An empirical study published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) finds that residents in low-income and rural areas are disproportionately affected by increases in fuel carbon taxes. The study reveals that a diesel carbon tax increase was fully passed on to consumer prices in these areas, while in higher-income and urban areas the pass-through was lower.

Yushan Yan, a University of Delaware engineering professor and expert in electrochemical engineering for sustainability, has been granted one of the highest professional distinctions in his field through his election to the National Academy of Engineering.

Enhanced oversight over the auditing profession and firms’ financial reporting has led to a proliferation of models to predict financial statement fraud. But one of the first forensic models, the M-Score, devised by an Indiana University Kelley School of Business professor in the late 90s, remains accurate and is the most economically viable for investors to use, according to a forthcoming paper in The Accounting Review.

Various paths can be taken on the way to a CO2-neutral energy supply in Switzerland. But which of them are realistically feasible? What kind of energy storage systems are needed - and what will it all cost? Andreas Züttel, head of the joint energy research center of Empa and EPFL in Sion, and his team have drawn up a profound calculation.