Publications

Carneiro, J., COLE, M.A. and Strobl, E. (forthcoming). The Effects of Air Pollution on Students’ Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Brazilian University Entrance Tests. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R, Okubo, T., Zhang, L. (2021). Importing, Outsourcing and Pollution Offshoring. Energy Economics, 103.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2021). Biodiversity and Economic Land Use. Land Economics.

COLE, M.A., Ozgen, C. and Strobl, E. (2020). Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities. Environmental and Resource Economics, 76, 4, pp. 581-610.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Liu, B. (2020). The Impact of the Wuhan Covid-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Health: A Machine Learning and Augmented Synthetic Control Approach. Environmental and Resource Economics, 76, 4, pp. 553-580.

COLE, M.A., Maddison, D.J. and Zhang, L. (2020).  Testing the Emission Reductions Claims of Clean Development Mechanism Projects Using Benford’s Law. Climatic Change, 160, pp. 407-426. (Impact Factor 4.2).

COLE, M.A. and Zhang, L. (2019). The Clean-up of Chinese Manufacturing: Examining the Role Played by Changing Techniques of Production. Economics Letters, 180, pp. 11-14.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R., Okubo, T. and Strobl, E. (2019). Natural Disasters and Spatial Heterogeneity in Damages: The Birth, Life and Death of Manufacturing Plants. Journal of Economic Geography, 19, 2, pp. 373-408.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R, Occhiali, G., and Strobl, E. (2018). Power Outages and Firm Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 134, pp. 150-159.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Zhang, L. (2017). Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 42. (Impact Factor 5.2)

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R., Okubo, T. and Strobl, E. (2017). Pre-Disaster Planning and Post-Disaster Aid: Examining the Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction¸21, pp. 291-302.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2015). Climate Change, Hydro-dependency and the African Dam Boom. World Development, 60, pp. 84-98. 

Albornoz, F., COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Ercolani, M.G. (2014). The Environmental Actions of Firms: Examining the Role of Spillovers, Networks and Absorptive Capacity. Journal of Environmental Management, 146, pp. 150-163.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Okubo, T. (2014). International Environmental Outsourcing. Review of World Economics, 150, 4, pp. 639-664. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R., Okubo, T. and Zhou, Y. (2013). The Carbon Dioxide Emissions of Firms: A Spatial Analysis. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 65, 2, pp. 290-309. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Khemaratai, K. (2013). Local Exposure to Toxic Releases: Examining the Role of Ethnic Fractionalization and Polarization. Ecological Economics, 93, pp. 249-59. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Zhang, J. (2011). Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Evidence from Chinese Cities. Journal of Regional Science 51, 1, pp. 121-138. 

Barassi, M.R., COLE, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2011). The Stochastic Convergence of CO2 Emissions: A Long Memory Approach. Environmental and Resource Economics, 49, pp. 367-85. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Okubo, T. (2010). Trade, Environmental Regulations and Industrial Mobility: An Industry-Level Study of Japan. Ecological Economics, 69, 10. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Virakul, S. (2010). Firm Heterogeneity, Origin of Ownership and Export Participation. The World Economy, 33, 2, pp. 264-291 .

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Lindley, J. (2009). Dirty Money: Is There a Wage Premium for Working in a Pollution Intensive Industry? Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 39, 2, pp. 161-80.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Zhang, J. (2009). Corruption, Governance and FDI Location in China: A Province-Level Analysis. Journal of Development Studies 45, 9, pp. 1494-1512. 

COLE, M.A. and Fredriksson, P.G. (2009). Institutionalized Pollution Havens. Ecological Economics, 68, 4, pp. 925-1274.  Reprinted in Lawn, P. (editor) (2013). Globalisation, Economic Transition and the Environment: Forging a Path to Sustainable Development, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Albornoz, F., COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Ercolani, M.G. (2009). In Search of Environmental Spillovers. The World Economy, 32, 1, pp. 136-63.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Wu, S. (2008). Industrial Activity and the Environment in China: An Industry-Level Analysis. China Economic Review, 19, 3, pp. 393-408. 

Barassi, M.R., COLE, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2008). Stochastic Divergence or Convergence of Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Re-examining the Evidence. Environmental and Resource Economics, 40, 1. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Strobl, E. (2008). The Environmental Performance of Firms: The Role of Foreign Ownership, Training and Experience. Ecological Economics, 65, pp. 538-46. 

COLE, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2007). Do Environmental Regulations Cost Jobs? An Industry-Level Analysis of the UK. Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 7, 1.

COLE, M.A. (2007). Pollution, Corruption and Growth: A Panel Analysis. Ecological Economics, 62, pp. 637-47. 

COLE, M.A. (2006). Does Trade Liberalisation Increase National Energy Use? Economics Letters, 92, pp. 108-12. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Fredriksson, P. (2006). Endogenous Pollution Havens: Does FDI Influence Environmental Regulations? Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108, 1, pp. 157-78. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K. (2006). Globalisation, Firm-Level Characteristics and Environmental Management: A Study of Japan. Ecological Economics 59, 3, pp. 312-23. 

COLE, M.A. and Neumayer, E. (2006). The Impact of Poor Health on Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Development Studies, 42, 6, pp. 918-38. 

Bateman, I.J., COLE, M.A., Georgiou, S. and Hadley, D.J. (2006). Comparing Contingent Valuation and Contingent Ranking: Valuing the Benefits of Urban River Water Quality Improvements. Journal of Environmental Management, 79, pp. 221-31. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R and Shimamoto, K. (2005). Industrial Characteristics, Environmental Regulations and Air Pollution: An Analysis of the UK Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 50, 1, pp.121-43. 

COLE, M.A. (2005). Re-examining the Pollution-Income Relationship: A Random Coefficients Approach. Economics Bulletin, 14, 1, pp. 1-7.

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R. and Shimamoto, K. (2005) A Note on Trends in European Industrial Pollution Intensities: A Divisia Index Approach. Energy Journal, 26, 3, pp. 61-73. 

COLE, M.A., Elliott, R.J.R and Shimamoto, K. (2005). Why the Grass is not Always Greener: The Competing Effects of Environmental Regulations and Factor Intensities on US Specialization. Ecological Economics, 54, 1, pp. 95-109. 

COLE, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2005). FDI and the Capital Intensity of ‘Dirty’ Sectors: A Missing Piece of the Pollution Haven Puzzle. Review of Development Economics, 9, 4, pp. 530-48. 

Bateman, I.J., COLE, M.A., Cooper, P., Georgiou, S., Hadley, D. and Poe, G.L. (2004). On Visible Choice Sets and Scope Sensitivity. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 47, 1, pp. 71-93.  

COLE, M.A. and Neumayer, E. (2004). Examining the Impact of Demographic Factors on Air Pollution. Population and Environment, 26, 1. 

COLE, M.A. (2004). US Environmental Load Displacement: Examining Consumption, Regulations and the Role of NAFTA. Ecological Economics, 48, 4, pp.439-50. 

COLE, M.A. (2004). Trade, the Pollution Haven Hypothesis and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Examining the Linkages. Ecological Economics, 48, 1, pp. 71-81. 

COLE, M.A. (2004). Economic Growth and Water Use. Applied Economics Letters, 11, 1, pp. 1-4. 

COLE, M.A. and Elliott, R.J.R. (2003). Determining the Trade-Environment Composition Effect: The Role of Capital, Labour and Environmental Regulations. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46, 3, pp. 363-83.  

COLE, M.A. (2003). Environmental Optimists, Environmental Pessimists and the Real State of the World. Economic Journal, 113, 488, pp. 362-380. 

COLE, M.A. (2003). Development, Trade and the Environment: How Robust is the Environmental Kuznets Curve? Environment and Development Economics, 8, 4, pp. 557-80.

COLE, M.A. and ELLIOTT, R.J.R. (2003). Do Environmental Regulations Influence Trade Patterns? Testing Old and New Trade Theories. The World Economy, 26, 8, pp. 1163-86. 

COLE, M.A. and Neumayer, E. (2003). The Pitfalls of Convergence Analysis: Is the Income Gap Really Widening? Applied Economics Letters, 10, 6, pp. 355-57. 

COLE, M.A. (2000). Air Pollution and ‘Dirty’ Industries: How and Why does the Composition of Manufacturing Output Change with Economic Development? Environmental and Resource Economics, 17, 1, pp. 109-123. 

COLE, M.A. and Rayner, A.J. (2000). The Uruguay Round and Air Pollution: Estimating the Composition, Scale and Technique Effects of Trade Liberalisation. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 9, 3, pp. 343-358. 

COLE, M.A. (1999). Examining the Environmental Case Against Free Trade. Journal of World Trade, 33, 5, pp. 183-196. 

COLE, M.A. (1999). Limits to Growth, Sustainable Development and Environmental Kuznets Curves: An Examination of the Environmental Impact of Economic Development. Sustainable Development 7, 2, pp. 87-97. 

COLE, M.A., Rayner, A.J. and Bates, J.M. (1998). Trade Liberalisation and the Environment: The Case of the Uruguay Round. The World Economy. 21, 3, pp. 337-347. 

COLE, M.A., Rayner, A.J. and Bates, J.M. (1997). The Environmental Kuznets Curve: An Empirical Analysis. Environment and Development Economics, 2, 4, pp. 401-416. 

COLE, M.A. (2000). Trade Liberalisation, Economic Growth and the Environment. Edward Elgar (New Horizons in Environmental Economics Series, Series Editors Wallace Oates and Henk Folmer).

COLE, M.A. and Lucchesi, A. (2014). Economic Growth and the Environment. In Atkinson, G., Dietz, S., Neumayer, E. and Agarwala, M. (eds.) Handbook of Sustainable Development Second Edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

COLE, M.A. (2007). Economic Growth and the Environment. In Atkinson, G., Dietz, S. and Neumayer, E. (eds.) Handbook of Sustainable Development, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

COLE, M.A. and Neumayer, E. (2005). Environmental Policy and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Can Developing Countries Escape the Detrimental Consequences of Economic Growth? In Dauvergne, P. (ed.) International Handbook of Environmental Politics. Edward Elgar.

Georgiou, S., Bateman, I.J., COLE, M.A. and Hadley, D. (2004). Contingent Ranking of River Water Quality Improvements. In Koundouri, P. (ed.) Econometrics Informing Natural Resource Management. Edward Elgar.

COLE, M.A. (1999). Trade Liberalisation and the Developing World: The Environmental Impact of the Uruguay Round. In Wehrmeyer, W. and Mulugetta, J. (eds.). Growing Pains: Environmental Management in Developing Countries. Greenleaf Publishing.