At one time, JEAB editorial policy was perceived by some to consist mainly of dogmatically enforcing a Skinnerian interpretation of all findings reported in the journal. Partly in response to that undeserved reputation, the journal explicitly defined itself as the place to publish research on the behavior of individual organisms, and not as a place that encourages any particular theoretical ori...

In this study, we examine the impact of environmental policies on consumption and pollution emissions in cases full employment stagnant economy using a dynamic optimization model featuring monetary with persistent unemployment. If prevails, such as emission tax public abatement will naturally crowd out commodity production thereby decrease consumption. However, if there is unemployment, stimula...

Abstract Exploiting two quasi-natural experiments, we find that firms increase emissions of toxic pollution following decreases in analyst coverage. The effects are stronger for with low initial coverage, poor corporate governance, and subject to less stringent monitoring by environmental regulators. Decreases environmental-related questions raised conference calls, an increased cost institutio...

Note. This original form of this rebuttal was submitted to Science on 3 March 2017 (limited to 300 words as per Science editorial policy) but rejected on 13 March 2017. Herein, we elaborate on our original Science submission in order to more fully address the issue without the length limitations. This rebuttal is followed by the list of the signatories who supported our original submission.