Feature Papers on Energy and Environmental Economics

Dear Colleagues,

The current energy and environmental debates seem to be in a continuous state of flux, with novel or relatively unaddressed issues frequently emerging. 

This new section bridges the scientific community’s understanding of major energy, environmental and finance issues, and decision-makers’ need to conduct relevant and appropriate policies and regulations on the basis of more accurate insights.

This section invites both detailed scientific models of various energy economic and finance issues and specific environmental problems. It covers topics related to energy economics modeling, energy impacts on financial markets, energy risks, indicators of environmental quality, and transition to renewable energy, among others. We encourage the submission of empirical papers devoted to markets for energy commodities and derivatives, energy and environmental regulation, energy supply security, the quality and efficiency of energy services, the efficacy of market-based approaches and governmental interventions, environmental technology and innovation and the environment, agricultural economics issues related to the environmental problems, and environmental behavior and responses to regulations.

This section also offers a forum where researchers can publish detailed descriptions of modern and advanced techniques and prominent energy and environmental models, together with the accompanying assessment and underlying assumptions.

The section is mainly aimed at individuals in academia, governments, and industries. It seeks to publish papers that develop and apply new methods for the application of economic and financial principles to help: (1) market stakeholders (in particular, investors, speculators, traders, portfolio managers) to consider these different scenarios when adjusting their hedging and diversification strategies, and (2) inform global decision-makers to ensure energy security and environmental protection, natural resource utilization, and ecosystem management.

Please note that we do not publish analyses that are likely to be minor extensions of the existing literature. Case studies can be considered if they demonstrate the applicability of the conducted analysis to different regions or inform the broader field of energy and environmental economics and finance.

Prof. Dr. Shawkat Hammoudeh
Collection Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Risk and Financial Management is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.