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Sebastian Axbard

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School of Economics and Finance
Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom
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Working papers

  1. Axbard, Sebastian, 2025. "Convicting Corrupt Officials: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Cases," CEPR Discussion Papers 20413, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  2. Axbard, Sebastian & Weisser, Reinhard & Os Ã…dland, Roar, 2025. "Humanitarian Action under Market Pressure," CEPR Discussion Papers 20414, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  3. Axbard, Sebastian & Deng, Zichen, 2020. "Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China," CEPR Discussion Papers 15622, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  4. Sebastian Axbard & Anja Benshaul-Tolonen & Jonas Poulsen, 2019. "Extractive Industries, Price Shocks and Criminality," OxCarre Working Papers 220, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.

Articles

  1. Sebastian Axbard, 2025. "Convicting Corrupt Officials: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Cases," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 92(4), pages 2271-2302.
  2. Sebastian Axbard & Zichen Deng, 2024. "Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 213-252, January.
  3. Axbard, Sebastian & Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja & Poulsen, Jonas, 2021. "Natural resource wealth and crime: The role of international price shocks and public policy," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
  4. Sebastian Axbard, 2016. "Income Opportunities and Sea Piracy in Indonesia: Evidence from Satellite Data," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 8(2), pages 154-194, April.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Axbard, Sebastian, 2025. "Convicting Corrupt Officials: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Cases," CEPR Discussion Papers 20413, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Mengxiao Wang & Gordon G. Liu & Thomas Butt & Hanqing Zhao & Yujie Cui & Maorui Yang, 2026. "How Does the Ethical Environment Matter to Hospital Performance?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(8), pages 1224-1246, August.

  2. Axbard, Sebastian & Deng, Zichen, 2020. "Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China," CEPR Discussion Papers 15622, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Shu, Li & Wang, Chunhua & Wang, Wei, 2025. "Vehicle exhaust standards and urban air quality in China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    2. Wang, Ruqi & Xu, Pei & Gao, Honggui, 2024. "Rectifying local governments’ strategic environmental enforcement: Can refined air pollution monitoring enhance local air quality in China?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 978-995.
    3. Jin, Xin & Gao, Yang, 2026. "Automated monitoring and air pollution in border regions," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    4. Christofzik, Désirée I. & Märtz, Oliver, 2026. "Distance matters: Geographical proximity and fiscal rules enforcement," ZEW Discussion Papers 26-008, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    5. Wang, Jinli, 2024. "Does environmental decentralization promote corporate ESG performance? Evidence from China," Innovation and Green Development, Elsevier, vol. 3(4).
    6. Zhiwei Yu & Jinghui Hao & Wei Si, 2025. "Enhancing the Local Enforcement of Straw‐Burning Regulation by Digital Technology: evidence From China," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 56(4), pages 604-621, July.
    7. Li, Zheng, 2025. "Polluting my downwind neighbor: Evidence of interjurisdictional free riding from air polluter locations in China," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    8. Robert Metcalfe & Sefi Roth, 2025. "Making the Invisible Visible: The Impact of Revealing Indoor Air Pollution on Behavior and Welfare," Framed Field Experiments 00819, The Field Experiments Website.
    9. Coury, Michael & Falconer, Liam & La Nauze, Andrea, 2024. "Wildfire smoke and private provision of public air-quality monitoring," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    10. Wang, Zhiwei & Zhang, Xianfeng & Ding, Chenxin & Sun, Hui, 2025. "Can digital environmental monitoring alleviate environmental inequality? Evidence from ambient air quality standards in China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    11. La Nauze, Andrea & Tan, Tze Yong, 2024. "A Comment on "Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China" by Sebastian Axbard and Zichen Deng," I4R Discussion Paper Series 144, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    12. Jinli Wang & Qiyong Xiao & Xin Han, 2026. "Curbing Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance Greenwashing Through Centralisation of Environmental Monitoring: Evidence From China," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 66(1), pages 657-694, March.
    13. Bi, Ruigang & Kou, Zonglai & Zhao, Cheng & Zhong, Yiwen & Zhou, Min, 2024. "Information disclosure and pollution reduction: evidence from environmental NGO monitoring in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 1459-1473.
    14. Liu, Xi & Liang, Yinhe, 2025. "Pollution information and intercity investment flows: Evidence from China's air quality monitoring program," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    15. Xi Liu & Yinhe Liang, 2026. "Information, Distance and Firms’ Responses: Evidence from Polluting Monitoring in China," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 89(2), pages 1-44, February.
    16. Hong, Hai & Huang, Yongbin, 2025. "Order! the border: Multitasking, air pollution regulation and local government responses," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    17. Gong, Binlei & Li, Haoyang & Lin, Liguo & Ling, Hanxiang & Sun, Wei, 2026. "Two birds, one stone: Responses of agriculture to water pollution regulation," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    18. Li, Pei & Lu, Yi & Peng, Lu & Wang, Jin, 2024. "Information, incentives, and environmental governance: Evidence from China’s ambient air quality standards," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    19. Wang, Huanhuan & Zhang, Zhiqiang & Zhao, Xiaoxue, 2025. "Trade-linked pandemic, enforcement gap, and pollution," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    20. Chen, Ying & Wu, Wenjie & Yun, Yanwen, 2025. "The geography of pollution regulation and productivity," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    21. Jin, Xin, 2025. "Regulation automation and green innovation: Evidence from China's industrial firms," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    22. Shen, Jianfu & Peng, Daoju & Hui, Eddie C.M. & Fan, Kwok Yuen, 2025. "Performance measurability, local government’s incentives, and regional air pollution reduction," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).

  3. Sebastian Axbard & Anja Benshaul-Tolonen & Jonas Poulsen, 2019. "Extractive Industries, Price Shocks and Criminality," OxCarre Working Papers 220, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.

    Cited by:

    1. Anja Tolonen, 2019. "Endogenous Gender Roles: Evidence from Africa’s Gold Mining Industry," OxCarre Working Papers 209, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.
    2. Soares, Rodrigo R. & Souza, Danilo, 2023. "Too Much of a Good Thing: Accelerated Growth and Crime," IZA Discussion Papers 16002, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Eva-Maria Egger & Michael Keller & Jorge Mouco, 2021. "The socioeconomic impact of coal mining in Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-108, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

Articles

  1. Sebastian Axbard, 2025. "Convicting Corrupt Officials: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Cases," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 92(4), pages 2271-2302.

    Cited by:

    1. Mengxiao Wang & Gordon G. Liu & Thomas Butt & Hanqing Zhao & Yujie Cui & Maorui Yang, 2026. "How Does the Ethical Environment Matter to Hospital Performance?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(8), pages 1224-1246, August.

  2. Sebastian Axbard & Zichen Deng, 2024. "Informed Enforcement: Lessons from Pollution Monitoring in China," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 213-252, January.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Axbard, Sebastian & Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja & Poulsen, Jonas, 2021. "Natural resource wealth and crime: The role of international price shocks and public policy," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Tianen Yao & Jinjia Zhang & Xinyu Yang & Yida Wang & Huaixiao Ye & Zhenyu Zhang & Ming Xu, 2025. "The impact of weather patterns on increasing violent crime and social cost in South Africa," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Aguilar-Gomez, Sandra & Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja, 2023. "The evolution and persistence of women's roles: Evidence from the Gold Rush," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 364-381.
    3. Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja & Fernandez Musso, Paula, 2025. "Mine suppliers: Understanding backward linkages in Kitwe, Zambia," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    4. Fan, Meiting & Li, Mengxu & Liu, Jianghua & Shao, Shuai, 2022. "Is high natural resource dependence doomed to low carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from 283 cities in China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    5. Patricia Agyapong, 2026. "Natural Resource and Local Communities: Evidence from Ghana’s offshore oil and gas," CSAE Working Paper Series 2026-02, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    6. Mariev, Oleg & Islam, Md. Monirul, 2025. "The impact of financial stress, governance, and geopolitics on Europe's energy transition mineral trade," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    7. Sabine Bacouël-Jentjens & Grégory Levieuge & José Riascos & Camelia Turcu, 2023. "Sustainable development and the extractive industry. An assessment of the Mexican case," Working Papers 2023.17, International Network for Economic Research - INFER.
    8. Yang, Zhaiting & Liu, Huiqin & Jiang, Youwei & Zhang, Zhuyun, 2023. "Innovative strategies for green economic recovery: Enhancing efficiency in resource markets," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(PB).
    9. Awijen, Haithem & Ben Jabeur, Sami & Ballouk, Houssein, 2024. "Mineral policy dynamics and their impact on equity market volatility in the global south: A multi-country analysis," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    10. Rocco Macchiavello & Andreas Menzel & Atonu Rabbani & Christopher Woodruff, 2026. "Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector," CSAE Working Paper Series 2026-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    11. Fang, Guanfu & Miao, Liya, 2025. "Robot and crime: Evidence from China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    12. Huang, Qing & Xie, Victoria Wenxin & You, Wei, 2026. "Do resource rents drive urbanization and structural transformation? A global analysis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    13. Rodríguez-Puello, Gabriel, 2024. "Digging for Trouble? Uncovering the Link Between Mining Booms and Crime," OSF Preprints s8ayp, Center for Open Science.

  4. Sebastian Axbard, 2016. "Income Opportunities and Sea Piracy in Indonesia: Evidence from Satellite Data," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 8(2), pages 154-194, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Liu, Ziheng, 2025. "CO2-driven crop comparative advantage and planting decision: Evidence from US cropland," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    2. Garg, Teevrat & McCord, Gordon C. & Montfort, Aleister, 2020. "Can Social Protection Reduce Environmental Damages?," IZA Discussion Papers 13247, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Liu, Ziheng & Lu, Qinan, 2023. "Ozone stress and crop harvesting failure: Evidence from US food production," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    4. Ziheng Liu & Xi Chen & Qinan Lu, 2025. "Blowin’ in the wind of an invisible killer: long-term exposure to ozone and respiratory mortality in the USA," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 38(3), pages 1-30, September.
    5. Garg, Teevrat & McCord, Gordon C. & Montfort, Aleister, 2025. "Can social protection reduce damages from higher temperatures?," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    6. Lu, Yifan & Yamazaki, Satoshi, 2022. "Fish to fight: does catching more fish increase conflicts in Indonesia?," Working Papers 2022-02, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics.
    7. Yamamoto, Yuki, 2023. "Living under ecosystem degradation: Evidence from the mangrove–fishery linkage in Indonesia," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    8. Nicolas Gatti & Kathy Baylis & Benjamin Crost, 2021. "Can Irrigation Infrastructure Mitigate the Effect of Rainfall Shocks on Conflict? Evidence from Indonesia," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(1), pages 211-231, January.
    9. Matthieu Teachout & Christopher Hansman & Jonas Hjort & Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, 2017. "Vertical Integration, Supplier Behavior, and Quality Upgrading among Exporters," Working Papers 961, Barcelona School of Economics.
    10. Sara McLaughlin Mitchell & Cody J Schmidt, 2024. "Insecure fisheries: How illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing affects piracy," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 41(3), pages 313-338, May.
    11. Liu, Ziheng & Lu, Qinan, 2024. "Carbon dioxide fertilization, carbon neutrality, and food security," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    12. Heger, Martin Philipp & Neumayer, Eric, 2019. "The impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Aceh’s long-term economic growth," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    13. Pfeifer, Gregor & Wahl, Fabian & Marczak, Martyna, 2016. "Illuminating the world cup effect: Night lights evidence from South Africa," Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 16-2016, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
    14. Schaap, Robbert-Jan & Gonzalez-Poblete, Exequiel & Silva Aedo, Karin Loreto & Diekert, Florian, 2024. "Risk, restrictive quotas, and income smoothing," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 225(C).
    15. Yusuke Kuwayama, 2019. "Policy Note: "Opportunities and Challenges of Using Satellite Data to Inform Water Policy"," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(03), pages 1-9, July.
    16. Cédric Chambru, 2020. "Weather shocks, poverty and crime in 18th-century Savoy," Post-Print hal-05029782, HAL.
    17. Ziheng Liu, 2025. "Ambient Ozone and Planting Decision: Evidence From US Crop Acreage," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 56(5), pages 749-768, September.
    18. Felipe J. Quezada & Nathan W. Chan, 2024. "External Monitoring and Enforcement and the Success of Collective Property Rights Regimes," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 87(3), pages 605-628, March.
    19. Dave Donaldson & Adam Storeygard, 2016. "The View from Above: Applications of Satellite Data in Economics," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 30(4), pages 171-198, Fall.
    20. Hoang, Trung Xuan & Le, Duong Trung & Nguyen, Ha Minh & Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan, 2020. "Labor market impacts and responses: The economic consequences of a marine environmental disaster," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    21. Juan Soto & Milena Vargas & Julio A. Berdegu�, 2018. "How Large Are the Contributions of Cities to the Development of Rural Communities? A Market Access Approach for a Quarter Century of Evidence from Chile," Documentos de Trabajo 17060, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).
    22. Delina, Laurence L. & Gaviola, Jon H. & Cagoco-Guiam, Rufa, 2024. "Climate and security risks and their implications for sustainable livelihoods: The case of Maguindanao in conflict-ridden Philippine Bangsamoro," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 36(C).
    23. Ziheng Liu, 2025. "The behavioral dimension of CO2 fertilization effect: Evidence from US harvesting records," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 56(1), pages 5-26, January.
    24. Jablonski, Ryan S. & Oliver, Steven & Hastings, Justin V., 2017. "The Tortuga disease: the perverse effects of illicit foreign capital," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 67105, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    25. Satadru Das & Naci Mocan, 2020. "Analyzing The Impact Of The World'S Largest Public Works Project On Crime," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 58(3), pages 1167-1182, July.
    26. Solomon Hsiang & Paulina Oliva & Reed Walker, 2017. "The Distribution of Environmental Damages," NBER Working Papers 23882, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    27. Street, Brittany, 2025. "The impact of economic opportunity on criminal behavior: Evidence from the fracking boom," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 248(C).
    28. Lu, Yifan & Yamazaki, Satoshi, 2023. "Antarctic Sanctuary: Behavioural Impact of International Marine Protected Areas," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335483, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    29. Yuan, Haishan, 2025. "Fishing bans in Chinese waters: Effectiveness and spillovers," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    30. David Wuepper & Wyclife Agumba Oluoch & Hadi Hadi, 2025. "Satellite Data in Agricultural and Environmental Economics: Theory and Practice," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 56(3), pages 493-511, May.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2021-01-18
  2. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2021-05-17
  3. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2021-05-17
  4. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2026-07-27
  5. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2026-07-27
  6. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2026-07-27
  7. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2021-01-18

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