibility, where transparent disclosure is essential for accurate ESG evaluation. These results point to the usefulness of context-dependent readability in ESG evaluations. In particular, it suggests that the stability of ESG evaluations is related to the high level of readability that takes context into account.

DOI： 10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104027

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

This study evaluates Japan's transition to electrified vehicles by analyzing environmental and social impacts across the vehicle life cycle (2020–2050) under three scenarios: business-as-usual (BAU), Widespread, and the 2035 internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) ban. Using Environmentally Extended Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EEIO-LCA) with the LIME3 method, environmental impacts on human health, social assets, biodiversity, and primary production were monetized into a unified monetary indicator (USD). Social impacts were quantified via Social Life Cycle Assessment using the Social Hotspot Database. Cumulative environmental impacts are projected at 236.6, 237, and 231.1 billion USD for BAU, Widespread, and ICEV ban scenarios, respectively. While rapid electrification reduces human health impacts during operation phase, these gains are offset by increased impacts from manufacturing and electricity generation. Social impacts reach 9,410, 11,133, and 15,268 billion medium risk hours equivalent for the respective scenarios, with over 50 % of social impacts by 2050 shifting to China, Rest of Asia, and Africa under the ICEV ban scenario due to battery production. Our result shows that the ICEV ban could reduce environmental impacts by 2.3 % compared to BAU but increases social impacts by 62 %. It indicates that high electrification slightly lowers environmental impacts but greatly increases social impacts. Extending battery lifespans and improving fuel economy could reduce the ICEV ban's environmental and social impacts to 190.5 billion USD and 9921.4 billion mrheq, respectively. Complementary measures—like supply chain due diligence and transparency, environmentally and socially integrated policy design, battery recycling—are essential to prevent unintended global social consequences.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125509

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Climate change and its related policies have significant impacts on energy industries, leading to a considerable number of stranded assets and poor financial performance. Using a global sample of 1147 listed oil and gas firms from 2000 to 2021, this paper investigates whether mergers and acquisitions (M&As) mitigate climate policy shocks, focusing on the consequential financial impacts. Taking the Paris Agreement as the major climate policy shock, we first confirm the negative impacts of climate policy on the financial performance of oil and gas firms, after which we demonstrate M&As can alleviate the adverse effects. Mechanism analysis reveals that the financial benefits of M&As are stronger in upstream firms, those with better corporate governance and sufficient cash flows. Firms in countries with high-level economic development and carbon risk can benefit from M&As. Furthermore, conglomerate M&As increased following the Paris Agreement, indicating that these energy firms responded to climate policy shocks through diversification. These findings can help us understand the global impacts of climate policies and have important implications for how the energy sector should respond to policy shocks.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3108

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出版者・発行元：International Review of Financial Analysis  

This study explores the relationship between the readability of sustainability reports and ESG scores for U.S. companies using GPT-4, a generative AI tool. The findings reveal a positive correlation between context-dependent readability scores and the average of multiple ESG scores, whereas their standard deviations exhibit a negative correlation. Conversely, existing text-dependent readability scores reflecting word features show no correlation with ESG scores. Moreover, we observe a correlation between readability and ESG scores among companies with lower social visibility, where transparent disclosure is essential for accurate ESG evaluation. These results point to the usefulness of context-dependent readability in ESG evaluations. In particular, it suggests that the stability of ESG evaluations is related to the high level of readability that takes context into account.

DOI： 10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104027

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

Coral reefs are facing bleaching threats due to climate change. Previous analyses primarily quantify this risk by assessing the average global menace. However, various local factors amplify the effects of climate change in some regions, making the phenomenon spatially heterogeneous. Thus, this study examines the spatially varying effects of sea surface temperature (SST) on coral bleaching using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) to better understand regional variations in coral vulnerability. This machine learning algorithm incorporates geo-localization of observations to capture regionally varying relationships in the data, offering insights into the geographical patterns of the local factors influencing SST effects. The analyses use Coral Check's 7941 globally distributed observations of coral health, collected by professional scientists as well as trained and certified citizen scientists. These observations were assembled by marine experts and followed a standardized transect protocol. The research identifies areas most vulnerable to temperature-induced coral bleaching. First, stationary models revealed a statistically significant relationship between SST and coral bleaching, highlighting the critical global impact of temperature on coral reefs. Second, the GWR emphasizes that the most sensitive to temperature-induced bleaching are in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Third, this study predicts the implications of this impact using IPCC's representative concentration pathways of climate change, namely RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. The estimates reveal that by 2050 several seas around the equator will experience the highest levels of temperature-led coral bleaching. The findings underscore the need for a differentiated approach under the Paris Agreement on climate change to address coral reef bleaching and identify hotspot regions where targeted assistance is necessary.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124979

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

Coral reefs are facing bleaching threats due to climate change. Previous analyses primarily quantify this risk by assessing the average global menace. However, various local factors amplify the effects of climate change in some regions, making the phenomenon spatially heterogeneous. Thus, this study examines the spatially varying effects of sea surface temperature (SST) on coral bleaching using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) to better understand regional variations in coral vulnerability. This machine learning algorithm incorporates geo-localization of observations to capture regionally varying relationships in the data, offering insights into the geographical patterns of the local factors influencing SST effects. The analyses use Coral Check's 7941 globally distributed observations of coral health, collected by professional scientists as well as trained and certified citizen scientists. These observations were assembled by marine experts and followed a standardized transect protocol. The research identifies areas most vulnerable to temperature-induced coral bleaching. First, stationary models revealed a statistically significant relationship between SST and coral bleaching, highlighting the critical global impact of temperature on coral reefs. Second, the GWR emphasizes that the most sensitive to temperature-induced bleaching are in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. Third, this study predicts the implications of this impact using IPCC's representative concentration pathways of climate change, namely RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. The estimates reveal that by 2050 several seas around the equator will experience the highest levels of temperature-led coral bleaching. The findings underscore the need for a differentiated approach under the Paris Agreement on climate change to address coral reef bleaching and identify hotspot regions where targeted assistance is necessary.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124979

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Plos One  

This study advances the inclusive wealth accounting of human capital (HC) to improve global research on the valuation of HC for sustainability. By innovatively integrating complex population dynamics, including schooling and labor force participation, and using a net present value (NPV) valuation method aligned with capital budgeting principles, we quantitatively measure HC in 165 countries. As a methodological advancement, we use a unified framework that incorporates education, health and economic participation via the measurement of life expectancy in different life stages to inform sustainable development investments. Our analysis from 1990 to 2020 reveals significant differences in HC development across countries. While education is strongly correlated with GDP growth, disparities in health and economic participation are critical barriers to long-term HC accumulation. Our findings argue for a comprehensive policy approach that goes beyond investing in education for its financial benefits and includes substantial improvements in health and economic opportunities to promote more equitable HC growth. We emphasize the need to incorporate complex population dynamics into HC assessments to better understand and strengthen the interdependencies between these critical factors, with the aim of reducing global development gaps.

DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0315166

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Plos One  

This study advances the inclusive wealth accounting of human capital (HC) to improve global research on the valuation of HC for sustainability. By innovatively integrating complex population dynamics, including schooling and labor force participation, and using a net present value (NPV) valuation method aligned with capital budgeting principles, we quantitatively measure HC in 165 countries. As a methodological advancement, we use a unified framework that incorporates education, health and economic participation via the measurement of life expectancy in different life stages to inform sustainable development investments. Our analysis from 1990 to 2020 reveals significant differences in HC development across countries. While education is strongly correlated with GDP growth, disparities in health and economic participation are critical barriers to long-term HC accumulation. Our findings argue for a comprehensive policy approach that goes beyond investing in education for its financial benefits and includes substantial improvements in health and economic opportunities to promote more equitable HC growth. We emphasize the need to incorporate complex population dynamics into HC assessments to better understand and strengthen the interdependencies between these critical factors, with the aim of reducing global development gaps.

DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0315166

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure  

Urban construction under the aging society needs to provide efficient services for residents. We investigated the heterogenous relationship between various types of municipality-level critical infrastructure and park construction and the subjective well-being of citizens based on quantile regression using original survey data and the Japanese government statistics bureau of 2015-2017. Positive relationships were found in the low-and middle-level life satisfaction regions owing to the construction of museums or libraries, government branches, government services, health centers, police stations, fire stations, schools, hospitals, post offices, disabled and senior centers, and parks. Moreover, citizens were more likely to feel safe if the living community had comprehensive government-related institutions, including government offices, police stations, fire stations, schools, and post offices, among others. Our results indicated that the number of favorable infrastructures should be increased in areas with low levels of life satisfaction and less-safe communities to improve the citizens’ overall well-being.

DOI： 10.1080/23789689.2024.2403882

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure  

Urban construction under the aging society needs to provide efficient services for residents. We investigated the heterogenous relationship between various types of municipality-level critical infrastructure and park construction and the subjective well-being of citizens based on quantile regression using original survey data and the Japanese government statistics bureau of 2015-2017. Positive relationships were found in the low-and middle-level life satisfaction regions owing to the construction of museums or libraries, government branches, government services, health centers, police stations, fire stations, schools, hospitals, post offices, disabled and senior centers, and parks. Moreover, citizens were more likely to feel safe if the living community had comprehensive government-related institutions, including government offices, police stations, fire stations, schools, and post offices, among others. Our results indicated that the number of favorable infrastructures should be increased in areas with low levels of life satisfaction and less-safe communities to improve the citizens’ overall well-being.

DOI： 10.1080/23789689.2024.2403882

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

This study examines the financial implications of corporate environmental disclosure and performance across 34 countries, with a particular focus on industry-specific materiality following the SASB accounting metrics. A multilevel regression model was applied to a global sample spanning 2015 to 2022 to investigate the firm-level impacts while controlling for country-level effects to account for the heterogeneity in business environments. The analysis revealed a positive relationship between corporate environmental performance, both overall and materiality-based, and financial performance, including ROA and Tobin's Q. Notably, better environmental performance was significantly associated with decreased capital costs, particularly the cost of equity. However, materiality-based environmental scores exhibited weaker impacts, likely due to the limited data availability and inconsistent global integration of materiality concepts. The research findings indicate that investors tend to favor companies with accountable environmental performance over those that rely solely on disclosure. These findings provide valuable insights for investors and business practitioners, emphasizing the importance of considering environmental materiality in corporate reporting and operations.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3062

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Due to climate change and social issues, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) solutions receive increased attention and emphasis. Being influential market leaders, investors wield significant power to persuade companies to prioritize ESG considerations. However, investors' preferences for specific ESG topics and changing trends in those preferences remain elusive. Here, we build a group of large language models with 128 million parameters, named classification pre-trained transformers (CPTs), to extract the investors' tendencies toward 13 ESG-related topics from their annual reports. Assisted by the CPT models with approximately 95% cross-validation accuracy, more than 3000 annual reports released by globally 350 top investors during 2010–2021 are analyzed. Results indicate that although the investors show the strongest tendency toward the economic aspect in their annual reports, the emphasis is gradually reducing and shifting to environmental and social aspects. Nonfinancial investors like corporation and holding company investors prioritize environmental and social factors, whereas financial investors pay the most attention to governance risk. There are differences in patterns at the country level, for instance, Japan's investors show a greater focus on environmental and social factors than other major countries. Our findings suggest that investors are increasingly valuing sustainability in their decision-making. Different investor businesses may encounter unique ESG challenges, necessitating individualized strategies. Companies should improve their ESG disclosures, which are increasingly focused on environmental and social issues, to meet investor expectations and bolster transparency.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3055

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出版者・発行元：Energies  

The pathway towards carbon neutrality in regions with a relatively light industrial structure and scarce renewable energy resources presents a challenge when balancing energy efficiency improvements with the expansion of renewable energy. Therefore, this study investigates the effectiveness of carbon pricing and carbon quota control as regional carbon abatement policies. The findings demonstrate that carbon taxes are less effective than carbon emission quota control in economic growth and carbon abatement due to their weaker impact on energy efficiency enhancement and structural transition in the energy and industrial sectors. Moreover, stricter carbon pricing, determined by carbon emission goals, leads to greater reduction in sectoral carbon intensity but slower GDP growth caused by the accelerated decline of manufacturing and infrastructure industries compared to carbon intensity quota policies. In addition, carbon pricing derived from carbon emission and intensity quota policies increases reliance on domestically imported electricity, which is constrained by the availability of renewable energy resources.

DOI： 10.3390/en18051029

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

This study examines the financial implications of corporate environmental disclosure and performance across 34 countries, with a particular focus on industry-specific materiality following the SASB accounting metrics. A multilevel regression model was applied to a global sample spanning 2015 to 2022 to investigate the firm-level impacts while controlling for country-level effects to account for the heterogeneity in business environments. The analysis revealed a positive relationship between corporate environmental performance, both overall and materiality-based, and financial performance, including ROA and Tobin's Q. Notably, better environmental performance was significantly associated with decreased capital costs, particularly the cost of equity. However, materiality-based environmental scores exhibited weaker impacts, likely due to the limited data availability and inconsistent global integration of materiality concepts. The research findings indicate that investors tend to favor companies with accountable environmental performance over those that rely solely on disclosure. These findings provide valuable insights for investors and business practitioners, emphasizing the importance of considering environmental materiality in corporate reporting and operations.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3062

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Due to climate change and social issues, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) solutions receive increased attention and emphasis. Being influential market leaders, investors wield significant power to persuade companies to prioritize ESG considerations. However, investors' preferences for specific ESG topics and changing trends in those preferences remain elusive. Here, we build a group of large language models with 128 million parameters, named classification pre-trained transformers (CPTs), to extract the investors' tendencies toward 13 ESG-related topics from their annual reports. Assisted by the CPT models with approximately 95% cross-validation accuracy, more than 3000 annual reports released by globally 350 top investors during 2010–2021 are analyzed. Results indicate that although the investors show the strongest tendency toward the economic aspect in their annual reports, the emphasis is gradually reducing and shifting to environmental and social aspects. Nonfinancial investors like corporation and holding company investors prioritize environmental and social factors, whereas financial investors pay the most attention to governance risk. There are differences in patterns at the country level, for instance, Japan's investors show a greater focus on environmental and social factors than other major countries. Our findings suggest that investors are increasingly valuing sustainability in their decision-making. Different investor businesses may encounter unique ESG challenges, necessitating individualized strategies. Companies should improve their ESG disclosures, which are increasingly focused on environmental and social issues, to meet investor expectations and bolster transparency.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.3055

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出版者・発行元：Energies  

The pathway towards carbon neutrality in regions with a relatively light industrial structure and scarce renewable energy resources presents a challenge when balancing energy efficiency improvements with the expansion of renewable energy. Therefore, this study investigates the effectiveness of carbon pricing and carbon quota control as regional carbon abatement policies. The findings demonstrate that carbon taxes are less effective than carbon emission quota control in economic growth and carbon abatement due to their weaker impact on energy efficiency enhancement and structural transition in the energy and industrial sectors. Moreover, stricter carbon pricing, determined by carbon emission goals, leads to greater reduction in sectoral carbon intensity but slower GDP growth caused by the accelerated decline of manufacturing and infrastructure industries compared to carbon intensity quota policies. In addition, carbon pricing derived from carbon emission and intensity quota policies increases reliance on domestically imported electricity, which is constrained by the availability of renewable energy resources.

DOI： 10.3390/en18051029

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

According to current global trends, there is little prospect of achieving either the IPCC’s target reduction of carbon emissions needed to hold temperature increases to both 1.5 and 2.0 degrees or the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal’s target of preserving 30% of the world’s biodiversity by 2030. Given the interrelationship between economic growth, rising carbon emissions and loss of biodiversity, conflicts are arising in simultaneously achieving the associated environmental goals. This study therefore proposes an innovative way to integrate programs which symbiotically meet interlocking threats of global degradation of natural capital and climate change. Using Australia as a case study, we demonstrate how a joint carbon and biodiversity credit/offset scheme could maximise the returns from both and avoid negative outcomes from their separation. We highlight studies which show that Australia has particular nature-based advantages which would allow the application of a joint carbon/biodiversity (JCB) credit/offset scheme to marginal agricultural lands even at low carbon offset prices. We further argue that such an integration of the two streams would deliver a number of advantages in terms of progressing environmental goals both in the Australian context and globally. It is further argued firstly that the integration of carbon and biodiversity schemes could do much to refocus attention on the global extent of biodiversity loss, which has generally been attracting a secondary priority to that of curbing of carbon emissions. Secondly, it is pointed out that such a linkage can provide a more attractive means for corporations which seek to voluntarily widen their environmental credentials.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01603-5

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

According to current global trends, there is little prospect of achieving either the IPCC’s target reduction of carbon emissions needed to hold temperature increases to both 1.5 and 2.0 degrees or the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal’s target of preserving 30% of the world’s biodiversity by 2030. Given the interrelationship between economic growth, rising carbon emissions and loss of biodiversity, conflicts are arising in simultaneously achieving the associated environmental goals. This study therefore proposes an innovative way to integrate programs which symbiotically meet interlocking threats of global degradation of natural capital and climate change. Using Australia as a case study, we demonstrate how a joint carbon and biodiversity credit/offset scheme could maximise the returns from both and avoid negative outcomes from their separation. We highlight studies which show that Australia has particular nature-based advantages which would allow the application of a joint carbon/biodiversity (JCB) credit/offset scheme to marginal agricultural lands even at low carbon offset prices. We further argue that such an integration of the two streams would deliver a number of advantages in terms of progressing environmental goals both in the Australian context and globally. It is further argued firstly that the integration of carbon and biodiversity schemes could do much to refocus attention on the global extent of biodiversity loss, which has generally been attracting a secondary priority to that of curbing of carbon emissions. Secondly, it is pointed out that such a linkage can provide a more attractive means for corporations which seek to voluntarily widen their environmental credentials.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01603-5

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出版者・発行元：Business Strategy and the Environment  

We create a large language model with high accuracy to investigate the relatedness between 12 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics and more than 2 million news reports. The text match pre-trained transformer (TMPT) with 138,843,049 parameters is built to probe whether and how much a news record is connected to a specific topic of interest. The TMPT, based on the transformer structure and a pre-trained model, is an artificial intelligence model trained by more than 200,000 academic papers. The cross-validation result reveals that the TMPT's accuracy is 85.73%, which is excellent in zero-shot learning tasks. In addition, combined with sentiment analysis, our research monitors news attitudes and tones toward specific ESG topics daily from September 2021 to September 2023. The results indicate that the media is increasing discussion on social topics, while the news regarding environmental issues is reduced. Moreover, toward almost all topics, the attitudes are gradually becoming positive. Our research highlights the temporal shifts in public perception regarding 12 key ESG issues:ESG has been incrementally accepted by the public. These insights are invaluable for policymakers, corporate leaders, and communities as they navigate sustainable decision-making.

DOI： 10.1002/bse.4089

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出版者・発行元：Journal of Transport Geography  

Our study uncovers the causal link between railway expansions in Tokyo and a significant increase in the number of university graduates and high-skilled workers, with the effects being notably more pronounced in areas initially having lower proportions of those groups. We examine the mechanisms behind this phenomenon by (1) demonstrating how railway expansions attract university graduates and high-skilled workers by reducing commute costs, (2) improve access to universities, and (3) boost railway ridership. Our analysis employs both a difference-in-differences framework and a market access approach to separately evaluate the gentrification near new stations and the dispersion of human capital driven by enhanced network connectivity. The results reveal that university graduate rates and skilled worker rates rise by an average of 2.5 % and 1.4 %, respectively, due to improved connectivity. These findings underscore the value of railway expansion in fostering human capital development and provide critical insights for urban planners, policymakers, and transportation authorities, emphasizing the need to align transportation development with strategies for equitable urban growth.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104076

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出版者・発行元：Business Strategy and the Environment  

We create a large language model with high accuracy to investigate the relatedness between 12 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics and more than 2 million news reports. The text match pre-trained transformer (TMPT) with 138,843,049 parameters is built to probe whether and how much a news record is connected to a specific topic of interest. The TMPT, based on the transformer structure and a pre-trained model, is an artificial intelligence model trained by more than 200,000 academic papers. The cross-validation result reveals that the TMPT's accuracy is 85.73%, which is excellent in zero-shot learning tasks. In addition, combined with sentiment analysis, our research monitors news attitudes and tones toward specific ESG topics daily from September 2021 to September 2023. The results indicate that the media is increasing discussion on social topics, while the news regarding environmental issues is reduced. Moreover, toward almost all topics, the attitudes are gradually becoming positive. Our research highlights the temporal shifts in public perception regarding 12 key ESG issues:ESG has been incrementally accepted by the public. These insights are invaluable for policymakers, corporate leaders, and communities as they navigate sustainable decision-making.

DOI： 10.1002/bse.4089

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出版者・発行元：Journal of Transport Geography  

Our study uncovers the causal link between railway expansions in Tokyo and a significant increase in the number of university graduates and high-skilled workers, with the effects being notably more pronounced in areas initially having lower proportions of those groups. We examine the mechanisms behind this phenomenon by (1) demonstrating how railway expansions attract university graduates and high-skilled workers by reducing commute costs, (2) improve access to universities, and (3) boost railway ridership. Our analysis employs both a difference-in-differences framework and a market access approach to separately evaluate the gentrification near new stations and the dispersion of human capital driven by enhanced network connectivity. The results reveal that university graduate rates and skilled worker rates rise by an average of 2.5 % and 1.4 %, respectively, due to improved connectivity. These findings underscore the value of railway expansion in fostering human capital development and provide critical insights for urban planners, policymakers, and transportation authorities, emphasizing the need to align transportation development with strategies for equitable urban growth.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104076

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

Corporate tax avoidance is a significant international issue, resulting in annual losses of USD 100–240 billion for governments globally. Understanding the relationship between firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance activities is crucial to uncovering their motivations for tax avoidance. However, this relationship remains unclear. This study investigates firms’ tax payment motivations from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspectives by examining samples of firms with high, low, and no ESG-related reputational risk. We utilize the ESG index, which offers a broader scope than conventional CSR measures. Our empirical analysis includes 3981 firm-year observations from 31 OECD countries between 2017 and 2019. To determine the relationship between ESG and tax avoidance, we develop a reputation-based ESG risk dataset that addresses the endogeneity associated with managerial decisions and simultaneity bias. This study is among the few that explore the international relationship between ESG performance and tax avoidance, contributing to the shift from CSR to ESG in discussions of tax avoidance. Our findings reveal that companies’ tax payment behavior varies based on their ESG reputational risk. Specifically, firms with high ESG risk pay more taxes when their ESG risk is elevated, whereas firms with low ESG risk do not alter their tax payments based on ESG risk. Additionally, firms without any ESG risk tend to pay more taxes as their ESG scores increase.

DOI： 10.1057/s41599-024-04199-4

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 経営情報学会  

<p>電力自由化政策が目指す市場メカニズムに基づく電力取引市場(卸電力市場)の整備は，データやデジタル技術を利活用して，ダイナミック・プライシング(DP)やディマンド・リスポンス(DR)等の節電行動を促し，電力ひっ迫時の電力の安定供給と脱炭素の両立（グリーントランスフォーメーション:GX）が可能となる．本稿では2016～2023年度の東京電力エリアの電力需給，気象及び卸電力市場のデータセットを用いて，卸電力市場が最大電力需要に与える影響評価モデルの構築及び分析を行った．そして，電力自由化政策がGXに与える影響の評価を行い，その有効性を検証した．</p>

DOI： 10.11497/jasmin.202411.0_53

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

Corporate tax avoidance is a significant international issue, resulting in annual losses of USD 100–240 billion for governments globally. Understanding the relationship between firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance activities is crucial to uncovering their motivations for tax avoidance. However, this relationship remains unclear. This study investigates firms’ tax payment motivations from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspectives by examining samples of firms with high, low, and no ESG-related reputational risk. We utilize the ESG index, which offers a broader scope than conventional CSR measures. Our empirical analysis includes 3981 firm-year observations from 31 OECD countries between 2017 and 2019. To determine the relationship between ESG and tax avoidance, we develop a reputation-based ESG risk dataset that addresses the endogeneity associated with managerial decisions and simultaneity bias. This study is among the few that explore the international relationship between ESG performance and tax avoidance, contributing to the shift from CSR to ESG in discussions of tax avoidance. Our findings reveal that companies’ tax payment behavior varies based on their ESG reputational risk. Specifically, firms with high ESG risk pay more taxes when their ESG risk is elevated, whereas firms with low ESG risk do not alter their tax payments based on ESG risk. Additionally, firms without any ESG risk tend to pay more taxes as their ESG scores increase.

DOI： 10.1057/s41599-024-04199-4

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出版者・発行元：Gender in Management  

Purpose: Following the job demands-resources theory, this study aims to investigate the role of female managers in enhancing employee well-being in terms of psychological health via workplace resources. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a large-scale job stress survey of approximately 96,000 employee-year observations ranging from 2017 to 2019, this study applies structural equation modeling to construct latent workplace resources at the task, group and worksite levels and then examines the impact of female managers on employee well-being, including occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement and workplace cohesiveness. Findings: The findings provide supporting evidence for the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers. The presence of women in management is associated with improved workplace resources and employee well-being, particularly workplace cohesiveness, work engagement and reduced occupational stress. These relationships are significantly mediated by workplace resources, which elucidates the underlying mechanisms involved. Notably, the positive indirect effects via workplace resources could counteract the negative direct effects of female managers. Compared with top managers, female middle managers have more substantial impacts. Practical implications: In practice, it is recommended to promote female representation at the management level and strengthen policies that support female middle managers to ensure favorable effects on workplace resources. In a gender-diverse management team, it is important to share female managers’ experiences in improving employee psychological well-being. Originality/value: This study provides new empirical evidence to support the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers and elucidates the mechanism of female managers’ influence on employee well-being by introducing workplace resources as mediators.

DOI： 10.1108/GM-09-2023-0307

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出版者・発行元：Gender in Management  

Purpose: Following the job demands-resources theory, this study aims to investigate the role of female managers in enhancing employee well-being in terms of psychological health via workplace resources. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a large-scale job stress survey of approximately 96,000 employee-year observations ranging from 2017 to 2019, this study applies structural equation modeling to construct latent workplace resources at the task, group and worksite levels and then examines the impact of female managers on employee well-being, including occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement and workplace cohesiveness. Findings: The findings provide supporting evidence for the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers. The presence of women in management is associated with improved workplace resources and employee well-being, particularly workplace cohesiveness, work engagement and reduced occupational stress. These relationships are significantly mediated by workplace resources, which elucidates the underlying mechanisms involved. Notably, the positive indirect effects via workplace resources could counteract the negative direct effects of female managers. Compared with top managers, female middle managers have more substantial impacts. Practical implications: In practice, it is recommended to promote female representation at the management level and strengthen policies that support female middle managers to ensure favorable effects on workplace resources. In a gender-diverse management team, it is important to share female managers’ experiences in improving employee psychological well-being. Originality/value: This study provides new empirical evidence to support the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers and elucidates the mechanism of female managers’ influence on employee well-being by introducing workplace resources as mediators.

DOI： 10.1108/GM-09-2023-0307

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出版者・発行元：Cities  

Community attachment and livability have been identified as critical factors impacting people's willingness to pay for environmental activities. However, the concrete interactions among spending on environmental activities, income, community attachment, and livability remain inconclusive. Herein, we demonstrate their complex associations by employing an extreme gradient boost model, the SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) method, and linear connections between variable contributions and their real values through a global dataset containing 100,956 observations. We linearly link SHAP values and real values to generalize the relationships and estimate the impacts of community attachment and community livability on the connections. Our findings suggest that individuals with strong community attachment and high incomes are most likely to allocate additional funds for environmental activities and that high community attachment strengthens the relationship between income and spending on environmental activity. A 1 % improvement in community attachment has the same effect on environmental activity willingness as a 6.683 thousand USD/year increase in household income. Conversely, residents in more livable environments tend to spend less on such activities, and greater community livability weakens the effects of income. A 1 % increase in livability is equivalent to a decrease of 1.462 thousand USD/year in household income. Our research underscores potential strategies to encourage participation in environmental activities and build a sustainable society, including improving community attachment and expanding people's horizons regarding environmental issues.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105559

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出版者・発行元：Cities  

Global studies show a disparity in subjective well-being (SWB) between urban and rural areas, though the evidence is mixed. Some research finds lower SWB in rural areas, while others suggest urban materialism also reduces happiness. If SWB is constrained more by environmental factors than by personal choices, addressing these disparities is crucial. Understanding their root causes is key to developing targeted interventions that enhance well-being and ensure equity across different living environments. Policies should prioritize improving well-being where it is most needed, rather than enhancing happiness where it is already high. Previous efforts focused on material improvements but haven't fully bridged the gap. Our study, using Gallup World Poll data and instrumental variable regression, highlights the importance of postmaterial values—such as freedom of choice, community attachment, and youth development—in reducing these disparities. Based on Inglehart's theory of human aspirations, our research shows that deficiencies in postmaterial values, especially in education quality, significantly lower rural well-being, widening the urban-rural SWB gap. This issue persists across countries with varying GDP levels, suggesting that improving access to postmaterial values in rural areas can effectively reduce these disparities. Our findings advocate for policy strategies that prioritize these values in rural communities to address SWB disparities.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105510

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01606-2

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出版者・発行元：Cities  

Community attachment and livability have been identified as critical factors impacting people's willingness to pay for environmental activities. However, the concrete interactions among spending on environmental activities, income, community attachment, and livability remain inconclusive. Herein, we demonstrate their complex associations by employing an extreme gradient boost model, the SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) method, and linear connections between variable contributions and their real values through a global dataset containing 100,956 observations. We linearly link SHAP values and real values to generalize the relationships and estimate the impacts of community attachment and community livability on the connections. Our findings suggest that individuals with strong community attachment and high incomes are most likely to allocate additional funds for environmental activities and that high community attachment strengthens the relationship between income and spending on environmental activity. A 1 % improvement in community attachment has the same effect on environmental activity willingness as a 6.683 thousand USD/year increase in household income. Conversely, residents in more livable environments tend to spend less on such activities, and greater community livability weakens the effects of income. A 1 % increase in livability is equivalent to a decrease of 1.462 thousand USD/year in household income. Our research underscores potential strategies to encourage participation in environmental activities and build a sustainable society, including improving community attachment and expanding people's horizons regarding environmental issues.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105559

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出版者・発行元：Cities  

Global studies show a disparity in subjective well-being (SWB) between urban and rural areas, though the evidence is mixed. Some research finds lower SWB in rural areas, while others suggest urban materialism also reduces happiness. If SWB is constrained more by environmental factors than by personal choices, addressing these disparities is crucial. Understanding their root causes is key to developing targeted interventions that enhance well-being and ensure equity across different living environments. Policies should prioritize improving well-being where it is most needed, rather than enhancing happiness where it is already high. Previous efforts focused on material improvements but haven't fully bridged the gap. Our study, using Gallup World Poll data and instrumental variable regression, highlights the importance of postmaterial values—such as freedom of choice, community attachment, and youth development—in reducing these disparities. Based on Inglehart's theory of human aspirations, our research shows that deficiencies in postmaterial values, especially in education quality, significantly lower rural well-being, widening the urban-rural SWB gap. This issue persists across countries with varying GDP levels, suggesting that improving access to postmaterial values in rural areas can effectively reduce these disparities. Our findings advocate for policy strategies that prioritize these values in rural communities to address SWB disparities.

DOI： 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105510

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01606-2

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出版者・発行元：Journal of Industrial Ecology  

Human mobility, exemplified by low-speed transportation, profoundly influences urban economics, vibrancy, and progression. With the enlarging climate change impact, a detailed exploration of the interplay between low-speed transportation and environmental elements is crucial yet seldom investigated spatially. Harnessing high-resolution origin–destination (OD) data with both spatial and temporal granularity, we construct an exceptionally precise predictive model with 88.29% accuracy. This model unravels the relationship leveraging environmental data from satellite data between January 2019 and December 2020. This study pioneers the use of Shapley additive explanation and geographically weighted panel regression to interpret extreme gradient boosting findings and spatial variability in OD data. Our analysis reveals an intriguing dichotomy: urban areas experience a decline in low-speed transportation with rising temperatures, while a positive correlation surfaces in rural regions. On average, a 1°C increase in temperature correlates to a significant reduction of 466,851 person time in low-speed transportation in Tokyo, Japan. We also identify that other environmental factors, including air pressure, wind speed, and so on, exert spatially varying impacts on low-speed transportation. Altogether, this study furnishes robust empirical evidence of the environmental effects on human mobility, presenting valuable insights for academics, policymakers, and society at large.

DOI： 10.1111/jiec.70031

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

Background: Understanding emotional stress stability in populations is crucial because stress is a key factor in causing depression, and it worsens well-being. Method: In this study, using repeated cross-sectional data from 149 countries from 2007 to 2021 (N = 2,450,043), we examined time trends of psychological stress in populations worldwide. Results: Over half of the population experienced emotional stress in 20 countries, and 85% of the countries reported worse psychological stress in 2020 compared with 2008. We found that psychological well-being declined most rapidly among young people compared with other age groups. Individuals living and working in all types of locations (rural/farm, town/village, large city, and suburban areas) and employment (full-time, self-employed, part-time, and unemployed), respectively, experienced continuously worsening emotional stress when comparing three time periods (2008–2011, 2012–2019, and 2020–2021). Furthermore, reducing physical pain and increasing income were noted to be more important than solving health problems for the purpose of decreasing stress. Conclusion: Emotional stress continuously worsened worldwide over the past few decades, but the trend varied among countries. Our findings highlight the significance of improving people’s living environments to reduce their likelihood of experiencing emotional stress.

DOI： 10.1186/s12889-024-20961-4

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

Background: Understanding emotional stress stability in populations is crucial because stress is a key factor in causing depression, and it worsens well-being. Method: In this study, using repeated cross-sectional data from 149 countries from 2007 to 2021 (N = 2,450,043), we examined time trends of psychological stress in populations worldwide. Results: Over half of the population experienced emotional stress in 20 countries, and 85% of the countries reported worse psychological stress in 2020 compared with 2008. We found that psychological well-being declined most rapidly among young people compared with other age groups. Individuals living and working in all types of locations (rural/farm, town/village, large city, and suburban areas) and employment (full-time, self-employed, part-time, and unemployed), respectively, experienced continuously worsening emotional stress when comparing three time periods (2008–2011, 2012–2019, and 2020–2021). Furthermore, reducing physical pain and increasing income were noted to be more important than solving health problems for the purpose of decreasing stress. Conclusion: Emotional stress continuously worsened worldwide over the past few decades, but the trend varied among countries. Our findings highlight the significance of improving people’s living environments to reduce their likelihood of experiencing emotional stress.

DOI： 10.1186/s12889-024-20961-4

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

Natural capital defines planetary boundaries and provides a basis for sustainable development. This study reviews previous theoretical developments and confirms that natural capital accounting within the Inclusive Wealth (IW) framework provides a robust link between current capital assets and intergenerational well-being. This study contributes to the literature by combining theoretical advances with practical applications to address criticisms of empirical practice and improve the reliability and scope of cross-country natural capital accounting. An analysis of natural capital levels and changes in 163 economies over the past 30 years reveals significant regional disparities in the decline of global natural capital. In low-income countries, consumption driven by population growth and primary production patterns is severely depleting renewable natural capital. In middle-income countries, urbanization exacerbates natural capital depletion by substituting other forms of capital for natural capital. The wealth status of major G20 economies points to intensive environmental costs and loss of ecosystem services under technological progress, which ignores public ecosystem externalities. This study demonstrates the urgency of natural capital depletion awareness in the management of all economies and highlights the ability of natural capital accounting within the IW framework to inform policy decisions on sustainable growth.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01600-8

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出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

Natural capital defines planetary boundaries and provides a basis for sustainable development. This study reviews previous theoretical developments and confirms that natural capital accounting within the Inclusive Wealth (IW) framework provides a robust link between current capital assets and intergenerational well-being. This study contributes to the literature by combining theoretical advances with practical applications to address criticisms of empirical practice and improve the reliability and scope of cross-country natural capital accounting. An analysis of natural capital levels and changes in 163 economies over the past 30 years reveals significant regional disparities in the decline of global natural capital. In low-income countries, consumption driven by population growth and primary production patterns is severely depleting renewable natural capital. In middle-income countries, urbanization exacerbates natural capital depletion by substituting other forms of capital for natural capital. The wealth status of major G20 economies points to intensive environmental costs and loss of ecosystem services under technological progress, which ignores public ecosystem externalities. This study demonstrates the urgency of natural capital depletion awareness in the management of all economies and highlights the ability of natural capital accounting within the IW framework to inform policy decisions on sustainable growth.

DOI： 10.1007/s11625-024-01600-8

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable Futures  

With global economic growth, the burden on the natural environment is severe, and more and more attention is paid to sustainable development that enhances the economic growth and sustainability of the natural environment. This study aims to show the concern of global citizens regarding the natural environment and household income. It used worldwide individual interview data from 149 countries between 2007 and 2021, with 2,450,043 observations (Gallup World Poll surveys) and an original large-scale internet- and face-to-face-survey from 37 nations with 100,956 observations. Using a binary logit regression model, this study also analyzes public sentiment regarding who should bear the financial burden for environmental conservation. We found that 60 % of citizens showed that their current income provides a comfortable life; on the other hand, 49 % of the respondents were dissatisfied with conservation of the natural environment. The satisfaction with household income was much greater than satisfaction with natural environmental conservation, leaving space for improvement in environmental stringency. For citizens’ preferences regarding financial responsibility, the government and companies are expected to afford conservation costs.

DOI： 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100254

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出版者・発行元：Sustainable Futures  

With global economic growth, the burden on the natural environment is severe, and more and more attention is paid to sustainable development that enhances the economic growth and sustainability of the natural environment. This study aims to show the concern of global citizens regarding the natural environment and household income. It used worldwide individual interview data from 149 countries between 2007 and 2021, with 2,450,043 observations (Gallup World Poll surveys) and an original large-scale internet- and face-to-face-survey from 37 nations with 100,956 observations. Using a binary logit regression model, this study also analyzes public sentiment regarding who should bear the financial burden for environmental conservation. We found that 60 % of citizens showed that their current income provides a comfortable life; on the other hand, 49 % of the respondents were dissatisfied with conservation of the natural environment. The satisfaction with household income was much greater than satisfaction with natural environmental conservation, leaving space for improvement in environmental stringency. For citizens’ preferences regarding financial responsibility, the government and companies are expected to afford conservation costs.

DOI： 10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100254

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Japan has been at the forefront of global efforts to accelerate climate change mitigation. Japanese firms have led in the development of decarbonization technologies and have positively disclosed climate change-related information based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations to address climate change. We explore the relationship between corporate climate change mitigation actions and the cost of capital for 2100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The results reveal that a higher carbon intensity correlates with an increased cost of equity, debt, and weighted average cost of capital. Interestingly, although climate-related information disclosure is associated with an increased cost of debt, it concurrently lowers the cost of equity and overall capital. This research recommends strategic approaches for firms to reduce their costs of capital while proactively combating climate change, highlighting the divergent responses of equity and bond markets to decarbonization initiatives.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.2853

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

As global concern over the negative impacts of global warming, primarily caused by using passenger vehicles (PVs), the transition to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) is an essential alternative for reducing greenhouse (GHG) emissions. This research employs a bottom-up approach to analyze road vehicle fleet's GHG emissions. We calculated GHG emissions from PVs in 15 Group of Twenty (G20) countries based on four scenarios adopting the global HFCVs from 2024 to 2050. This paper introduces business-as-usual (BaU), moderate, aggressive, and non-HFCVs scenario. The results show that the aggressive scenario has the highest sales, estimated between 62,000 and 29.48 million vehicles by 2050, with global hydrogen market penetration rates 48.48%. Building on countries' respective national strategies, the findings highlight China and India as the leading markets for hydrogen demand, with Germany and Japan also showing significant interest. The aggressive scenario further demonstrates that transitioning from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and HFCVs can significantly reduce annual GHG emissions. Ultimately, this study finds that the transition to HFCVs could reduce emissions by up to 67.09% by 2050.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122660

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出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Japan has been at the forefront of global efforts to accelerate climate change mitigation. Japanese firms have led in the development of decarbonization technologies and have positively disclosed climate change-related information based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations to address climate change. We explore the relationship between corporate climate change mitigation actions and the cost of capital for 2100 Japanese listed companies from 2017 to 2021. The results reveal that a higher carbon intensity correlates with an increased cost of equity, debt, and weighted average cost of capital. Interestingly, although climate-related information disclosure is associated with an increased cost of debt, it concurrently lowers the cost of equity and overall capital. This research recommends strategic approaches for firms to reduce their costs of capital while proactively combating climate change, highlighting the divergent responses of equity and bond markets to decarbonization initiatives.

DOI： 10.1002/csr.2853

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

As global concern over the negative impacts of global warming, primarily caused by using passenger vehicles (PVs), the transition to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) is an essential alternative for reducing greenhouse (GHG) emissions. This research employs a bottom-up approach to analyze road vehicle fleet's GHG emissions. We calculated GHG emissions from PVs in 15 Group of Twenty (G20) countries based on four scenarios adopting the global HFCVs from 2024 to 2050. This paper introduces business-as-usual (BaU), moderate, aggressive, and non-HFCVs scenario. The results show that the aggressive scenario has the highest sales, estimated between 62,000 and 29.48 million vehicles by 2050, with global hydrogen market penetration rates 48.48%. Building on countries' respective national strategies, the findings highlight China and India as the leading markets for hydrogen demand, with Germany and Japan also showing significant interest. The aggressive scenario further demonstrates that transitioning from internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and HFCVs can significantly reduce annual GHG emissions. Ultimately, this study finds that the transition to HFCVs could reduce emissions by up to 67.09% by 2050.

DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122660

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Ecological Economics  

In many regions of the world the incidence of human-wildlife conflict is increasing. This problem is made more complex in countries where wildlife are a key tourist attraction. For example, while subsistence farmers' crops can be destroyed by elephants, they are at the same time an important tourist drawcard. This study of human-wildlife conflict in Sri Lanka explores this issue and proposes as a solution a compensation scheme for farmers funded from revenue raised from tourism revenue and/or a tourism levy such as an embarkation tax. To ascertain the viability of this proposal we investigate affected farmers' willingness to accept compensation for elephant-related crop damage thereby providing an economic means for coexistence. The scheme proposed was tested by undertaking a discrete choice experiment involving 439 affected farm households. The modelling results show that farmers perceive an increased disutility from elephants visiting their farmland. However, they are willing to accept an average compensation of US$295 per acre when the entire crop is destroyed. The modelling exhibits preference heterogeneity: farmers' education, gender, tourism opportunities and membership in environmental clubs significantly influence their preference to coexist with human-elephant conflict (HEC). In particular, the interactions between ‘crop switching and education’ and ‘crop switching and gender’ reveal that better educated and male farmers are more inclined to adapt by changing crops on their farmlands compared to their less educated and female counterparts. Furthermore, farmers who prioritize tourism opportunities and those affiliated with environmental clubs are more open to coexistence, as they are willing to accommodate a greater number of elephants visiting their farmland compared to their counterparts. The key outcome of this study is that tourism has the potential to contribute to and form the basis for resolving HEC.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108300

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出版者・発行元：Ecological Economics  

This study investigated the short-term and long-term impact of nudging and boosting within an environmental education program on students' environmental attitudes and energy-saving actions. We conducted a randomized assignment across primary and junior high schools, employing four study settings: board game-based environmental education without nudges or boosts (control); with nudges (setting energy-saving goals in a reflection session); with boosts (a game with a “tragedy of the commons” setting); and with both nudges and boosts. In the game with the “tragedy of the commons” setting, the specification was that pursuing self-interest would harm those of the entire group as well as one's own interests; the aim was to enhance environmental literacy by conveying the importance of cooperation through information. We found that students subjected to the boost became significantly more environmentally conscious in the game and set more goals in the goal-setting nudge task. A follow-up survey was conducted one- and three-months post-intervention. This revealed that students in the nudge-and-boost group, who set higher goals, displayed increased awareness of energy conservation, improved environmental attitudes, and greater adoption of energy-saving practices relative to the control group. The results suggest that combining nudges with boosts sustains the long-term effects of environmental education.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108279

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Ecological Economics  

In many regions of the world the incidence of human-wildlife conflict is increasing. This problem is made more complex in countries where wildlife are a key tourist attraction. For example, while subsistence farmers' crops can be destroyed by elephants, they are at the same time an important tourist drawcard. This study of human-wildlife conflict in Sri Lanka explores this issue and proposes as a solution a compensation scheme for farmers funded from revenue raised from tourism revenue and/or a tourism levy such as an embarkation tax. To ascertain the viability of this proposal we investigate affected farmers' willingness to accept compensation for elephant-related crop damage thereby providing an economic means for coexistence. The scheme proposed was tested by undertaking a discrete choice experiment involving 439 affected farm households. The modelling results show that farmers perceive an increased disutility from elephants visiting their farmland. However, they are willing to accept an average compensation of US$295 per acre when the entire crop is destroyed. The modelling exhibits preference heterogeneity: farmers' education, gender, tourism opportunities and membership in environmental clubs significantly influence their preference to coexist with human-elephant conflict (HEC). In particular, the interactions between ‘crop switching and education’ and ‘crop switching and gender’ reveal that better educated and male farmers are more inclined to adapt by changing crops on their farmlands compared to their less educated and female counterparts. Furthermore, farmers who prioritize tourism opportunities and those affiliated with environmental clubs are more open to coexistence, as they are willing to accommodate a greater number of elephants visiting their farmland compared to their counterparts. The key outcome of this study is that tourism has the potential to contribute to and form the basis for resolving HEC.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108300

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出版者・発行元：Ecological Economics  

This study investigated the short-term and long-term impact of nudging and boosting within an environmental education program on students' environmental attitudes and energy-saving actions. We conducted a randomized assignment across primary and junior high schools, employing four study settings: board game-based environmental education without nudges or boosts (control); with nudges (setting energy-saving goals in a reflection session); with boosts (a game with a “tragedy of the commons” setting); and with both nudges and boosts. In the game with the “tragedy of the commons” setting, the specification was that pursuing self-interest would harm those of the entire group as well as one's own interests; the aim was to enhance environmental literacy by conveying the importance of cooperation through information. We found that students subjected to the boost became significantly more environmentally conscious in the game and set more goals in the goal-setting nudge task. A follow-up survey was conducted one- and three-months post-intervention. This revealed that students in the nudge-and-boost group, who set higher goals, displayed increased awareness of energy conservation, improved environmental attitudes, and greater adoption of energy-saving practices relative to the control group. The results suggest that combining nudges with boosts sustains the long-term effects of environmental education.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108279

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

The investigation of the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour and the determinants of natural environment sustainability is increasing; however, the heterogeneous effects of these determinants remain unclear. Based on large-scale original cross-sectional data (100,804 observations) from 37 countries, this study investigated the average and heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic, demographic, subjective, and psychological well-being characteristics on individuals’ pro-environmental behaviour using quantile regression. The results confirmed that, on average, a positive association existed between subjective well-being, knowledge of environmental issues, educational attainment, life satisfaction, mental health, positive emotions, and pro-environmental behaviour engagement. Importantly, heterogeneous effects were confirmed in the majority of determinants, including knowledge of environmental issues, education, number of children, life satisfaction, income, negative and positive emotions, and mental health. Given the heterogeneous effect of the determinants, the results suggest that overall better characteristics, including knowledge level, educational attainment, well-being, and family structure, are associated with better pro-environmental behaviour engagement among individuals, contributing to creating an eco-surplus society.

DOI： 10.1057/s41599-024-03790-z

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

The investigation of the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour and the determinants of natural environment sustainability is increasing; however, the heterogeneous effects of these determinants remain unclear. Based on large-scale original cross-sectional data (100,804 observations) from 37 countries, this study investigated the average and heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic, demographic, subjective, and psychological well-being characteristics on individuals’ pro-environmental behaviour using quantile regression. The results confirmed that, on average, a positive association existed between subjective well-being, knowledge of environmental issues, educational attainment, life satisfaction, mental health, positive emotions, and pro-environmental behaviour engagement. Importantly, heterogeneous effects were confirmed in the majority of determinants, including knowledge of environmental issues, education, number of children, life satisfaction, income, negative and positive emotions, and mental health. Given the heterogeneous effect of the determinants, the results suggest that overall better characteristics, including knowledge level, educational attainment, well-being, and family structure, are associated with better pro-environmental behaviour engagement among individuals, contributing to creating an eco-surplus society.

DOI： 10.1057/s41599-024-03790-z

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出版者・発行元：Social Network Analysis and Mining  

As interest in Bitcoin as an investment asset continues to rise, this study investigates how social media influencers’ statements impact Bitcoin price through sentiment and time series analysis. The research employs data from Telegram and compares it with X (formerly Twitter) to examine their effects on Bitcoin price and trading volume fluctuations using a Vector Autoregressive model. In the short-term, focusing on the five days following a shock, negative sentiment affects future price changes negatively for the first two days, while positive sentiment has a positive impact; the direction of the shock reverses after the third day. These findings align with the noise trader theory, supporting the interaction between noise traders and rational traders in the Bitcoin market. Further analysis using the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon (EmoLex) to measure the occurrence of eight basic emotion words (joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation) revealed that messages from Bitcoin channels on Telegram often convey strong trust and anticipation, suggesting a potential stimulation of noise traders’ investment activities. In contrast, posts by Bitcoin influencers on X frequently employ emotionally charged words, likely contributing to the spread and amplification of sentiment among noise traders. These results suggest that messages from social media influencers function as a valuable information source for noise traders, potentially impacting their short-term behavior. This study contributes to understanding the dynamics of the Bitcoin market and offers insights into the intersection of social media and Bitcoin market movements, providing valuable information for researchers and investors.

DOI： 10.1007/s13278-024-01350-6

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出版者・発行元：Social Network Analysis and Mining  

As interest in Bitcoin as an investment asset continues to rise, this study investigates how social media influencers’ statements impact Bitcoin price through sentiment and time series analysis. The research employs data from Telegram and compares it with X (formerly Twitter) to examine their effects on Bitcoin price and trading volume fluctuations using a Vector Autoregressive model. In the short-term, focusing on the five days following a shock, negative sentiment affects future price changes negatively for the first two days, while positive sentiment has a positive impact; the direction of the shock reverses after the third day. These findings align with the noise trader theory, supporting the interaction between noise traders and rational traders in the Bitcoin market. Further analysis using the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon (EmoLex) to measure the occurrence of eight basic emotion words (joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation) revealed that messages from Bitcoin channels on Telegram often convey strong trust and anticipation, suggesting a potential stimulation of noise traders’ investment activities. In contrast, posts by Bitcoin influencers on X frequently employ emotionally charged words, likely contributing to the spread and amplification of sentiment among noise traders. These results suggest that messages from social media influencers function as a valuable information source for noise traders, potentially impacting their short-term behavior. This study contributes to understanding the dynamics of the Bitcoin market and offers insights into the intersection of social media and Bitcoin market movements, providing valuable information for researchers and investors.

DOI： 10.1007/s13278-024-01350-6

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Business Strategy and the Environment  

This study quantifies the initiatives of local governments' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and examines their impacts on regional corporate social sustainability practices. Our analysis reveals statistically significant results for corporate action on the following government initiatives on SDGs: BOD/COD effluent standard (6. clean water and sanitation and 14. life below water); number of students per personal computer (PC) (4. quality education); percent of female prefectural assembly members (5. gender equality and 16. peace, justice, and strong institutions); and minimum wage (1. no poverty and 2. zero hunger). These results are robust after controlling for peer effects by other firms in the surrounding regions. The evidence also indicates that these trends are more pronounced in footloose industries than in heavy industries.

DOI： 10.1002/bse.3780

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Cells  

Stromal cells play a critical role in the tumor microenvironment of breast cancer (BC), as they are recruited by tumor cells and regulate the metastatic spread. Though high expression of α-parvin, a member of the parvin family of actin-binding proteins, is reported to be associated with a poor prognosis and metastasis in several cancers, its role in carcinogenesis has not been thoroughly explored. Therefore, we aimed to examine the expression of α-parvin in BC patients by compartmentalizing and quantifying tissues to determine whether α-parvin can be a potential therapeutic target. We performed immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of α-parvin in BC tissues, and the IHC scores were calculated in the overall tissue, stroma, and epithelium using image analysis software. The expression of α-parvin was significantly higher in BC tissues (p = 0.0002) and BC stroma (p < 0.0001) than in normal tissues. Furthermore, all α-parvin scores were significantly positively correlated with the proliferation marker Ki67. The overall and stroma scores are associated with the tumor, (lymph) node, and metastasis (TNM) classification, stage, and grade. These results suggest that high expression of α-parvin in stroma is associated with BCs and might be a new predictive marker for diagnosing BC.

DOI： 10.3390/cells13181572

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出版者・発行元：Digital Finance  

This paper explores the dynamic relationship between Bitcoin prices and the sentiments expressed by celebrities on X (formerly Twitter), employing a Vector Autoregression (VAR) model. The aim of this study is to understand the impact of a diverse range of sentiments (positive, negative, valence, arousal, dominance) extracted from the posts of 30 influential celebrities in the Bitcoin community on future Bitcoin prices and volumes. The analysis reveals that negative sentiments have a statistically significant impact on Bitcoin price fluctuations. Furthermore, while the shocks to price caused by sentiments converge within approximately 2 weeks, it was found that in the short term, spanning just 2 days, positive sentiments and valence sentiments positively influence price fluctuations, whereas negative sentiments exert a stronger negative effect. This finding underscores the direct influence of celebrity sentiments on the short-term emotions and actions of Bitcoin market participants, supporting psychological researches that indicate a strong influence of negative information on individual cognition and behavior. The significance of this study lies in its broad analysis of Bitcoin price fluctuations using the sentiments of various influencers on social media, not limited to globally recognized figures, and shows one possible way to respond to an immature market. This study offers valuable insights for investors and market analysts in refining investment strategies and risk management by considering market sentiment fluctuations.

DOI： 10.1007/s42521-024-00106-3

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出版者・発行元：Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment  

This study examines the effects of high-speed railways (HSRs) on gentrification in Japan from 2000 to 2019, using indicators including land prices and income levels. Using the market access index and instrumental variable strategy, we establish a causal relationship between HSR expansion and gentrification. The results show a 39.38% increase in urban land prices and 6.20% rise in urban income compared to a 21.13% decrease in rural land prices and 3.33% decrease in rural income. Additionally, rural areas experienced a population decline of 38.61%, whereas urban migration surged by 71.93%, indicating HSR-driven urban prosperity at the expense of rural areas. Based on our policy simulations, these trends are expected to continue. To mitigate these inequalities, we suggest fare policy adjustments that promote rural–urban travel as an effective gentrification countermeasure. Our findings highlight the importance of holistic infrastructure strategies, including innovative fare models, to achieve equitable urban–rural development.

DOI： 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104346

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Business Strategy and the Environment  

This study quantifies the initiatives of local governments' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and examines their impacts on regional corporate social sustainability practices. Our analysis reveals statistically significant results for corporate action on the following government initiatives on SDGs: BOD/COD effluent standard (6. clean water and sanitation and 14. life below water); number of students per personal computer (PC) (4. quality education); percent of female prefectural assembly members (5. gender equality and 16. peace, justice, and strong institutions); and minimum wage (1. no poverty and 2. zero hunger). These results are robust after controlling for peer effects by other firms in the surrounding regions. The evidence also indicates that these trends are more pronounced in footloose industries than in heavy industries.

DOI： 10.1002/bse.3780

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出版者・発行元：Digital Finance  

This paper explores the dynamic relationship between Bitcoin prices and the sentiments expressed by celebrities on X (formerly Twitter), employing a Vector Autoregression (VAR) model. The aim of this study is to understand the impact of a diverse range of sentiments (positive, negative, valence, arousal, dominance) extracted from the posts of 30 influential celebrities in the Bitcoin community on future Bitcoin prices and volumes. The analysis reveals that negative sentiments have a statistically significant impact on Bitcoin price fluctuations. Furthermore, while the shocks to price caused by sentiments converge within approximately 2 weeks, it was found that in the short term, spanning just 2 days, positive sentiments and valence sentiments positively influence price fluctuations, whereas negative sentiments exert a stronger negative effect. This finding underscores the direct influence of celebrity sentiments on the short-term emotions and actions of Bitcoin market participants, supporting psychological researches that indicate a strong influence of negative information on individual cognition and behavior. The significance of this study lies in its broad analysis of Bitcoin price fluctuations using the sentiments of various influencers on social media, not limited to globally recognized figures, and shows one possible way to respond to an immature market. This study offers valuable insights for investors and market analysts in refining investment strategies and risk management by considering market sentiment fluctuations.

DOI： 10.1007/s42521-024-00106-3

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出版者・発行元：Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment  

This study examines the effects of high-speed railways (HSRs) on gentrification in Japan from 2000 to 2019, using indicators including land prices and income levels. Using the market access index and instrumental variable strategy, we establish a causal relationship between HSR expansion and gentrification. The results show a 39.38% increase in urban land prices and 6.20% rise in urban income compared to a 21.13% decrease in rural land prices and 3.33% decrease in rural income. Additionally, rural areas experienced a population decline of 38.61%, whereas urban migration surged by 71.93%, indicating HSR-driven urban prosperity at the expense of rural areas. Based on our policy simulations, these trends are expected to continue. To mitigate these inequalities, we suggest fare policy adjustments that promote rural–urban travel as an effective gentrification countermeasure. Our findings highlight the importance of holistic infrastructure strategies, including innovative fare models, to achieve equitable urban–rural development.

DOI： 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104346

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 日本計画行政学会  

The United Nations has announced the Inclusive Wealth Index as a new measure of prosperity with
the aim of looking beyond GDP. Using this index, it is possible to visualize the value of natural and
human capitals (such as health), which contribute to raising the well-being of people but cannot be
measured by GDP. The degradation of natural capital has emerged as a significant global challenge,
which has prompted an accelerated movement toward nature positivity. Corporations are increasingly expected to disclose information regarding their environmental, social, and governance practices,
which highlights the undeniable importance of addressing environmental degradation and human
rights issues. Natural capital is the foundation not only for economic activities but also for sustaining
life. The degradation of this capital poses significant risks both to human society as a whole and to
businesses. Halting the degradation of natural capital—including the food system, which serves as the
foundation for survival—and aiming for nature positivity will be extremely important for maintaining a
happy, sustainable society.

DOI： 10.14985/jappm.47.3_15

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出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

This study aimed to investigate whether global air pollution harms human morals beyond physiological and psychological health. To accomplish this, we conducted an original survey involving over 80,000 individuals across 30 countries, inquiring about their recent perceived unethical behaviors. Through regression analyses, we identified global evidence of a positive correlation between local monthly average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO<inf>2</inf>) and perceptions of unethical behavior. This finding suggests that air pollution may potentially elicit unethical behavior through a complex response mechanism. It is noteworthy that the impact of air pollution on the inclination to perceive unethical behavior is heterogeneous across categories of unethical behavior and countries. For example, the effects of increasing air pollution concentrations vary even within the same European country: an increase in NO<inf>2</inf> concentration in Greece and the Netherlands augments the inclination to perceive fatal unethical behaviors such as murder, terrorism, and suicide, while in Germany, NO<inf>2</inf> concentration diminishes the inclination to perceive the same types of unethical behaviors. Overall, the societal costs of air pollution may be even more far-reaching than previously acknowledged, and further research is necessary to unveil the intricate response mechanisms underlying this issue.

DOI： 10.1057/s41599-024-03186-z

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出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

This study aimed to investigate whether global air pollution harms human morals beyond physiological and psychological health. To accomplish this, we conducted an original survey involving over 80,000 individuals across 30 countries, inquiring about their recent perceived unethical behaviors. Through regression analyses, we identified global evidence of a positive correlation between local monthly average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO<inf>2</inf>) and perceptions of unethical behavior. This finding suggests that air pollution may potentially elicit unethical behavior through a complex response mechanism. It is noteworthy that the impact of air pollution on the inclination to perceive unethical behavior is heterogeneous across categories of unethical behavior and countries. For example, the effects of increasing air pollution concentrations vary even within the same European country: an increase in NO<inf>2</inf> concentration in Greece and the Netherlands augments the inclination to perceive fatal unethical behaviors such as murder, terrorism, and suicide, while in Germany, NO<inf>2</inf> concentration diminishes the inclination to perceive the same types of unethical behaviors. Overall, the societal costs of air pollution may be even more far-reaching than previously acknowledged, and further research is necessary to unveil the intricate response mechanisms underlying this issue.

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出版者・発行元：Research in Transportation Business and Management  

Over the past 35 years, the development of high-speed rail (HSR) in Japan has markedly enhanced market access and altered spatial distributional dynamics, thereby transforming the socioeconomic landscape in both urban and rural areas. This study delves into the impact of improved market access on regional disparities, with a particular focus on the shifts in population and economic activity between urban centers and their surrounding peripheral regions. We examine three key hypotheses: (1) HSR influences population dynamics, potentially leading to population decline in underdeveloped areas; (2) it affects demographic patterns, particularly in rural areas; and (3) it contributes to economic disparities, enhancing urban prosperity potentially at the expense of rural regions. Our analysis reveals pronounced effects of HSR: urban areas, exemplified by Tokyo, have seen substantial socioeconomic gains including a 26.10% income rise and an 18.34% population increase. Conversely, rural regions exhibit declining economic indicators with income dropping by 6.32% and population falling by 6.83%, accompanied by aging demographics. These trends, further illuminated by night-time light (NTL) data, underscore the uneven impact of HSR. Simulations suggest the continuation of these patterns with future HSR expansions. The study highlights the need for strategic policy measures to address the growing spatial disparities induced by HSR, advocating equitable infrastructure development and sustainable urban planning.

DOI： 10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101131

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出版者・発行元：Research in Transportation Business and Management  

Over the past 35 years, the development of high-speed rail (HSR) in Japan has markedly enhanced market access and altered spatial distributional dynamics, thereby transforming the socioeconomic landscape in both urban and rural areas. This study delves into the impact of improved market access on regional disparities, with a particular focus on the shifts in population and economic activity between urban centers and their surrounding peripheral regions. We examine three key hypotheses: (1) HSR influences population dynamics, potentially leading to population decline in underdeveloped areas; (2) it affects demographic patterns, particularly in rural areas; and (3) it contributes to economic disparities, enhancing urban prosperity potentially at the expense of rural regions. Our analysis reveals pronounced effects of HSR: urban areas, exemplified by Tokyo, have seen substantial socioeconomic gains including a 26.10% income rise and an 18.34% population increase. Conversely, rural regions exhibit declining economic indicators with income dropping by 6.32% and population falling by 6.83%, accompanied by aging demographics. These trends, further illuminated by night-time light (NTL) data, underscore the uneven impact of HSR. Simulations suggest the continuation of these patterns with future HSR expansions. The study highlights the need for strategic policy measures to address the growing spatial disparities induced by HSR, advocating equitable infrastructure development and sustainable urban planning.

DOI： 10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101131

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：公益財団法人 国際交通安全学会  

DOI： 10.24572/iatssreview.49.1_90

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出版者・発行元：Applied Energy  

Deploying negative emission technologies has become crucial for limiting the global temperature rise to approximately 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels. DAC technologies are being explored as one of the prospective options. These technologies have been thoroughly investigated as a potential project to capture CO<inf>2</inf> emissions and provide purified air, natural gas, or fuel oil. An applied approach, on the other hand, was not taken into consideration while evaluating the influence that this technology has on emissions. For this reason, British Columbia provides a substantial chance to examine emissions that were produced after the DAC actions were put into place in 2015. In this study, the difference-in-differences methodology is employed for the very first time to compare the emissions that are produced by the transport sectors in British Columbia with those emitted by other provinces in Canada. The role that GDP and population play in the release of emissions is also taken into consideration in this paper. Based on the research results, it can be observed that the implementation of DAC initiatives has yielded notable effects. Evidence shows that the DAC effort has led to an average reduction of 0.08 in logarithmic CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in the transport sector. By accounting for GDP and population, the empirical results indicate that DAC technology reduced CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in British Columbia compared to provinces without DAC facilities. DAC initiatives are expected to become increasingly prevalent between the mid-2030s and 2040s. Overall policy implications suggest that there is a need for DAC technologies to collaborate with alternative mitigation technologies, or alternative technologies should collaborate with DAC technologies that are more efficient to achieve the targeted goals in a short time.

DOI： 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123112

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出版者・発行元：Applied Energy  

Deploying negative emission technologies has become crucial for limiting the global temperature rise to approximately 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels. DAC technologies are being explored as one of the prospective options. These technologies have been thoroughly investigated as a potential project to capture CO<inf>2</inf> emissions and provide purified air, natural gas, or fuel oil. An applied approach, on the other hand, was not taken into consideration while evaluating the influence that this technology has on emissions. For this reason, British Columbia provides a substantial chance to examine emissions that were produced after the DAC actions were put into place in 2015. In this study, the difference-in-differences methodology is employed for the very first time to compare the emissions that are produced by the transport sectors in British Columbia with those emitted by other provinces in Canada. The role that GDP and population play in the release of emissions is also taken into consideration in this paper. Based on the research results, it can be observed that the implementation of DAC initiatives has yielded notable effects. Evidence shows that the DAC effort has led to an average reduction of 0.08 in logarithmic CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in the transport sector. By accounting for GDP and population, the empirical results indicate that DAC technology reduced CO<inf>2</inf> emissions in British Columbia compared to provinces without DAC facilities. DAC initiatives are expected to become increasingly prevalent between the mid-2030s and 2040s. Overall policy implications suggest that there is a need for DAC technologies to collaborate with alternative mitigation technologies, or alternative technologies should collaborate with DAC technologies that are more efficient to achieve the targeted goals in a short time.

DOI： 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123112

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出版者・発行元：Energy for Sustainable Development  

Access to electricity is fundamental for human development, health, and well-being, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Governments of several low-and middle-income countries have implemented policies and interventions to increase access to electricity over the decades. Heterogeneity in access to electricity across gender is a major aspect of this development indicator. However, little is known about the distribution of and access to electricity between male and female-headed households in countries such as India. This study aims to investigate gender parity in access to electricity using data from four waves of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) from 1998 to 2021. The analysis employs a logit regression model and includes counterfactual analysis to comprehensively understand the determinants of electricity access across genders. The results indicate that electricity consumption is positively associated with female-headed households, education, wealth, and urban location. The study shows that the gap in access to electricity between genders is narrowing in favor of female-headed households over the four waves of national-level data spanning two decades. The difference between male and female-headed households declined from 4.73 % in 1998–2000 to 1.6 % in 2019–2021, reflecting gender parity in access to electricity in the country. Access to electricity has increased across all households, but uninterrupted supply and transition to green energy shall be the significant challenges ahead. Therefore, the government must improve access to electricity, particularly for female-headed households, and also make it affordable for households to install other renewable energy systems to increase overall electricity generation.

DOI： 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101450

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出版者・発行元：Energy for Sustainable Development  

Access to electricity is fundamental for human development, health, and well-being, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Governments of several low-and middle-income countries have implemented policies and interventions to increase access to electricity over the decades. Heterogeneity in access to electricity across gender is a major aspect of this development indicator. However, little is known about the distribution of and access to electricity between male and female-headed households in countries such as India. This study aims to investigate gender parity in access to electricity using data from four waves of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) from 1998 to 2021. The analysis employs a logit regression model and includes counterfactual analysis to comprehensively understand the determinants of electricity access across genders. The results indicate that electricity consumption is positively associated with female-headed households, education, wealth, and urban location. The study shows that the gap in access to electricity between genders is narrowing in favor of female-headed households over the four waves of national-level data spanning two decades. The difference between male and female-headed households declined from 4.73 % in 1998–2000 to 1.6 % in 2019–2021, reflecting gender parity in access to electricity in the country. Access to electricity has increased across all households, but uninterrupted supply and transition to green energy shall be the significant challenges ahead. Therefore, the government must improve access to electricity, particularly for female-headed households, and also make it affordable for households to install other renewable energy systems to increase overall electricity generation.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

Global climate change is a scientifically demonstrated phenomenon, but there are discrepancies in societies about how people perceive it. People's correct perceptions to climate change are necessary for their cooperative acts and behaviors toward adaptation and mitigation. While most research in this regard focuses on temporal trends of specific climate variables, e.g., temperature and rainfall, in relation to socio-demographic factors, few reports have systematically examined who perceive a change in climatic regularity and patterns, i.e., seasonality change. We hypothesize that people tend to perceive the seasonality change as their life practices and experiences are dependent on climate and nature. Interviews with 7 experts and surveys with 1011 respondents were conducted in the Meghna basin, Bangladesh, where the number of seasons in an annual calendar is reported to have decreased from six to four (Islam and Kotani, 2016). With the data, this research investigates people's perceptions to seasonality change in relation to life practices, experiences and socioeconomic factors. The analysis shows that dependence on natural resources in the profession along with experiences of natural disasters and life history in the dwelling locations shape people's correct perceptions to climate seasonality. This result suggests that people are not likely to realize the seasonality change as they are dwelling in urban areas with high mobility or as their life is detached from climate and nature, being neither willing nor cooperative to take adaptation and mitigation.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会  

DOI： 10.11390/onki.87_1.5

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会  

DOI： 10.11390/onki.87_1.5

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

Natural features in living environments can help to reduce stress and improve mental health. Different land types have disproportionate impacts on mental health. However, the relationships between mental health and land cover are inconclusive. In this study, we aim to accurately fit the relationships, estimate the impacts of land cover change on mental health, and demonstrate the global spatial variability of impacts. In the analysis, we show the complex relationships between mental health and eight land types based on the random forest method and Shapley additive explanations. The accuracy of our model is 67.59%, while the accuracy of the models used in previous studies is usually no more than 20%. According to the analysis results, we estimate the average effects of eight land types. Due to their scarcity in living environments, shrubland, wetland, and bare land have larger impacts on mental health. Cropland, forest, and water could improve mental health in high-population-density areas. The impacts of urban land and grassland are mainly negative. The current land cover composition influences people’s attitudes toward a specific land type. Our research is the first study that analyzes data with geographical information by random forest and explains the results geographically. This paper provides a novel machine learning explanation method and insights to formulate better land-use policies to improve mental health.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：International Journal of Hydrogen Energy  

This paper precisely estimates the looming demand for hydrogen within the transportation sector, spanning 14 pivotal G20 nations from 2022 to 2050, anchored in the global vehicle hydrogen market penetration rate. Employing a robust techno-economic modeling methodology and leveraging Geographic Information System (GIS) for enriched visualization, it unveils distinct environmental dividends across three thoughtfully devised scenarios: Business-as-Usual, Moderate, and Aggressive. Findings herald India and China as pinnacles of hydrogen demand, with South Korea and Japan tailing closely. The study forecasts the energy consumption for solar hydrogen production in G20 countries to oscillate between 3.02 and 2.89 million GWh in 2022, while production costs are anticipated to range from $8.47/kg to $10.01/kg. In an assertive scenario, the paper illuminates a pathway towards achieving a significant CO<inf>2</inf> reduction, unmasking environmental savings of up to a staggering 48%, equivalent to 1.5 million mtCO<inf>2</inf>, by 2050.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 経営情報学会  

<p>データやデジタル技術を利活用して，ダイナミック・プライシングやディマンド・リスポンス等の電力自由化政策に基づく節電行動を促す経営を行うことにより，電力ひっ迫時の電力の安定供給と脱炭素の両立（グリーントランスフォーメーション:GX）が可能となる．本稿では2016年4月以降の東京電力エリアの電力需給，気象及び卸電力市場のデータセットを用いて，卸電力市場が最大電力需要に与える影響評価モデルの構築及び分析を行った．そして，電力自由化政策がGXに与える影響の評価を行い，その有効性を検証した.</p>

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

Hot springs have been used for a variety of purposes, including the treatment and amelioration of illness and recreation. Japan has ten different types of therapeutic springs (described here as spa types), which are traditionally believed to have different efficacy. However, more research must be conducted to determine how they affect healthy people. Therefore, this study focused on the gut microbiota and aimed to investigate changes in the gut microbiota in healthy people after bathing in different spa types. Using Beppu's hot springs (simple, chloride, bicarbonate, sulfur, and sulfate types), 136 healthy Japanese adults living in the Kyushu area participated in the study and bathed in the same hot spring for seven days. Fecal samples were collected before and after the 7-day bathing period, and the relative abundance of the gut microbiota was determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. The results showed that the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium bifidum increased significantly after seven consecutive days of bathing in the bicarbonate spring. Significant increases in other gut microbiota were also observed after bathing in simple, bicarbonate, and sulfur springs. These results suggest that bathing in different hot springs may affect the gut microbiota in healthy individuals differently.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews  

A drop in the average electricity market price owing to renewable energy with low marginal costs has been identified and explored as merit order effect. However, diffusion of variable renewable energy leads to concerns about the need for flexibility, decline of supply capacity, and volatility increase of electricity prices. For both decarbonization and stable electricity systems, understanding the drivers of market price is critical, but it is challenging because electricity markets are non-linear and affected by multiple factors. Hence, this research proposes a model based on machine learning techniques and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and estimates the multi-directional impact of renewable energy on the Japanese electricity market. The results reveal that the contribution of demand to market price is the largest, followed by solar generation and operable power facility capacity. This research identifies a large decline in the price triggered by solar power during the daytime; however, the effect of solar power varies by the time of day, season, and demand. Additionally, the results suggest that the market price increases when demand is high and solar generation is low, such as during summer evenings. Using XAI, this study quantitatively and visually demonstrated that interactions between solar power, demand, and operable power facility capacity are the key factors behind the high market volatility and price surge. It is important to manage the pace of plant installation and energy transition. Our study provides insights into how and when the market price changes with variable renewable energy and other policy-making factors.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Applied Sciences Switzerland  

This study investigates the impact of environmental concerns, concerns about potential accidents, and the perceived advantages of fully autonomous vehicles on individuals’ willingness to buy and the perceived value of these vehicles. Our research, conducted through a comprehensive survey with over 180,000 respondents in Japan and analyzed using structural equation modeling, reveals a nuanced disparity between willingness to buy and perceived value. We find that individuals concerned with the conservation of the natural environment are more likely to purchase fully autonomous vehicles due to their broader interest in societal issues and belief in the potential of new technologies like fully autonomous vehicles as solutions. However, these individuals attribute a lower perceived value to these vehicles, mainly because their adoption does not directly contribute to the conservation of the natural environment. Additionally, our results show that those recognizing the potential advantages of fully autonomous vehicle technology have a higher willingness to buy and perceived value, while those with apprehensions about the technology are less likely to purchase and attribute a lower perceived value to these vehicles. This study offers vital insights for policy and planning, highlighting the complex interplay of factors influencing the willingness to buy and perceived value of fully autonomous vehicles, critical for strategizing their adoption.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Cleaner Environmental Systems  

Voluntary carbon offset markets play an important role in climate change mitigation by deploying technologies in order of lowest abatement cost. The objective of this study is to identify the key drivers of changes in the volume of carbon credits issued in voluntary registry offset markets from 2006 to 2020 using a decomposition analysis framework. The results show that the volume of issued carbon credits related to forestry and land use increased from 2006 to 2015 due to priority increases and scale expansions in REDD+ projects. In addition, the reasons for the priority changes in carbon credits issued varied according to the scale of carbon offset programs in each region. The comparison of scale effect and carbon offset program priority is a useful tool for understanding changes in carbon credits issued according to project technology and region. The very rapid increase in forestry carbon credits issued does however pose important policy implications given it has been accompanied by widespread indications of poor governance and questionable outcomes in terms of CO<inf>2</inf> reduction. In light of the IPCC's reliance on carbon credits the need for thoroughgoing policy reform is underlined.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Cleaner Production  

Given the global inclination of economies toward green solutions, the current study aims to explore the association between green energy transition, adjusted net saving, energy intensity, and carbon dioxide emission in China. To achieve this, a novel approach utilizing Wavelet analysis is employed to examine the dynamic association among these variables from 1979 to 2020. The analysis utilized continuous wavelet, wavelet coherence, and partial and multiple wavelet coherence techniques, offering a comprehensive understanding beyond the limitations of prior research by investigating the relationships over various time frames. The findings from the wavelet coherence analysis yielded intriguing insights, indicating that an increase in energy transition is likely to result in higher energy intensity and increased CO2 emissions. Surprisingly, the study observed a negative impact of adjusted savings on energy transition in the medium run, whereas in the long term, an increase in adjusted net savings was associated with higher carbon emissions in the Chinese economy. This highlights the intricate interplay between energy transition, adjusted savings, and environmental impacts, with different time scales playing a significant role in shaping these connections. Policymakers should carefully consider these dynamics to formulate effective strategies for sustainable development and carbon emission reduction in China. Furthermore, employing partial and multiple coherence analysis, the outcomes has demonstrated a strong interconnected correlations between energy intensity, green energy transition, CO2 emissions, and adjusted net savings across short-run, medium-run, and long-run time frequencies. Overall, the study concludes the positive link between energy and carbon emissions in China, while the effectiveness of the green energy transition remains vulnerable. The findings offer valuable insights for informed decision-making and policy implications, facilitating the adoption of appropriate measures to promote a greener and more sustainable future in China.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

Measuring a country’s sustainable development by its gross domestic product (GDP) is insufficient to capture the loss of capital that determines future human welfare. To address this, we propose the inclusive wealth index, which integrates biophysical quantities and monetary values of natural, human, and produced capital. We analyzed the level of Inclusive Wealth in 163 countries over the past 30 years to assess sustainable development goals (SDGs) going beyond GDP. Global wealth has suffered significant losses in natural capital, with the biased accumulation of capital assets leading to unsustainable and unequal development. In low-income countries, soaring population levels and biased capital investments exacerbate the depletion of natural capital. Our results underscore the critical role of natural capital and inclusive capital management in sustainable development. Policymakers can use this information to make capital investments in their economies and promote recovery from COVID-19 that aligns with the SDGs, the Paris Climate Agreement, and initiatives beyond GDP.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

Forests play a crucial role in mitigating climate change and reducing emissions as a major carbon sink. However, its value in removing carbon dioxide (CO<inf>2</inf>) from the atmosphere is always underestimated in natural capital (NC) accounting and sustainability assessments. This study predicted Japan’s forest CO<inf>2</inf> removal by afforestation and forest management and its monetary value until 2042 from national to gridded level, with statistical data and complementary satellite data products, and explored how that CO<inf>2</inf> removal will contribute to sustainable development under the inclusive wealth (IW) framework. The results show that: (1) the annual CO<inf>2</inf> removal by forests has the potential to offset 15.3% of the emission and increase NC by 6.8% in Japan, significantly contributing to carbon neutrality and IW growth; (2) the total CO<inf>2</inf> removal in exiting forests will peak at around 2030 and then decrease, but expanding afforestation could offset that decrease in later years; (3) the spatial distribution patterns of IW and forest CO<inf>2</inf> removal are opposite. This indicates a national carbon trading market could create new wealth for rural communities where vast forests exist, and then effectively balance the inequal urban–rural development in Japan. The explicit spatial information of this study could provide valuable information for differentiating policy priorities of forestry planning and sustainable development in different local communities.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice  

The “driver's dilemma” presents an ethical conundrum in Highly Automated Vehicles (HAVs), where a decision is made between saving ten pedestrians or the vehicle's passengers in life-or-death situations. This study delves into the driver's dilemma by assessing respondents’ beliefs on whether passengers should be sacrificed to save pedestrians, as well as their willingness to purchase such vehicles. We conducted an original survey that collected approximately 7,000 responses, taking into account factors such as ethical identities, technology familiarity, and practical HAV benefits. Using structural equation models, our findings emphasize the driver's dilemma, with utilitarianism and co-ridership significantly affecting the decision. Altruists generally favor saving pedestrians; however, altruistic individuals who believe that saving family members in vehicles over ten pedestrians is ethical are more inclined to purchase HAVs that prioritize their family members’ safety, even if it means sacrificing pedestrians. Nonetheless, the majority view protecting pedestrians as the ethical choice, and our results indicate that a social consensus on pedestrian safety could encourage the adoption of ethical HAVs. Our study underlines the need to balance individual preferences with socially desirable outcomes in HAV policy.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment  

We explore the regional disparities in economic and health benefits from the expansion of Japan's high-speed railways and highways over 35 years. Utilizing market access and instrumental variables strategies, we establish a causal relationship between transportation expansion and its economic and health consequences, the latter of which are driven by air quality outcomes. Nationally, over 35 years, transportation expansion has significantly reduced the suspended particulate matter density by 2.96% and increased income by 15.80%. However, these benefits are largely concentrated in developed regions such as Tokyo, leaving other cities with only slight improvements in SPM reduction and income growth. Our estimates suggest the 35-year transportation expansions is estimated to have provided $817.60 and $4,701.20 per capita health and economic benefits, respectively. We discuss the transformation of the industry structures driving these changes. The asymmetrical benefits distribution poses challenges, emphasizing the necessity of addressing these disparities for future sustainable transportation development.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2023.101580

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Impact Assessment Review  

The effects of export goods on CO2 emissions in China were calculated using input-output analysis via the hypothetical extraction method (HEM). The seven largest export partners of China were taken into account for the analysis: the US, Japan, South Korea, Germany, India, the UK and the Netherlands. First, using input-output analysis, the effects of CO2 emissions were allocated between the non-tradable goods, total export goods, exported final goods and exported intermediate goods sectors. Then, using a weighted multipliers approach, efficiency in CO2 emissions was allocated among the sectors. It was found that although non-tradable goods caused the highest CO2 emissions, export goods, especially intermediate goods showed the largest growth in emissions. In addition, export goods contributed more to emissions efficiency. Second, the HEM was implemented to explore which countries had significant effects on both emissions and emissions efficiency. The US was the largest source of CO2 emissions in China in terms of final goods. Nevertheless, the US also increased the role of exported intermediate goods on emissions. It was also an important country in stimulating efficiency in CO2 emissions. Hence, China does not have a chance to decrease its export performance against the countries such as the US, as their demand is the source of efficiency in CO2 emissions. However, it can focus on exported intermediate goods to mitigate emissions, and take the US into account for new policies.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122173

記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Pollution  

Living comfort is an important aspect of human well-being and a critical index of sustainable environments. Many environmental factors are associated with living comfort. Nighttime light (NTL) is remote sensing data that is widely used to reflect development level and economic status, and it also represents the lighting intensity in living environments. However, the relationship between NTL and living comfort is poorly understood. Here, we employ linear regression and a random forest model to investigate the direct impact of NTL on living comfort. Our results show that increased NTL is negatively associated with living comfort, but this relationship may be obscured by other factors, such as infrastructure. According to the nonlinear relationship, when the NTL is approximately 10 nW/cm2∙sr, there is a peak in living comfort. Hence, ensuring a reasonable level of lighting is a key to promoting sustainable development. Our research offers crucial insights that can aid in developing sustainable development policies to enhance livability.

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 経営情報学会  

<p>データやデジタル技術を利活用して，ダイナミック・プライシングやディマンド・リスポンスなどの電力自由化政策に基づく節電行動を促す経営を行うことにより，電力ひっ迫時の電力の安定供給と脱炭素の両立（グリーントランスフォーメーション：GX）が可能となる．本稿では2016年4月以降の東京電力エリアの電力需給，気象及び卸電力市場のデータセットを用いて，卸電力市場が最大電力需要に与える影響評価モデルの構築及び分析を行った．そして，電力自由化政策がGXに与える影響の評価を行い，その有効性を検証した．</p>

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Social Indicators Research  

Mismatches between workers’ actual and preferred hours of work are ubiquitous and have detrimental effects on well-being. Yet, the full heterogeneity of these effects and the characteristics of the most and least affected subpopulations remain largely unknown. This study collects survey data from 37 countries and estimates the full heterogeneity in the effects using a newly developed method—the sorted partial effect method. Based on the full heterogeneity, we employ classification analyses on the 10&#37;-most and 10&#37;-least affected groups and show that individuals most (vs. least) affected by overemployment are younger, while those most (vs. least) affected by underemployment are older. Age is the most influential factor that distinguishes the most and least affected workers when compared with other individual-level factors such as education level, household income, and the number of children. Country-level differences between the most and least affected groups imply that work hour mismatch is more tolerable for workers in relatively poorer countries than for workers in wealthier countries. These findings underscore age-tailored policy responses for alleviating the negative effects of work hour mismatch and provide insights for understanding the complex economic preferences across countries.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Cleaner Production  

Although renewable energy (RE) has been developed technologically decades ago, urgent demand of clean electricity is subject to power storage due to intermittency of wind and solar power. This study develops a CGE model including RE generation and RE storage with induced technological change (ITC). Our study further analyzes the environmental and economic impacts of electrification and environmental policies on RE development and RE storage with ITC and the results are as follows: 1) a single carbon tax policy is not an appropriate instrument to pursue both environmental and economic gains against CO2 abatement and energy structural transition. 2) carbon tax with subsidy to RE storage is conducive to clean energy structural shift and economic growth in long term but it imposes slight negative impact on GDP in medium term. Furthermore, it cannot achieve 25&#37; of non-fossil fuel consumption goal by 2030. 3) Single electrification will increase the electricity demand significantly, including both thermal and nonthermal power, thereby cause more carbon emission and GDP loss in short run. While LBD in RE and RE storage sector facilitated by electrification contributes to more GDP gain, carbon mitigation and non-fossil fuel consumption rate in long run compared to carbon tax and subsidy scenarios. 4) Electrification with carbon tax and subsidy to RE storage leads to greater CO2 mitigation and less subsidy to RE storage, better economic performance in CTSE compared to other scenarios, showing vital role of ITC in RE and power storage. 5) Promoting the LBD process is an efficient way to encourage RE development under electrification.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Heliyon  

Hot springs have long been used for medical purposes throughout the world. Recently, the positive effects of hot spa-bathing on circulatory diseases have been reported, while there are few reports on the mental effects of hot spa-bathing. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between hot spa-bathing habits and mental health throughout Japan. We conducted a nationwide online survey, including questions on bathing behavior, subjective satisfaction, lifestyle, and illness. The results showed a significant positive correlation between hot spa-bathing habits and multiple subjective satisfaction levels regarding mental health effects. The factor analysis results indicated that hot spa-bathing habits tended to be associated with good mental health, high health consciousness, and disease. Our study revealed that subjective satisfaction was higher among individuals with hot spa-bathing habits, suggesting that the hot spring spa-bathing habit may have a positive influence on mental health.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

Information provision is essential for obtaining the cooperation of the general public for the conservation of unfamiliar ecosystems towards a sustainable (e.g. carbon-neutral and nature-positive) society. The purpose of this study is to identify effective ways of raising public awareness for ecosystem conservation. We explored the interaction between the manner of information provision (i.e. the medium through which and how much information is provided) and the personal attributes (e.g. environmental attitude) of the recipients on their willingness to pay (WTP) for conservation using Japanese alpine plants as the subject. Discrete choice experiments using an online survey were conducted with public citizens aged 20–69 years across Japan, and data from 8457 respondents were analysed. The data analysis was performed in two steps: 1) estimating individual WTP and 2) exploring factors affecting WTP. The results demonstrated that individual WTP was 135,798 ± 82,840 (mean ± standard deviation) JPY per person for a lifetime. The WTP increased when information was provided in the form of short texts and graphics for those proactive about nature conservation, but increased more when video information was provided to those reactive about nature conservation. The study shows that ecosystem conservation groups need to adapt the amount and format of information for target audiences (e.g. Generation Z youth, who are more sustainability-oriented and prefer to accomplish more in less time).

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become common missions for humanity all over the world, and there are several works that establish relations between SDGs and subjective wellbeing or generativity along with some determinants of sociodemographic and cognitive factors (see, e.g., Helne, 2021; Steckermeier, 2021; Qiu et al., 2022; Hirose and Kotani, 2022). However, little is known about what types of people or societies will likely achieve SDGs or steadily follow their paths in a single analytical framework. Building upon the previous literature, this research considers that generativity and wellbeing are necessary and salient indicators that people in societies must enhance to achieve SDGs, hypothesizing that people with high levels of autonomy (being independent and resisting social pressure) and inquisitiveness (being adaptable to new social and/or environmental changes) tend to be generative and happy. To empirically examine the hypothesis, we analyze people's generativity and wellbeing as essential elements of SDGs and statistically characterize them in relation to autonomy and inquisitiveness with data drawn from questionnaire surveys and experiments based on 413 residents of the matrilineal island of Palau. We choose Palau as the field of study, because rapid social and environmental changes are presently ongoing as residents move from traditional to modern societies; thus a wider variation of people is expected to be observed compared to that in any field in other nation, even with a small sample size. Two main results are obtained. First, the analysis identifies the importance of inquisitiveness in that people with high levels of inquisitiveness tend to be generative. Second, people's level of wellbeing is high when they are generative, autonomous and inquisitive, demonstrating two influential roles of inquisitiveness on happiness, namely, direct and indirect determinants through the mediator of generativity. Overall, the results suggest that autonomy and inquisitiveness contribute to people's generativity and wellbeing even in tradition-oriented societies, such as Palau, and their enhancements are considered specific paths for materializing SDGs.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews  

This is the first study utilizing carbon tax revenue to the renewable energy generation with Learning-by-doing (LBD) in the CGE model. This investigation demonstrates how induced technologically change (ITC) in the power sector offsets negative impacts on economic growth caused by the carbon tax in China. Business-as-usual scenario (without carbon tax) shows a significant impact of LBD on GDP growth and CO2 emission reduction. Under a policy scenario with carbon tax, the results show that the negative impact on economic growth can be alleviated to less than 0.12&#37;. If total carbon tax revenue was used for the subsidy to wind and solar power, even a positive impact on GDP growth will occur in the long-term. Therefore, the results verified and demonstrated the synergic effect of carbon pricing and the LBD process that economic loss caused by carbon tax could be offset by ITC in the renewable energy power sector. GDP decomposition shows that unexpensive electricity affected by ITC is beneficial to drive development of low-carbon energy, which can mitigate shock of carbon tax on heavy dependence on fossil fuel. This paper also provides policy implications that the LBD process will positively play a key role in energy structural shift under climate policy, making a great effort to climate mitigation.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118175

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138222

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03193-8

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2023.06.001

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Space Policy  

With the expansion of the space industry, debris congestion has become a serious problem. When space debris collides with satellites in orbit, it may damage the satellites or, in the worst case, cause an explosion. While economic activity influences debris congestion, debris can also influence the economy. To what extent does debris affect the economy? Furthermore, what would be the optimal path of debris emission considering the economy and space environment? This study aims to quantify the severity of the problem. We simulate the damage caused by the environmental problem of orbital debris using a standard economic growth model in macroeconomics, augmented with a satellite sector and collision possibility. In the model, launching satellites means two things: more factors of production and more orbital objects. A newly launched satellite provides satellite services to the economy and increases production capacity. At the same time, by being placed in orbit, a satellite increases the risk of collisions. Our results show that debris will cause negative damage of approximately 1.95% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the long term if no debris is remediated at all.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2023.02.004

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environment Development and Sustainability  

A major issue regarding biodiversity offset schemes is uncertainty about conservation and its costs. Although the demand for market expansions for biodiversity banking has increased in the past few decades, they may increase the degree of uncertainty regarding the completion of offsets. Therefore, stipulating the rights and responsibilities of stakeholders about the implementation of offsets is important. However, researchers have overlooked the behavioral aspects of market participants regarding responsibility and uncertainty. This study experimentally investigates the effect of uncertainty and market structure change on credit trading behavior in biodiversity banking. First, we verify that uncertainty regarding additional conservation costs provides significant disincentives for bankers to engage in trading when they are directly responsible for the costs, leading to the over-reduction of transactions. Since developers share the payment for the additional costs through the increase in credit prices, it is important to determine the way of sharing the responsibility for the costs between market participants and the public/society. Second, the provision of insurance to alleviate the uncertainty for bankers may not influence efficiency. Therefore, it may be reasonable for the public sector to incorporate insurance schemes into biodiversity banking programs. Third, increases in the number of bankers and developers improve efficiency, and this lowers the possibility of over-reduction of transactions. Therefore, when market expansions increase degrees of uncertainty, responsibility sharing schemes should be linked and revised according to the expansions.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

Cities play a crucial role in regional sustainable development through trade linkages with surrounding economies. This study extends the inclusive wealth (IW) conceptual framework for footprint analysis, offering a comprehensive production–consumption perspective to measure regional sustainability. We empirically analyse the IW footprint for 1880 municipal-level economies in Japan by using their territorial IW accounting. We measure sustainability in the hierarchical value chains across cities and prefectures. Our findings suggest the unsustainability of production and consumption across cities in Japan, as the biased wealth clustering in cross-prefecture value chains led to wealth inequality. Additionally, we observe the distorted natural and human capital utilization characterized as the general depreciation of natural capital and shortage of human capital, which arise by the value chain participation. Our results underscore the importance of capital management and regulation in value chains. Sustainable development policy interventions must focus on optimizing inclusive capital asset management to maintain a non-declining level of wealth. This research unveils the intricate relationship between cities and their surroundings, providing valuable insights for policymakers aiming to enhance regional sustainability.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Elsevier  

For Japan to achieve its targets for carbon neutrality and reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, decarbonization of road transport is essential. Japan regards next-generation vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell vehicles, as a key means of reducing carbon emissions from road transport. Four scenarios were proposed to predict the potential carbon emissions reduction of passenger car use in 2030: baseline, business-as-usual, government's target-based, and aggressive scenarios. Economic input–output life cycle assessment was used to evaluate potential CO2 emissions, acidification, eutrophication, human toxicity, and photochemical oxidation associated with passenger cars. In this study, all environmental impacts were calculated using the multi-regional environmentally extended supply and use/input–output database by applying the CML 2001 impact assessment method. The findings indicate that PHEVs have the lowest CO2 emissions per km traveled, followed by HEVs and BEVs. The prediction for carbon emissions from passenger cars shows that adopting electrified vehicles, such as HEVs, PHEVs, and BEVs could help decarbonize the passenger car sector. The population of vehicles, vehicle manufacturing, well-to-wheel cycle of fuel, and fuel economy will significantly contribute to CO2 emissions. Finally, this study recommends policies to steer Japan into achieving its goal of carbon neutrality.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01367-4

記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 環境情報科学センター  

DOI： 10.11492/eis.52.2_88

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：一般社団法人 環境情報科学センター  

DOI： 10.11492/eis.52.2_88

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100817

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Development  

Rapid population and economic growth in Africa are raising concerns over the sustainability of its economic development. Current research has assessed the sustainability of African development at the national level but has neglected subnational sustainability disparities driven by evidence of inequalities in investment rates and resource exploitation within various countries. Thus, this study uses the inclusive wealth (IW) accounting framework to assess the sustainability performance of 716 subnational African provinces. This framework consists of valuing the components of IW per capita (IWpc), namely, natural, manufactured, and human capital, between 2012 and 2018. Estimates reveal that provincial IWpc in this period grew by 1&#37; per year on average. This growth is embodied by investment in human and produced capital, which offsets natural capital depletion. Although half of the provinces studied experience synergies between income and wealth growth, there are tradeoffs between these variables, indicating challenges in joining short- and long-term development. These tradeoffs are caused by inabilities to associate income and natural capital growth. Furthermore, although spatial inequalities in wealth levels, variations, and compositions are strongly defined by national boundaries, they are partially defined by the locations of capital cities within countries. Overall, the results show the potential for planning subnational need-based interventions to create sustainable development, the benefits of which extend nationally.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in work and lifestyle, impacting occupational mental health. This study examines the time and individual heterogeneity in the pandemic's effects on occupational mental health using panel data from job stress checks spanning 2018 to 2021. On average, there was an initial alleviation of high-stress risk in 2020, followed by a deterioration in 2021. Based on the job demand-resource theory, we identify the group of employees most affected by the pandemic. The findings highlight that employees in unfavorable workplace conditions are more likely to experience substantial adverse impacts. Adequate workplace support, including factors like interpersonal relationships, managerial support, job meaning, control, and work-life balance, is crucial for mitigating high-stress risk. Additionally, during the early phase of the pandemic, engaged employees experienced a slight decline in occupational mental health, while those lacking job resources at their worksite faced higher levels of occupational stress in the subsequent year. These findings offer practical suggestions for person-centered coping strategies to mitigate the pandemic's adverse impact.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-023-00361-z

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

Although the consideration of financial materiality is important for securing shareholders' interests, the degree of financial materiality that is considered for existing sustainability ratings is still questionable. In this study, we hand-mapped the financial materiality of environmental information based on Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) industry-specific accounting metrics to reassess environmental performance. Based on the SASB-based environmental score, we tested whether investors price environmental risk. The results show significant pricing anomalies related to environmental risk. Companies with lower SASB-based environmental scores experience higher environmental risk. Additionally, a premium in the cross-section of stock returns compensates for this risk. Our findings suggest that integrating financial materiality based on the SASB could be an effective way to capture corporate environmental risk.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

Improved economic growth and environmental protection are necessary to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This study examines the relationship between people’s education levels and sustainable lifestyles in protecting the environment and economic growth, as expressed by the increase in household equivalent income. We conducted an original cross-sectional survey, which yielded 100,956 valid observations in 37 countries. The factors included educational level, sustainable lifestyle with natural resource consumption, and household equivalent income for economic development. We used logit and ordered logit model and applied an ordinary linear regression model after confirming the association between education and income. Our analyses found that higher educational levels were associated with an increase in specific environmentally friendly behaviors and sustainable energy consumption. Individuals in the higher educational level group tended to consume recycled goods, purchase energy-saving household products, conserve electricity, and separate their waste. Additionally, higher levels of education were positively associated with equivalent household income in all 37 countries, indicating better economic development. Thus, our study underscores the importance of improving education at the broad population level to promote economic development and establish cooperative human behaviors necessary to sustain the environment.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Springer  

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

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The relationships among human well-being, income, and age have long been debated. The association between human well-being and income is believed to be U-shaped, although the reasons remain elusive. A recent study shows a turning point in the link between human well-being and income; that is, increased income does not always improve well-being. However, the mechanisms of the effects of income and age on human well-being are unknown. Here, we illustrate the total cumulative effects of income and age on evaluated well-being through all observed causal pathways based on a 1.6-million-observation global dataset and the structural causal model. This is the first study to investigate those casual relationships globally. We find that an increase in age always reduces evaluated well-being, and the adverse effects are aggravated with age. Furthermore, increased income continuously improves human well-being, but the impacts gradually become marginal with higher income. Our results demonstrate that physical health improvement in older people is the most effective way to intervene against the harmful effects of age on well-being. Moreover, increased income may dramatically enhance the well-being of people living close to the poverty line.

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記述言語：その他   出版者・発行元：Science  

Earth’s biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat loss, many of which are exacerbated by climate change. Here, we review links among climate, biodiversity, and society and develop a roadmap toward sustainability. These include limiting warming to 1.5°C and effectively conserving and restoring functional ecosystems on 30 to 50&amp;#37; of land, freshwater, and ocean “scapes.” We envision a mosaic of interconnected protected and shared spaces, including intensively used spaces, to strengthen self-sustaining biodiversity, the capacity of people and nature to adapt to and mitigate climate change, and nature’s contributions to people. Fostering interlinked human, ecosystem, and planetary health for a livable future urgently requires bold implementation of transformative policy interventions through interconnected institutions, governance, and social systems from local to global levels.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.12.007

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01628-8

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.01.016

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106803

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103371

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15484-3

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.12.008

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.12.026

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.12.025

記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

We illuminate the causal relationship between high-speed railway (HSR) expansions and economic develop-ment, focusing on HSR in Japan-the Shinkansen-from 1983 to 2020. To address endogeneity concerns about HSR station construction, we employ a market access approach that captures both the direct and indirect impacts of HSR expansion. The results show that a 1% increase in HSR market access increases the land price by 0.176%, total income (hereafter, income) by 0.425%, and income per capita by 0.023% of Japan. However, most of the benefits are focused in Tokyo and other developed areas, while the economic growth due to HSR expansion of cities outside these areas is negative or statistically insignificant. We confirm the robustness of the results through the instrumental variable (IV) approach and a series of robustness checks. Next, we conduct counterfactual analyses using regression results to evaluate future Japanese HSR plans: the Linear Shinkansen, regional expansion, and a policy that would implement both. Simulation results reconfirm that future HSR plans will induce economic growth but, at the same time, aggravate regional disparity; thus, the expected economic outcomes may be double-edged.

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Resources Conservation and Recycling  

Digitalization and sustainability represent two global mainstreams, which affect many dimensions of economic activity and daily life. However, their interaction remains still underexploited with different synergies and tradeoffs between these goals. This Virtual Special Issue (VSI) entitled “Digital technology and energy sustainability: impacts and policy needs” presents recent research on the nexus between digital technology and energy sustainability. This editorial introduces seven recent studies on a variety of topics, presenting core materials and guidance in the related domains. The findings indicate that scope, topic, measurement, method, and data might be in contrast or even in contradiction to previous studies. Although the black box of the complex nexus between digital technology and energy sustainability is still not fully uncovered, the findings indicate that the spatial factor and technology-induced rebound effect are most likely the underlying mechanisms. Additional future research directions for exploring the digitalization–sustainability interaction are discussed in this VSI.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

This study examines how the rise in energy prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine (which began on February 24, 2022) has spread to other sectors using the monthly input–output model (56 sectors in 44 countries). The estimated results demonstrate that if prices increase by 20&#37; exclusively in Russia's mining and quarrying (M&Q) sector, there will be almost no global effect. However, if prices increase by 20&#37; in every M&Q sector around the world, global prices (the weighted average across all sectors) will rise by 3.15&#37;, damaging 6.83&#37; of monthly GDP at the pre-invasion level as a surplus loss (&#36;551,080 million per month). Because oil prices rose for almost five months from February 28 to August 3, 2022, the world suffered five times this damage, or 2.85&#37; of annual GDP (&#36;2.7 trillion). This scenario is roughly equivalent to a price change of 5 times in the Russian M&Q sector alone.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

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Based on a unique and extensive dataset of top executives, this study explores the effect of top executives’ attributes on firm performance through strategic choices for capital structure and investments. The big five personalities and top executives’ other four essential personal attributes are identified from over 970,000 observations in Japanese firms. We applied structural equational modeling to test the hypothesized mediation models and the differences across large, medium, and small-sized firms. The results show that top executives in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) present stronger linkages with strategic choices, significantly mediating the relationship between top executives’ attributes and firm performance. Specifically, top executives with higher conscientiousness, decisiveness, and financial prudence tend to choose conservative strategies, while those with higher neuroticism, openness, and agreeableness tend to adopt risky and innovative strategies. In contrast, top executives’ attributes can hardly predict firm strategies and outcomes for large firms, and neither fails to predict firm outcomes in SMEs given the inconsistent mediation.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Resources Policy  

In this study, we aim to investigate the impact of green finance and environmental degradation on sustainable development in developing countries. We use a panel dataset for 42 developing countries for the 2000–2020 period employing the panel fixed effect estimation. Adjusted net savings are used to measure sustainable development, green credit, green securities, and green investments are applied as proxies for green finance, and carbon (CO2) emissions are used to indicate environmental degradation. The analysis reveals that green finance has a positive and significant impact, whereas environmental degradation exerts a negative and significant impact on sustainable development in developing countries. Further, we find the same outcomes by employing the system-generalized method of moments estimation, confirming the robustness of our results. Our study has implications for regulators and policymakers seeking to achieve sustainable development in developing countries. Our findings will be useful for designing policies related to green financing and investment in developing nations.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

This paper constructs the economic model to consider the economy in cities from the waste management perspective. Specifically, we analyze the link between migration, natural capital, and waste management by applying the new economic geography model. We show the results; the population distribution pattern in the long run varies depending on the congestion effect of natural capital and waste management's technological level. In particular, a full agglomeration equilibrium realizes in the long run for higher technological levels of waste management (lower congestion effects), an interior asymmetric equilibrium does for intermediate technological levels (intermediate congestion effects), and the symmetric dispersion equilibrium realizes for the lower technological levels (higher congestion effects).

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The disciplines of environmental and resource economics have been developed over decades as a substantial specialisation of economic theory and application. Environmental economics evaluates environmental goods while resource economics analyses scarce resource allocation. Given that climate change, biodiversity loss, water crisis and other aspects of environmental change are clearly evident to society, it is only natural that economists should also focus on economic sustainability. Therefore, nowadays environmental economics has become a more integrated sustainability science with a focus on resources and resource productivity and the part it plays in the circular economy. In this paper then, we consider recent developments of stock measures of capital, where investment plays a key role. Then, we introduce this special issue development and how policy and investments interact with the environment.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

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Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) poses special challenges for societies, as the disease causes millions of deaths. Although the direct prevention measures affect the prevalence and mortality the most, the other indirect factors, including natural environments and economics, could not be neglected. Evaluating the effect of natural land cover on COVID-19 health outcomes is an urgent and crucial public health topic.

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Here, we examine the relationships between natural land cover and the prevalence and mortality of COVID-19 in the United States. To probe the effects of long-term living with natural land cover, we extract county-level land cover data from 2001 to 2019. Based on statistically spatial tests, we employ the Spatial Simultaneous Autoregressive (SAC) Model to estimate natural land cover’s impact and monetary values on COVID-19 health outcomes. To examine the short-term effects of natural environments, we build a seasonal panel data set about the greenery index and COVID-19 health outcomes. The panel SAC model is used to detect the relationship between the greenery index and seasonal COVID-19 health outcomes.

Results

A 1&#37; increase in open water or deciduous forest is associated with a 0.004-death and 0.163-conformed-case, or 0.006-death and 0.099-confirmed-case decrease in every 1,000 people. Converting them into monetary value, for the mortality, a 1&#37; increase in open water, deciduous forest, or evergreen forest in a county is equivalent to a 212-, 313-, or 219-USD increase in household income in the long term. Moreover, for the prevalence, a 1&#37; change in open water, deciduous forest, or mixed forest is worth a 382-, 230-, or 650-USD increase in household income. Furthermore, a rational development intensity is also critical to reduce the risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. More greenery in the short term is also linked to lower prevalence and mortality.

Conclusions

Our study underscores the importance of incorporating natural land cover as a means of mitigating the risks and negative consequences of future pandemics like COVID-19 and promoting overall public health.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

The motivation of this paper stems from the growing concern of heavy pesticide use in developing countries such as Sri Lanka. Its excessive use affects the environment, the economy and farmers’ health and yet farmers still seem unaware of its ill-effects. More worrying is the lack of appropriate government efforts to address this problem. If neglected, heavy use of pesticide eventually renders land useless, reduces future farm output and productivity and can severely affect farmers’ health. This paper investigates pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on farm level technical efficiency using a metafrontier framework with stochastic frontier analysis. Data are collected through surveys of two groups of farmers in Sri Lanka. The first (described as the ‘non-hospitalized farmers’) are farmers who perceive that their ill-health is due to exposure to pesticides and obtained treatment but are not hospitalized. The second group (described as the ‘hospitalized farmers’) are farmers whose ill-health has been diagnosed by doctors and have been treated in hospital for exposure to pesticides. The results show that farmers overuse pesticides because of higher expectations of future returns which has led to an increase in inefficiency and remains unknown to the farmers. Determinants of inefficiency supports the argument that pesticide induced health problems reduce the health capital, while increasing farm level inefficiency.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：MDPI  

Recently, concerns about ecosystem loss and the threat of disasters have emerged. Understanding people’s perception of the ecosystem’s value will lead to disaster adaptation through ecosystem conservation. We incorporated use and disaster attributes into a contingent valuation study to investigate Japanese peoples’ perceptions of the value of various ecosystems. We construct a concept representing ecosystems’ perceived disaster prevention and mitigation functions by investigating the effects of use status and disaster concerns on people’s preferences. Results revealed that almost all of the ecosystem’s disaster prevention and mitigation functions are not perceived by people. In some cases, people mistakenly avoid ecosystems that protect people from disasters. In conclusion, this concept and its findings facilitate an understanding of people’s perceptions of disaster prevention mitigation functions of ecosystems and promote the concrete practice of conserving ecosystems.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：MDPI  

Recently, concerns about ecosystem loss and the threat of disasters have emerged. Understanding people’s perception of the ecosystem’s value will lead to disaster adaptation through ecosystem conservation. We incorporated use and disaster attributes into a contingent valuation study to investigate Japanese peoples’ perceptions of the value of various ecosystems. We construct a concept representing ecosystems’ perceived disaster prevention and mitigation functions by investigating the effects of use status and disaster concerns on people’s preferences. Results revealed that almost all of the ecosystem’s disaster prevention and mitigation functions are not perceived by people. In some cases, people mistakenly avoid ecosystems that protect people from disasters. In conclusion, this concept and its findings facilitate an understanding of people’s perceptions of disaster prevention mitigation functions of ecosystems and promote the concrete practice of conserving ecosystems.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043154

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00636-4

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1130622

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Economics and Policy Studies  

Inclusive green growth (IGG) is a new way to achieve sustainable development through the realization of economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection. Empirical research about measuring IGG and exploring its driving factors is scarce. Based on panel data from 26 OECD countries over the period 1990–2012, this study aims to examine the impacts of stringent environmental and employment regulations on countries’ competitiveness, represented by the IGG index. Therefore, we adopt the slacks-based measure model with directional distance function (SBM-DDF) and the global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index (GMLPI) to calculate an IGG index, and a dynamic panel data regression analysis to establish the impacts of different regulatory policies on IGG. The improvement in the IGG and its components is modest over the period and there is room for improvement. The regression results show that the environmental policy stringency, the employment protection legislation, and their interaction are beneficial to the promotion of IGG. Some implications for the OECD countries are provided.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Switzerland  

Recently, concerns about ecosystem loss and the threat of disasters have emerged. Understanding people’s perception of the ecosystem’s value will lead to disaster adaptation through ecosystem conservation. We incorporated use and disaster attributes into a contingent valuation study to investigate Japanese peoples’ perceptions of the value of various ecosystems. We construct a concept representing ecosystems’ perceived disaster prevention and mitigation functions by investigating the effects of use status and disaster concerns on people’s preferences. Results revealed that almost all of the ecosystem’s disaster prevention and mitigation functions are not perceived by people. In some cases, people mistakenly avoid ecosystems that protect people from disasters. In conclusion, this concept and its findings facilitate an understanding of people’s perceptions of disaster prevention mitigation functions of ecosystems and promote the concrete practice of conserving ecosystems.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Happiness Studies  

Whether perceived importance can be used as a weighting factor for the aggregation of domain satisfaction is an important issue in the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) measures with multidimensional domains. This paper extends the weighting approach proposed by Benjamin et al. (Am Econ Rev 104:2698–2735, 2014) and uses it to weight domain satisfaction. The weights estimated by this approach can be interpreted as marginal utility, and the weighted average of the domain satisfaction of each individual can be interpreted as the individual’s utility. Using a data set collected from a 2015 survey that we conducted with residents of all Japanese prefectures, we show that this weighted average improves the goodness of fit for overall SWB measures compared with the unweighted averages of domain satisfaction. This finding supports incorporating perceived importance measures into SWB measures. Moreover, we show that, although there are differences in perceived importance among some domains that are less relevant to specific sub-populations, such as work for people above 65 years or relations with family for those who live alone, the relative importance of most domains is similar across the different categories of gender, household income, age, and household composition. Allowing for heterogeneity in the importance weights across these demographic groups provides only negligible improvements to the validity of the domain importance. The approach suggested in this paper can be considered a resident-oriented approach in the sense that the weights are derived from the perceived importance of residents themselves and are thus expected to contribute to resident-oriented policymaking.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Springer Science and Business Media LLC  

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Japan is a highly urbanized and severely aging society. In an aging society, chronic disease and disability are prevalent, and the population is sensitive to environmental issues and climate change. To identify the effects of population changes, formulate population and public health policies, and assist environmental projects, a high-resolution and accurate gridded population dataset is highly desirable. To provide basic data for research in these areas, we created an open access annual dataset from 2001 to 2020 containing the total, male, and female population counts in each grid at a resolution of 500 m. A random forest method was employed to fill the gaps in Japan’s nationwide census data collected in 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. The yearly population dataset was based on the 4^th-level mesh data from the Statistics Bureau of Japan to make it easy to use. The dataset is provided here along with descriptions of the data and methods used in the fitting, cross-validation, and prediction processes.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-14980-w

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28540-0

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28368-8

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01502-7

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116612

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2362

記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

DOI： http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/101.00000148

記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

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The statement of sustainability in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) framework needs to be supplemented by a formal proof that intergenerational well-being also improves. This is the first study that aims to provide empirical evidence that links the progress of the SDGs and the changes in well-being, which are proxied by the SDG Index and the Inclusive Wealth (IW) Index, respectively. We propose an SDGs-wealth model which was analyzed using a machine learning method involving a balanced panel of 147 countries for 2000–2019. We find a strong correlation between wealth and the SDGs, with Goals 12, 13, and 7 being the most significant predictors of wealth. In contrast to Goals 12 and 13, we find a positive correlation between Goal 7 and the per capita IW Index, suggesting that promoting affordable and clean energy is beneficial for wealth accumulation. Quite the opposite, fostering responsible consumption and production and climate actions might be detrimental to wealth. We also find an alarming result for 50 countries in our study since they have deviated from the sustainable development trajectories either in the short or long run. Our study suggests that to achieve sustainable development, instead of focusing on the complex interactions among the SDGs, policymakers should put a stronger focus on improving IW.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Humanities and Social Sciences Communications  

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This paper investigates the role of social capital (SC) in subjective quality of life to address the limitations of existing observable indicators as evidence for public policy. We use a large-scale survey of 100,956 respondents across 37 countries, including both developed and less developed countries. The empirical results suggest that higher SC is more strongly associated with better subjective health and higher satisfaction in low-income countries than in high-income countries. Moreover, while low-income countries show a lower level of perceived economic inequality at the community level with higher SC, high-income countries present a higher level. We further find that higher levels of educational attainment increase the perception of economic inequality and that this impact decreases with SC. Enhancing SC may lead to improved quality of life in most low-income countries, and lifestyle and cultural factors also play a crucial role. These findings indicate that noneconomic factors underpin better lives, and further research is needed to address the social aspects of life.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics  

Capital assets provide a wide variety of benefits and services to current and future generations. If intergenerational well-being is governed by capital assets, then they should not decline. This is the simple intuition behind nondeclining capital assets as an indicator of sustainability. We review recent developments in the wealth-accounting literature, with a particular focus on global natural capital. Aiming toward climate and biodiversity targets in economies constrained by carbon budgets and planetary boundaries, the wealth index needs to be updated to reflect global scarcities. Inclusive wealth of United Nations and the Dasgupta Review’s focus on the conceptual tools of impact inequality, as well as the safe operating space approach, might give us some toolkits to make these changes. Other challenges include spatial and global aggregation and the upscaling of micro to macro. This also calls for utilizing the wealth index for cost-effectiveness, as well as cost-benefit, analysis. Looking at another focus of the inclusive wealth and Dasgupta Review, we touch on the effect of population change on per capita wealth and measurements of well-being in the context of an ever more densely populated planet. Finally, we also discuss that more empirical research is expected to revise approaches to the comprehensive net national product, as well as to wealth accounting.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Environmental Management  

This study conducted randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness of an environmental education class and the impacts of nudges and boosts implemented in this program on high school students' basic knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding environmental issues in Japan. This environmental education class consisted of a lecture on reducing the use of plastic products for energy conservation in daily life, a board game for learning how to reduce plastic waste, and a worksheet for reflection. Four types of worksheets were randomly distributed: nudges, in which students were asked to set a goal regarding their level of effort in not throwing away plastic products such as plastic bags, wet wipes, and plastic bottles; boosts, in which participants were asked to write an essay to help increase their empathy for the parties impacted by environmental issues; both nudges and boosts; and none (neither nudges nor boosts). After environmental education, an end-line survey was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this class. This study found that the environmental education class significantly improved students' basic environmental knowledge and promoted their concerns about plastic waste. Although there was no evidence that nudges and boosts amplify the effects of the environmental education class on the students' knowledge, nudges were successful in making them more concerned about plastic waste. The results showed that students who received nudges or boosts were more likely to refuse free wet wipes offered at convenience stores but were not more likely to refuse plastic bottles. These results also indicated that interventions through environmental education can change students' pro-environmental behaviors only if the cost of behavioral change is low. The environmental education class not only increased students’ environmental knowledge and attitudes, but the use of worksheets in administering nudges and boosts ensured the effectiveness of environmental education.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

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Since energy consumption became an important contributor to climate change owing to carbon emissions, energy-saving behavior and expenditure at the household level have been attracting scholars’ and policymakers’ attention. This study identified whether greenhouse gas emissions at the household level can be reduced through purchase of energy-saving goods and whether the energy-saving behavior enhanced with household income increase. We conducted a large-scale survey across 37 nations using internet-based and face-to-face approaches, collecting 100,956 observations. The wealth effect on energy consumption expenditure at the household level was found to be positive across countries, confirming that energy consumption increases with household wealth improvement. Furthermore, households show a positive association between household energy expenditure and life satisfaction in 27 out of 37 countries, including China, India, the United States, and Germany. Additionally, the favorable effects of household energy-saving behavior are confirmed. However, purchase of household energy-saving products has a limited effect on energy consumption expenditure, compared with that of energy-curtailment behavior. In conclusion, achieving a carbon–neutral household by reducing energy consumption expenditure at the household level is challenging; thus, along with the use of energy-saving goods, alternative energy sources, such as renewable energies, are recommended.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Springer  

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Background

The Japanese government has restricted people’s going-out behavior by declaring a non-punitive state of emergency several times under COVID-19. This study aims to analyze how multiple policy interventions that impose non-legally binding restrictions on behavior associate with people’s going-out.

Theory

This study models the stigma model of self-restraint behavior under the pandemic with habituation effects. The theoretical result indicates that the state of emergency’s self-restraint effects weaken with the number of times.

Methods

The empirical analysis examines the impact of emergency declarations on going-out behavior using a prefecture-level daily panel dataset. The dataset includes Google’s going-out behavior data, the Japanese government’s policy interventions based on emergency declarations, and covariates that affect going-out behavior, such as weather and holidays.

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First, for multiple emergency declarations from the beginning of the pandemic to 2021, the negative association between emergency declarations and mobility was confirmed in a model that did not distinguish the number of emergency declarations. Second, in the model that considers the number of declarations, the negative association was found to decrease with the number of declarations.

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These empirical analyses are consistent with the results of theoretical analyses, which show that the negative association between people’s going-out behavior and emergency declarations decreases in magnitude as the number of declarations increases.

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記述言語：日本語   出版者・発行元：日本国際経済学会  

<p>国際貿易は国家間の経済的な不均衡を是正した。他方で，貿易の自由化は発展途上国の一部の自然資本を減少させている。また，感染症に関して，パンデミック時には人的資本の保護が経済活動の維持よりも福祉（well-being）を高め，さらに，その伝播の程度にも自然資本が影響する。今後，持続可能な社会とするには包括的な富を考慮した投資が貿易に関連することであっても必要となる。</p>

DOI： 10.5652/kokusaikeizai.kk2023.f01

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

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Background

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) engagement is expected to benefit corporations in terms of their efficiency and sustainability. The transformative change in management practices would not only provide support for employees but also bring about additional workload, which may affect employee psychological well-being. However, the examination of the relationship between corporate ESG activities and occupational stress is scarce; hence, this study aims to fill this knowledge gap.

Methods

In total, 110,351 observations were collected from 41,998 employees regarding occupational stress to reflect employee psychological well-being. The data were derived from 11 corporations in Japan from 2017 to 2019. Data on ESG activities were collected from the MSCI ESG database from 2015 to 2017. The effect of 1-year lagged corporate ESG activities on employee psychological well-being was investigated using a lagged variable linear regression model.

Results

Positive and negative relationships were found between corporate environmental activities and occupational stress. Activities that reduce water stress during operation and adopt clean technology were found to benefit employees’ psychological well-being. On the contrary, the program for reducing toxic emissions and waste lowered employees’ occupational stress levels significantly. Regarding corporate social activities, the improvement of job satisfaction or work-life balance was associated with occupational stress. However, corporate governance activities were found to have unfavorable effects on employees’ psychological well-being.

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The effects of corporate ESG activities on employees’ psychological well-being are found. The managerial implications suggest that caring for employees’ occupational stress during the implementation of environmental activities is necessary, and the adoption of social activities could enhance employees’ psychological well-being. Notably, corporate governance activities are a stressor for employees; top management teams should pay attention to it.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Energy and Buildings  

Occupancy patterns in residential buildings and profiles with family information are essential for the energy system design and optimization, for the electricity demand responses and management of buildings, and for constructing household energy efficiency policies. To address the shortcomings of current research, this study conducted a national-wide survey in China with a valid sample of 8,190 urban households representing 19,352 individuals. On this basis, a novel approach was generated and conducted to identify the occupancy patterns in residential buildings and describe familiy profiles of typical occupancy pattern. Results indicate that occupied duration for urban residential building is 20.3 h per day during weekdays and 20.1 h per day during weekend. Four occupancy patterns during workday and five occupancy patterns during weekend were identified. Family demographic characteristics, housing characteristics, geographical location, education experience, work experience, and income level are revealed to be correlated with residents’ occupancy pattern. These results could be widely used in building-level energy performance simulation and optimization, and community-level energy and emission policy tools design.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Resources Conservation and Recycling  

This study investigates donations for environment sustainability and emotional well-being using a large-scale survey of 100,956 observations from 37 nations on 6 continents based on the internet and face-to-face methods according to goal framing theory. The relationship between individuals’ pro-environmental conservation behavior (donations and volunteerism) and positive and negative emotions was determined using an ordered logit model. We found that people engaged in donations (cash and goods) or volunteering had an increased likelihood of experiencing positive emotions and a reduced probability of experiencing negative emotions. Similarly, the results confirmed that 27 of 37 nations, including China, India, the United States and Japan. Donating for nature less than 9% of income was associated with a higher probability of positive emotional well-being and a lower likelihood of negative emotion. Worldwide institutions, such as the United Nations, have constructed new environmental conservation programs that may be an option for contributing to sustainability.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

This study analyzes the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related activities and supply chain networks. We focus on horizontal corporate groups (keiretsu) as proxies of supply chain networks. The relationships between independent companies and companies that belong to these keiretsu in terms of differences in their CSR activity implementation are identified and clarified using quantitative analysis techniques. This study uses a propensity score matching method to narrow a sample to include only keiretsu companies and independent companies with characteristics similar to those of keiretsu companies. Based on the results, even after controlling for yushi-keiretsu and the elements that define a corporate group, we find that keiretsu companies consistently engage in CSR activities. Remarkably, the Mitsubishi Group has a strong tendency to engage in CSR activities.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：International Journal of Wellbeing  

Understanding and promoting subjective wellbeing (SWB) has been the topic of increasing research, due in part to its potential contributions to health and productivity. To date, the conceptualization of SWB has been grounded within social psychology and largely focused on self-report measures. In this paper, we explore the potentially complementary tools and theoretical perspectives offered by computational neuroscience, with a focus on the active inference (AI) framework. This framework is motivated by the fact that the brain does not have direct access to the world; to select actions, it must instead infer the most likely external causes of the sensory input it receives from both the body and the external world. Because sensory input is always consistent with multiple interpretations, the brain’s internal model must use background knowledge, in the form of prior expectations, to make a “best guess” about the situation it is in and how it will change by taking one action or another. This best guess arises by minimizing an error signal representing the deviation between predicted and observed sensations given a chosen action—quantified mathematically by a variable called free energy (FE). Crucially, recent proposals have illustrated how emotional experience may emerge within AI as a natural consequence of the brain keeping track of the success of its model in selecting actions to minimize FE. In this paper, we draw on the concepts and mathematics in AI to highlight how different computational strategies can be used to minimize FE—some more successfully than others. This affords a characterization of how diverse individuals may adopt unique strategies for achieving high SWB. It also highlights novel ways in which SWB could be effectively improved. These considerations lead us to propose a novel computational framework for understanding SWB. We highlight several parameters in these models that could explain individual and cultural differences in SWB, and how they might inspire novel interventions. We conclude by proposing a line of future empirical research based on computational modelling that could complement current approaches to the study of wellbeing and its improvement.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Research  

As a long-standing public health issue, malaria still severely affects many parts of the world, especially Africa. With greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures continue to rise. Based on diverse shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), future temperatures can be estimated. However, the impacts of climate change on malaria infection rates in all epidemic regions are unknown. Here, we estimate the differences in global malaria infection rates predicted under different SSPs during several periods as well as malaria infection case changes (MICCs) resulting from those differences. Our results indicate that the global MICCs resulting from the conversion from SSP1-2.6 to SSP2-4.5, to SSP3-7.0, and to SSP5-8.5 are 6.506 (with a 95% uncertainty interval [UI] of 6.150–6.861) million, 3.655 (3.416–3.894) million, and 2.823 (2.635–3.012) million, respectively, from 2021 to 2040; these values represent increases of 2.699%, 1.517%, and 1.171%, respectively, compared to the 241 million infection cases reported in 2020. Temperatures increases will adversely affect malaria the most in Africa during the 2021–2040 period. From 2081 to 2100, the MICCs obtained for the three scenario shifts listed above are −79.109 (−83.626 to −74.591) million, −238.337 (−251.920 to −0.141) million, and −162.692 (−174.628 to −150.757) million, corresponding to increases of −32.825%, −98.895%, and −67.507%, respectively. Climate change will increase the danger and risks associated with malaria in the most vulnerable regions in the near term, thus aggravating the difficulty of eliminating malaria. Reducing GHG emissions is a potential pathway to protecting people from malaria.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Modelling  

This study examines whether positive primary stakeholder management is reflected in firm competitiveness. To conceptualize firm competitiveness, we follow a productivity perspective, in which technological and economic relationships between input consumption and output production are considered. Utilizing a three-stage dynamic network data envelopment analysis approach, we compute the Malmquist productivity index, which allows to examine the dynamics of the technology frontier and the levels of catch-up among a sample of international airlines observed between 2005 and 2019. We find that productivity, technological, and efficiency changes are enhanced by two dimensions of stakeholder management (i.e., employees and product/customer responsibility) that are socially required and capture economic and legal responsibilities. Dimensions of stakeholder management that are socially desired or expected (i.e., community, environment, and human rights) and are not directly related to operations or factors that create economic value, do not appear to play a significant role in improving airline productivity change.

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出版者・発行元：Land Use Policy  

In developing countries, research found that rural populations express levels of well-being lower than that of urban populations. However, previous investigations do not compare subjective well-being (SWB) between informal urban settlements, also known as slums, and rural areas despite the large migrations occurring between these two areas. The absence of surveys on SWB targeting slum areas impedes this type of investigation. Thus, this study aims to understand whether rural populations in developing countries have SWB different from those in urban areas’ informal settlements. We use the results of an original questionnaire-based survey focusing on Greater Mumbai's slums and rural areas for this purpose. We also investigate whether the characteristics of respondents determined by their socioeconomic profiles, social capital, and economic situations in their area of residence explain the difference in SWB between areas. Our results show that populations in slums have, on average, happiness and life satisfaction higher than that of rural populations. Higher levels of happiness are linked to higher social trust and satisfaction with one's community, while higher satisfaction with life is linked to higher socioeconomic profiles in slums. Issues related to this difference in SWB and policy implications are discussed.

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出版者・発行元：Tourism Economics  

This study assesses how and in what circumstances tourists’ perceived value of nature-based tourism (NBT) attributes differ among various types of national parks. A novel discrete choice experiment is used employing data collected from 343 international tourists in four national parks in Sri Lanka. We find that the improvements in frequency of large species’ encounters, habitat quality and proximity to encountered wildlife produce greater utility. A surprising finding is that tourists are shown to prefer to spend only a limited amount of time at national parks. They also tend to choose less-visited parks that have large mammals for which they would be willing to pay more compared to those national parks that are more frequently visited. Our article contributes to the empirical evidence that time is a key factor that determines the tourism destination choice and less-visited parks offer considerable potential for future growth of tourism.

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出版者・発行元：Land Use Policy  

In developing countries, research found that rural populations express levels of well-being lower than that of urban populations. However, previous investigations do not compare subjective well-being (SWB) between informal urban settlements, also known as slums, and rural areas despite the large migrations occurring between these two areas. The absence of surveys on SWB targeting slum areas impedes this type of investigation. Thus, this study aims to understand whether rural populations in developing countries have SWB different from those in urban areas’ informal settlements. We use the results of an original questionnaire-based survey focusing on Greater Mumbai's slums and rural areas for this purpose. We also investigate whether the characteristics of respondents determined by their socioeconomic profiles, social capital, and economic situations in their area of residence explain the difference in SWB between areas. Our results show that populations in slums have, on average, happiness and life satisfaction higher than that of rural populations. Higher levels of happiness are linked to higher social trust and satisfaction with one's community, while higher satisfaction with life is linked to higher socioeconomic profiles in slums. Issues related to this difference in SWB and policy implications are discussed.

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出版者・発行元：Tourism Economics  

This study assesses how and in what circumstances tourists’ perceived value of nature-based tourism (NBT) attributes differ among various types of national parks. A novel discrete choice experiment is used employing data collected from 343 international tourists in four national parks in Sri Lanka. We find that the improvements in frequency of large species’ encounters, habitat quality and proximity to encountered wildlife produce greater utility. A surprising finding is that tourists are shown to prefer to spend only a limited amount of time at national parks. They also tend to choose less-visited parks that have large mammals for which they would be willing to pay more compared to those national parks that are more frequently visited. Our article contributes to the empirical evidence that time is a key factor that determines the tourism destination choice and less-visited parks offer considerable potential for future growth of tourism.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

Hydrogen is a low or zero-carbon energy source that is considered the most promising and potential energy carrier of the future. In this study, the energy sources, feedstocks, and various methods of hydrogen production from power generation are comparatively investigated in detail. In addition, this study presents an economic assessment to evaluate cost-effectiveness based on different economic indicators, including sensitivity analysis and uncertainty analysis. Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFCs) technology has the most potential to be developed compared to several other technologies. PEMFCs have been widely used in various fields and have advantages (i.e., start-up, zero-emissions, high power density). Among the various sources of uncertainty in the sensitivity analysis, the cost estimation method shows inflationary deviations from the proposed cost of capital. This is due to the selection process and untested technology. In addition, the cost of electricity and raw materials, as the main factors that are unpredictable.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management  

In this article, we reveal how mental support from family, friends, and local authorities - social support (SP) - contributes to inclusivity in the context of fully autonomous vehicles (FAVs). We focus on disaster victims who have trouble driving and test how the information on traumatic experiences relates to their purchase decisions. To this end, we create a unique survey that asks about respondents' purchasing decisions before/after we share information with them on FAV traffic accidents that led to a driver's death. Our results show that SP is crucial for encouraging people to choose FAVs, even after fatal news concerning FAVs is shared, regardless of disaster experience. We also find that other factors, such as safety and convenience, can encourage people to 'substitute' choosing FAVs in place of not choosing FAVs. By adopting integrated choice and latent variable models considering individual heterogeneity over 60 000 respondents, our results indicate possible policy paths through which to utilize SP in creating FAVs as an inclusive transportation mode.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Scientific Reports  

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Research on the relationship between rainfall variability and conflicts has yielded contradictory results. This study is the first to show that the significance of the impact of rainfall variability on conflicts depends on the temporal unit of analysis. We prove this point by comparing the statistical significance of the linkages between georeferenced conflicts and rainfall variabilities at the monthly and annual levels with panel data analyses from 1989 to 2020. We find that a 10 percent increase in monthly rainfall decreases the risk of conflict incidence by 0.0298 percent, but annual rainfall variability is not statistically linked to conflict outbreaks. These statistically significant disparities result from the aggregation of data dispersion and the disregard for the timing of the impact of rainfall on conflicts. These findings highlight the importance of information on monthly rainfall variation when estimating the impact of rainfall on conflicts.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Remote Sensing of Environment  

Predicting long-term ground-level nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is important globally to support environmental and public health research and to provide information to governments and society for air pollution control policies. The ozone monitoring instrument (OMI), onboard Aura Satellite, detects monthly global tropospheric column amounts (TrCA) of NO2 molecules. However, the relationship between the ground-level NO2 concentration and TrCA of NO2 molecules remains elusive because NO2 molecules in the air are not evenly distributed vertically. We use geographically weighted panel regression (GWPR) to examine the relationship between satellite-derived data, measured ground-level NO2 concentrations, and several controlling meteorological variables from January 2015 to October 2021. The GWPR can analyze unbalanced panel data and capture the spatial variability of the relationship. Based on the GWPR estimation, 82 monthly global ground-level NO2 concentrations are predicted from January 2015 to October 2021. The GWPR is reliable, as indicated by the 10-fold cross-validation. The accuracy of the raster prediction of global ground-level NO2 from January 2015 to October 2021 is 69.61%. The coefficient of correlation, root mean square error and mean absolute error between globally predicted and measured ground-level NO2 are 0.838, 7.84 μg/m3 and 4.07 μg/m3, respectively, while the mean of globally measured ground-level NO2 is 19.47 μg/m3. Overall, this research provides critical basic data to environmental and public health science and valuable information for governments and societies to make more reasonable policies.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Energy Policy  

Countries along with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) differ in geographical location, technological levels, and resource endowment. It is worth paying attention to the evolution of the gap in energy efficiency of BRI countries. Therefore, this study investigated club convergence in total-factor energy efficiency (TFEE) of BRI countries, and the role of China's outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in TFEE convergence, by adopting panel data over 1996–2019. Results indicate that the TFEE of the BRI countries showed a trend of divergence as a whole, but converged to three convergence clubs with different characteristics of 1) high TFEE and convergence rates (20 countries); 2) middle TFEE and convergence rates (13 countries), 3) low TFEE and convergence rates (27 countries). We also found that China's OFDI in low-carbon industries in BRI countries contributed to the convergence of clubs with high energy efficiency and convergence rates. Moreover, China's OFDI in high-carbon industries showed a pollution halo effect, causing lower energy efficiency countries to converge to the high energy efficiency and convergence rate club.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management  

We analyze the effect of managerial entrenchment on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. We use the cross-shareholding ratio and the stable shareholders ratio, which characterize the Japanese corporate system, as proxy variables for managerial entrenchment. We choose two CSR/environmental, social, and corporate governance scores: those for vendors targeting only Japan and those for vendors targeting the entire world. The results show that increases in the cross-shareholding and stable shareholder ratios decrease CSR activities. These results are consistent with the view that CSR activities are considered a costly investment for managers rather than a type of agency cost. Finally, we reveal that after the enactment of Japan's Corporate Governance Code in 2015, the cross-shareholding and the stable shareholder ratios have not significantly affected CSR activities and that foreign institutional investors have promoted CSR activities.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Impact Assessment Review  

As climate change due to carbon dioxide (CO<inf>2</inf>) emissions is an important issue, the role of households in CO<inf>2</inf> emissions reduction through behavioral intervention cannot be ignored. The traditional environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis explains the inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and the environment. This study expands EKC theory by adding household-level social capital, income, and disaggregated CO<inf>2</inf> emissions based on the cross-sectional data of both satellite-monitored data and a large-scale survey of 86,764 respondents across 30 developing and developed countries. The separate and combined effects of self-reported social capital on CO<inf>2</inf> emissions are tested by regression, allowing an inverted-U shaped function. The results show that higher community attachment and social trust are associated with higher concern about the global warming issue. Low-income countries show a higher level of concern about global warming than high-income countries. Within a country, individual differences between groups with low and high levels of community attachment and social trust are much larger in high-income countries than in low-income countries. The separate effect of income is associated with increasing CO<inf>2</inf> emissions, social capital is associated with decreasing CO<inf>2</inf> emissions, and the combined effect of income with social capital is correlated to reduce the positive impact of income on CO<inf>2</inf> emissions. Furthermore, by including of social capital with household income, the turning point of household income can be reduced from approximately USD 5900 to USD 4900 and USD 7000 to USD 3300 at the country and region levels, respectively. Overall, the estimated results suggest that increasing social capital may be an effective approach for emissions reduction at the household level.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Nutrients  

Improving the intestinal microbiota using probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics has attracted attention as a method of disease prevention and treatment. This is the first study to discuss the effects of food intake on the intestinal microbiota using a large Japanese intestinal microbiota database. Here, as a case study, we determined changes in the intestinal microbiota caused by ingestion of a processed natto food containing B. subtilisvar. natto SONOMONO spores, SONOMONO NATTO POWDER CAPSULESTM, by analyzing 16S rRNA sequence data generated using next-generation sequencing techniques. The results showed that the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium and Blautia as well as the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium were increased in males and females in the ingesting group, respectively. Additionally, the effects of SONOMONO NATTO POWDER CAPSULESTM intake on Bifidobacterium and Blautia abundance depended on the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium at baseline. Finally, analysis of a large Japanese intestinal microbiota database suggested that the bacterial genera that fluctuated with the ingestion of SONOMONO NATTO POWDER CAPSULESTM may be associated with lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Cleaner Production  

This editorial was designed to summarize the contents and key aspects highlighted in this special issue on “Economic Analysis Underpinning Achievement of the SDGs.” The collection of twenty-one papers was partly drawn from the (1) Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, (2) the Kyushu University Platform of Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research (Q-Pit) international workshop on “Low-Carbon Energy Transitions,” and (3) International Conference on Energy Finance (ICEF). The novelty of this issue is the application of economic and technological analysis toward both the evaluation and achievement of the SDGs at regional and global levels. The research presented in this issue helped understand current progress and research directions in the field of economic analysis underpinning the achievement of the SDGs.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

During the past two decades, the world has seen exponential growth in the number of companies reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, and various ESG metrics have been proposed and are now in use. ESG metrics play a crucial role as an enabler of investment strategies that consider ESG factors, which are often referred to as “ESG investments”. The ESG metrics and investment market are evolving rapidly, as investors, corporations, and the public are giving more priority to the “S” in ESG, including social equity issues, such as diversity, income inequality, worker safety, systemic racism, and companies' broader role in society. In this critical, systematic review, utilizing in-depth assessments, we investigate and compare the approaches employed in major ESG metrics and studies, then, we shed light on the “S” aspect by reviewing existing approaches used to assess social equity to clarify commensurability with ESG. Through the systematic review, this paper confirms that ESG investments can be expected to provide stable and high returns especially over the long term. This paper also clarifies how elements considered in social equity studies are largely reflected in major ESG metrics.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Ecological Economics  

Given the increasing energy needs for indoor cooling and the growing attention to energy poverty, it is important to understand how cooling energy needs in the hot summer season affect human well-being in relation to income level. Using Japan as a case country, this study examines how much energy consumption increases in response to higher temperatures in the summer season and how the additional energy needs for indoor cooling, in turn, affect subjective well-being (SWB). The results confirm that higher cooling energy needs can reduce SWB. In relation to income level, the lowest-income group faces the highest cooling energy needs, presumably due to lower energy efficiency in housing. In contrast, the negative effect of cooling energy needs on SWB is the largest for the middle-income group. This contradictory finding implies that behavioral aspects matter for the evaluation of SWB.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

This paper proposes a framework for weighting priority for the multidimensional domains of slum development from the viewpoint of residents. The weights estimated by our framework can be interpreted as marginal utility, and multiplying satisfaction scores in each domain of development by these weights yields residents' utility from slum development. The proposed approach is carried out by accessing residents' needs for slum development in Mumbai, India, where more than 5.2 million residents live in slum areas. Using the dataset obtained from a questionnaire survey that we conducted with slum residents in March 2019, we estimate marginal utilities for 23 domains of slum development. The results show that (1) slum residents most wish to improve development projects about human capital (health and education), electricity, and drinking water, even if they have already been highly satisfied, (2) they feel the least satisfaction with public toilets and place high priority on projects involving public toilets, (3) the sewage system has low priority with low satisfaction, but this priority increases as slum residents become better off, (4) the projects on social development and protection are highly satisfied and generally ranked low in terms of marginal utilities, and (5) air pollution and working conditions are also concerns of slum residents, especially as these residents become better off. It is expected that the framework used in this paper can be used to extract the problems of urban development and to track the progress of development plans from the viewpoint of residents.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

Weather conditions critically affect electricity demand. Recently, weather changes have also affected the electricity supply because renewable energy sources have been diffused. Some studies have revealed that weather conditions affect electricity supply or demand. However, few studies have revealed the integrated effects of weather changes on the electricity supply, demand, and market prices. This study aims to reveal the regional weather impact on the German electricity spot market based on combined hourly weather and electricity market data using structural equation modeling. Our results reveal that weather changes affect both demand and supply. First, the effect of weather on electricity supply differs in each state. Our estimation results show a more complex effect of an increase in solar radiation. Second, the electricity demand is also affected by weather conditions, particularly by temperature. Additionally, regional differences in weather conditions create a complex structure of electricity supply and demand. Our results indicate that extreme weather events in specific areas have a significant impact on the electricity market price.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

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Background

Every year, more than 700,000 people die due to suicide, one of the most common reasons for youth death. While many studies have revealed two main factors for suicidal behavior: impulsive suicidal behavior due to mental illness and financial stress, it is not clear what happens if individuals face deterioration of mental health and economic recession. This paper attempts to answer this question and how suicide rates are correlated with these factors.

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We empirically investigate whether economic recessions and air pollution trigger suicides by examining Japan, a country with one of the highest suicide rates, from 2014 to 2021. We take advantage of the characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic and the periods before the pandemic, when both economic recessions and reductions in air pollution occurred simultaneously. Using monthly and municipal- level data, we construct a triple difference model that takes air pollution and unemployment as treatments.

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Our findings show that high (upper half of each period) levels of air pollution and unemployment have substantial impacts on the suicide rates of adults (22.9% in the short term) and children (42.7% in the short term, 36.0% in the long term), indicating that the increase in suicide rates among children is almost twice as high as that among adults. Our study finds that unemployment and air pollution alone are not associated with increased suicide rates but their simultaneous occurrence triggers suicides during the pandemic.

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Our study urges suicide prevention, particularly among children, as an essential consideration for public health. Furthermore, our results indicate the need for the government to allocate resources to recover air quality and the economy simultaneously during a recession to reduce suicide mortality of both child and adults.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

Interest in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from conventional power generation has increased the focus on the potential use of hydrogen to produce electricity. Numerous life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies of hydrogen-based power generation have been published. This study reviews the technological and methodological choices made in hydrogen-based power generation LCAs. A systematic review was chosen as the research method to achieve a comprehensive and minimally biased overview of hydrogen-based power generation LCAs. Relevant articles published between 2004 and 2021 were identified by searching the Scopus and Web of Science databases. Electrolysis from renewable energy resources was the most widely considered type of hydrogen production in the LCAs analyzed. Fuel cell technology was the most common conversion equipment used in hydrogen-based electricity LCAs. A significant number of scenarios examine the use of hydrogen for energy storage and co-generation purposes. Based on qualitative analysis, the methodological choices of LCAs vary between studies in terms of the functional units, allocations, system boundaries, and life-cycle impact assessment methods chosen. These discrepancies were likely to influence the value of the environmental impact results. The findings of the reviewed LCAs could provide an environmental profile of hydrogen-based electricity systems, identify hotspots, drive future research, define performance goals, and establish a baseline for their large-scale deployment.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Frontiers in Sustainability  

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected society in immeasurable ways, including investment. As the pandemic has impacted society's values, it has proven to be a major turning point for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment. This investment approach, which evaluates a company's ESG ratings alongside traditional financial metrics, was already “coming off a banner year,” and its reach continues to expand. Although numerous studies have investigated the impact of ESG scores on financial returns and the trend in ESG investment strategies, only a limited number of studies have attempted to capture the key players in ESG investment. Therefore, to determine the most influential investors in the ESG investment field, the cumulative impacts are calculated based on the ESG scores of invested companies, the total market price of invested companies, and the investor history portfolio report. We perform an iteration of calculation to convey the impacts that the invested companies have on the ultimate investors, and we identify the major players in the field and differences in the trend by type of investor and country.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Development  

The nature-based tourism sector has experienced significant growth and is often promoted as a mechanism for conservation. The geographical boundaries of national parks are often adjacent to farming land which leads to animal-farmer conflict over wildlife crop damage. This leads to unresolved conflict in many countries where there is little or no compensation to farmers. This study investigates how and in what circumstances foreign tourist contributions can be utilized to protect and foster national park-based resources and compensate for wildlife (mainly elephant) related crop damage. We employ a novel discrete choice experiment to explore nature conservation preferences from international visitors at Yala national park in Sri Lanka. We find that tourists are willing to pay significantly more for nature conservation, especially elephant conservation, in the form of an embarkation tax. The findings further show visitor preferences for the creation of wildlife corridors and the establishment of water bodies as alternative conservation measures.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Annals of Operations Research  

Liquidity risk was at the heart of 2007–2008 global financial crisis, which has led to a series of financial institutions failure. We test whether and how liquidity risk impacts European banks’ stability (i.e., a bank risk-return profile) under different levels of engagement in non-traditional banking activities after the global financial crisis and during the implementation of the Basel III liquidity rules. To calculate financial stability, we adopt an efficiency perspective based on the combination of the CAMELS rating system with the data envelopment analysis technique. We implement a nonlinear panel smooth transition regression approach, where transitional factors of income diversification are endogenously captured from the data. We find that, liquidity risk stemming from liquidity creation has a positive impact on bank stability, implying that income diversification can serve as a “buffer” through which banks can ensure their liquidity creation and offset for the compression of intermediation margin in lending and deposit activities. This suggests that diversification does not impede the ability of banks to operate with lower liquidity holdings but allows them to make greater use of their balance sheets to fulfill their primary roles of credit provision and liquidity creation. The results offer interesting implications for regulators and bank managers in managing liquidity risk.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Economics and Policy Studies  

The objective of this paper is to investigate the nonlinear relationship between ICT and CO<inf>2</inf> emissions by controlling for economic growth, foreign direct investment, energy consumption, and trade openness. Using data from 16 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1990–2019, we apply the Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) model, as introduced by (González A, Teräsvirta T, vanDijk D (2005) Panel smooth transition regression models. SEE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, No. 604), to study the potential regime-switching behavior of the relationship between the variables. The results reveal the existence of a strong regime-switching effect between ICT and CO<inf>2</inf> emissions. It was found that after reaching a certain threshold, ICT use and penetration starts to significantly mitigate environmental degradation. Our results show that high levels of ICT not only improve environmental quality but can also be part of the solution to combat the environmental challenges that the MENA region has faced over the past decades. In addition, to account for the potential endogeneity bias, we also develop and estimate a PSTR model with instrumental variables (IV-PSTR) using the approach of (Fouquau et al., Econ Model 25:284–299, 2008). The results obtained confirm those initially found by the PSTR model. The study concludes with policy implications.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

Farm size and climatic perceptions are important economic and cognitive factors for farmers’ activities. However, little is known about how these factors are related to farmers’ responsiveness to climate change. This research addresses what matters for farmers’ responses to climate change, hypothesizing that farm size, climatic perceptions and the interplay between the two are key determinants. We conduct a questionnaire survey with 1000 farmers in Nepal, collecting data on their adaptation responses, farm size, climatic perceptions and sociodemographic information. With the data, the statistical analysis is conducted by employing an index to reflect the farmers’ effective adaptation responses. The results reveal that farmers take adaptations as the farm size becomes small, or when they have good climatic perceptions & social networks with other farmers. The results also show that small-sized farmers tend to adapt much more in response to their climatic perceptions than large-sized farmers. Overall, this research suggests that agriculture may be losing responsiveness to climate change, as large-sized farmers become dominant by holding a majority of land in developing countries. Thus, it is advisable to reconsider the tradeoff between productivity and responsiveness to climate change regarding farm size as well as how large-sized farmers can be induced to adapt through their cognition, policies, social networking and technology for food security.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Bioscience  

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Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be achieved, drawing on the first joint report between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to reflect on the current opportunities, barriers, and challenges for transformative governance. We identify principles for transformative governance under a biodiversity–climate–society nexus frame using four case studies: forest ecosystems, marine ecosystems, urban environments, and the Arctic. The principles are focused on creating conditions to build multifunctional interventions, integration, and innovation across scales; coalitions of support; equitable approaches; and positive social tipping dynamics. We posit that building on such transformative governance principles is not only possible but essential to effectively keep climate change within the desired 1.5 degrees Celsius global mean temperature increase, halt the ongoing accelerated decline of global biodiversity, and promote human well-being.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

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Recently, natural capital has gained the attention of researchers and policymakers to promote sustainability. Previous studies have investigated the value of ecosystem services with respect to specific areas or species. Other studies have investigated the value of various types of ecosystem services and natural capital by integrating a number of findings using meta-analyses at the global level. Although these studies have provided information on either the global value of natural capital or the local value of specific subjects, there is little evidence on the country-specific values of natural capital in Japan, which will provide useful information for national environmental policies. We investigated the perceived values of terrestrial and marine natural capital in Japan using internet surveys and payment card methods. Data on various natural forms of capital were collected in a unified format and comparable manner. We found that some explanatory variables, such as perceived importance and visit frequency, as well as sociodemographic characteristics, are significant drivers of the willingness to pay (WTP), which maintains each aspect of natural capital. In addition, we conducted future predictions of terrestrial and marine natural capital using a scenario developed in a previous study. Our results indicate that Japan should follow a population-dispersed scenario for the sustainable management of natural capital up to 2050.

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Pakistan is the fifth largest populous nation in the world, and it is endowed with significant wealth in natural resources. During the period 1990–2019, Pakistan suffered an average loss in natural resources per capita. Genuinely sustainable economic growth requires the recognition that long-term prosperity depends upon balancing our demand for nature’s goods and services with its capacity to provide them. This article calculates the natural capital (NC), human capital (HC), produced capital (PC) and inclusive wealth (IW) of Pakistan from 1992 to 2019 at the national level, geographic grid level, and provincial level. The data analysis shows that the growth of NC clearly decreases over the period of the study at all three levels. According to the disaggregated grid cell level data analysis, HC and PC of Pakistan grow positively due to the different measures of government. NC in Pakistan decreases in the areas where the reserve of fossil fuels decreases, and natural land cover is converted to other uses in the process of urbanization. Whether Pakistan’s economy can continue to grow sustainably largely depends upon its NC base. Therefore, maintaining the NC base is a priority for policymakers. The IW estimates for Pakistan offer policymakers a framework to look at three main issues for sustainable development: first, understanding trade-offs across different asset bases and time when making sustainability decisions is critically important; second, understanding social prices and market prices and their deviations; third, the asset side of the national balance sheet is now expanded to include HC and NC.

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記述言語：その他   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

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Background

This study provides objective evidence on the impact of COVID-19 based on employee occupational stress reported from 13 different industries, and examines the determinants of employee psychological well-being. As the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue, governments should consider industry-level differences when making support decisions concerning public resource allocation to corporations. However, little evidence exists regarding the differences in occupational stress across industries.

Methods

Employee occupational stress data (N = 673,071) was derived from workers in Japan from 2018 to 2020. The sample comprises workers from 13 industries, including civil services, service industry (other), real estate, medical/welfare, wholesale/retail, academic research, and accommodation/restaurant business. A logit model is employed to investigate the differences in employees’ psychological well-being before and during the pandemic.

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In 2020, 11 out of 12 industries had significantly worse occupational stress compared to employees engaged in civil services. Over 23% of employees from the wholesale/retail and accommodation/restaurant industries were observed as high-stress employees. Improved compensation policies supporting these industries are suggested. In contrast, reduced occupational stress was found among employees in the transportation/postal and information/communication industries. Among the 13 industries, aside from high job demands, tough inter-person relationships in the workplace became the most significant stressors during the pandemic.

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The results confirm that the pandemic has had a heterogeneous effect on employee occupational stress across industries, thus suggesting that the level of compensation given to different industries during the COVID-19 pandemic should be discussed and approved by the Japanese government. Additionally, support for the wholesale/retail and accommodation/restaurant industries during the pandemic should be improved.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

Economic valuation of nature’s contribution guides the decision-making process for sustainable resource management. As a pioneer effort to calculate nature’s contribution to the Himalayan plateau, this study uses an inclusive wealth method and geographic information system. The statistical analysis estimates the natural capital (NC) of Ladakh, India, and discusses the policy to ensure sustainable management of the natural resources. The economic value of nature’s contribution in Ladakh is increasing from the year 1990 to 2018. These economic valuations for nature’s contribution include different attributes, such as forest, agricultural land, animal husbandry, fishery, minerals and fossil fuels. Nature’s contribution to the economy of the study area is mainly from fossil fuels (91%) and minerals (6.9%) driven. This trend is not sustainable for long-term sustainable growth of the area. The results suggest several policies to ensure sustainable NC management in Ladakh, India.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Sustainability Science  

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly agreed on an agenda for sustainable development in member countries. Nations committed themselves to meeting 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), involving 169 socio-economic targets, by year 2030. To measure progress in meeting those targets, it was proposed to track more than 240 socio-economic indicators over the coming years. What is, however, missing from the list is an indicator that can be used to judge whether the policies that countries follow to meet the targets protect and promote sustainable development. We offer an account of the concept of inclusive wealth report findings that has tracked the inclusive wealth of 140 countries for the period 1992–2014.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Environmental Science and Pollution Research  

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still rapidly spreading globally. To probe high-risk cities and the impacts of air pollution on public health, this study explores the relationship between the long-term average concentration of air pollution and the city-level case fatality rate (CFR) of COVID-19 globally. Then, geographically weighted regression (GWR) is applied to examine the spatial variability of the relationships. Six air pollution factors, including nitrogen dioxide (NO<inf>2</inf>), sulfur dioxide (SO<inf>2</inf>), ozone (O<inf>3</inf>), PM<inf>2.5</inf> (particles with diameter ≤2.5 μm), PM<inf>10</inf> (particles with diameter ≤10 μm), and air quality index (AQI), are positively associated with the city-level COVID-19 CFR. Our results indicate that a 1-unit increase in NO<inf>2</inf> (part per billion, PPB), SO<inf>2</inf> (PPB), O<inf>3</inf> (PPB), PM<inf>2.5</inf> (microgram per cubic meter, μg/m³), PM<inf>10</inf> (μg/m³), AQI (score), is related to a 1.450%, 1.005%, 0.992%, 0.860%, 0.568%, and 0.776% increase in the city-level COVID-19 CFR, respectively. Additionally, the effects of NO<inf>2</inf>, O<inf>3</inf>, PM<inf>2.5</inf>, AQI, and probability of living with poor AQI on COVID-19 spatially vary in view of the estimation of the GWR. In other words, the adverse impacts of air pollution on health are different among the cities. In summary, long-term exposure to air pollution is negatively related to the COVID-19 health outcome, and the relationship is spatially non-stationary. Our research sheds light on the impacts of slashing air pollution on public health in the COVID-19 pandemic to help governments formulate air pollution policies in light of the local situations.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Social Science and Medicine  

Objective: The World Health Organization states that by 2030, mental illness will become the leading global disease burden. Thus, investigations of job stress might require more heterogeneous and innovative solutions. Existing literature demonstrates that good workplace environments have favorable effects on employees’ psychological well-being. However, studies on long-term effects are scarce. This study examined the long-term impact of comprehensive workplace characteristics and employee responses to stress (coping strategies) on job stress in Japan. Methods: Under a large-scale 3-year longitudinal study, 1,021,178 observations collected from employees in 390 companies from 2017 to 2019 were used. Employee job stress trends were confirmed based on company-fixed-effects linear regression. The relationship between one-year or two-year lagged comprehensive workplace characteristics or coping strategies, and employee job stress was estimated using linear regression. Favorable effects of the work environment and coping strategy improvement were illustrated based on the regression results simulation. Results: First, job stress appeared to be steadily worsening among the employees of Japanese companies from 2017 to 2019. Second, low job and psychological demand, high job control, a high level of support from the people around, balanced effort–reward, strong job security, and strong interpersonal relationship have favorable long-term effects on employee job stress. Third, employees’ coping strategies, such as positive thinking, changing mood, requiring help from other people, reduced negative thinking, and avoiding inappropriate emotional divergence have long-term effects on mitigating job stress. Particularly, thinking positively, changing mood, and avoiding directing feelings of anger and frustration toward others reduce high stress in 46% of respondent employees. Conclusions: A comprehensive well-organized workplace environment and appropriate responses to stress have a long-term favorable effect on employee job stress. These results provide policy measures for improving the workplace environment and for employees to adopt coping strategies to enhance their psychological well-being in the long term.

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記述言語：英語   出版者・発行元：Social Science and Medicine  

Objective: The World Health Organization states that by 2030, mental illness will become the leading global disease burden. Thus, investigations of job stress might require more heterogeneous and innovative solutions. Existing literature demonstrates that good workplace environments have favorable effects on employees’ psychological well-being. However, studies on long-term effects are scarce. This study examined the long-term impact of comprehensive workplace characteristics and employee responses to stress (coping strategies) on job stress in Japan. Methods: Under a large-scale 3-year longitudinal study, 1,021,178 observations collected from employees in 390 companies from 2017 to 2019 were used. Employee job stress trends were confirmed based on company-fixed-effects linear regression. The relationship between one-year or two-year lagged comprehensive workplace characteristics or coping strategies, and employee job stress was estimated using linear regression. Favorable effects of the work environment and coping strategy improvement were illustrated based on the regression results simulation. Results: First, job stress appeared to be steadily worsening among the employees of Japanese companies from 2017 to 2019. Second, low job and psychological demand, high job control, a high level of support from the people around, balanced effort–reward, strong job security, and strong interpersonal relationship have favorable long-term effects on employee job stress. Third, employees’ coping strategies, such as positive thinking, changing mood, requiring help from other people, reduced negative thinking, and avoiding inappropriate emotional divergence have long-term effects on mitigating job stress. Particularly, thinking positively, changing mood, and avoiding directing feelings of anger and frustration toward others reduce high stress in 46% of respondent employees. Conclusions: A comprehensive well-organized workplace environment and appropriate responses to stress have a long-term favorable effect on employee job stress. These results provide policy measures for improving the workplace environment and for employees to adopt coping strategies to enhance their psychological well-being in the long term.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）  

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Area Development and Policy  

Developing countries lack subnational data to assess mega-events. Accordingly, an economic proxy is developed to quantify city-level income growth of economies of the South African cities that hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup by performing a geographically weighted regression between night light data and total city-level income and using it to predict total income from 1992 to 2013. A panel data comparison of income growth in host and non-host cities revealed similar income growth. However, the cities that invested the most in building or renovating their stadia experienced 9% lower income growth than other host cities, suggesting the limited ability of the World Cup to stimulate economic growth and the presence of inefficient investment.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Economic Analysis and Policy  

This paper contributes to Covid-19 outbreak impacts literature. We investigate the connectedness between stock market and oil prices under bullish and bearish economic conditions and uncertainty level at different investment horizons. We applied the wavelet framework on daily dataset cover the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 period. We find that the linkage between the economic and financial pairs is characterized by significant changes over the time during the sample period, where the huge co-movements has been identified during the pandemic period at the low scale. We show that due to lockdown policy and oil price shock, the stock return decline, the aggregate business conditions reached its lowest level and the uncertainty increase. The result indicates that the COVID-19 outbreak negatively affects the economy and the financial markets and support the sensitivity, especially between oil-stock, and economic condition and uncertainty.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：BMC Public Health  

Abstract

Background

Human capital is thought to be a crucial factor that drives economic growth. This study aims to understand the evaluation of the loss of human capital caused by employees’ occupational stress.

Methods

In total, 1,021,178 observations for employee occupational stress were collected from 390 companies from 2017 to 2019 in Japan. The original cross-sectional survey contains 11,167 employees with occupational stress and their socioeconomic information in 2015. The relationship between stress and annual income is estimated with polynomial regression, and accumulated human capital loss is estimated. Matching approaches are applied for corporate human capital loss.

Results

The negative association between annual income and employee stress is derived, which indicates that the worse the employees’ stress is, the greater the human capital losses. Importantly, we confirmed that most employees have human capital loss, and on average, for male employees aged 25, the accumulated human capital loss will reach approximately $0.6 million USD by retirement.

Conclusion

For corporations, human capital loss is highly correlated with the number of employees, suggesting that reducing the occupational stress of employees can lead to greater corporate performance.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Applied Economics  

The success of ecolabelling to promote sustainable fisheries hinges on information. We explore the effects of spatially targeted knowledge on willingness to pay for ecolabels using treatments that provide consumers with knowledge about the health of worldwide, domestic, and foreign fisheries, which can have differential effects for domestic and imported seafood. Analysis of data collected using a choice experiment indicates that spatial differences in knowledge do not necessarily influence the value of ecolabels. Knowledge of the state of domestic fisheries has no greater effect on the value consumers assign to sustainable domestic products than knowledge of world fisheries. We also find that the ecolabels generate premiums and that importing discounted the value regardless of whether additional information on fisheries was provided and of the type of spatial knowledge provided. The greatest premium for ecolabelled domestic products was achieved when the world fishery information was provided, but additional knowledge about the fishery did not affect the value of ecolabelled foreign products. Additionally, consumers who received information on the domestic fishery and viewed it as positive were willing to pay as much for the labelled domestic products as those who received information on world fisheries.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Journal of Business Research  

Notion of ‘when it pays to be green?’ can be identified by the threshold values of environmental corporate social responsibility performance that determine the smooth movement from one regime to another. We examine a potential regime switching as a novel framework in the analysis of the nonlinear relationship between environmental corporate social responsibility and financial performances employing a Panel Smooth Transition Regression model. Using a panel data of listed French, German, Italian, and Spanish firms over 2005 to 2017, the results show various and different relationships ranging from nonlinear positive, nonlinear negative, to inverted U-shaped. We discuss the consistence of our findings to the theoretical model of different possible relationships.

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記述言語：英語   掲載種別：研究論文（学術雑誌）   出版者・発行元：Technological Forecasting and Social Change  

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