Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles

10. Ko, Inhwan. Forthcoming. ""Rural exploitation" solar energy development? A field survey experiment in South Korea on solar energy support in rural areas." Energy Research & Social Science. (Pre-Study) (Replication)

9. Ko, Inhwan, & Aseem Prakash. 2024. "Stock markets, corporate climate pledges, and the Science-Based Target Initiative." npj Climate Action, 3: 69. (Replication) (Featured in The Regulatory Review)

8. Ko, Inhwan, Nives Dolšak, & Aseem Prakash. 2023. "Wind turbines as new smokestacks: Preserving ruralness and restrictive land-use ordinances across U.S. counties." PLOS ONE, 18(12): e0294563. (Replication)

7. Min, Yohan, & Inhwan Ko. 2023. "Causal effects of place, people, and process on rooftop solar adoption through Bayesian Inference." Energy 285: 129510. (Data available upon request) 

6. Ko, Inhwan. 2023. "Rural opposition to landscape change from solar energy: Explaining the diffusion of setback restrictions on solar farms across South Korean counties." Energy Research & Social Science 99: 103073. (Replication) (Featured in Forbes and Energy Daily News)

5. Ko, Inhwan, Nives Dolšak, & Aseem Prakash. 2022. "Have renewable energy leaders announced aggressive emission reduction goals? Examining the variations in the stringency of country-level net-zero emission pledges." PLOS Climate 1(11): e0000094. (Replication) (Featured in Forbes, The Regulatory Review, Skeptical Science, and Reputation)

4. Ko, Inhwan, & Taedong Lee. 2022. "Carbon pricing and decoupling between greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth: A panel study of 29 European Countries, 1996-2014." Review of Policy Research 39(5): 654-673. (Replication)

3. Ko, Inhwan, & Aseem Prakash. 2022. "Signaling climate resilience to municipal bond markets: Does membership in adaptation-focused voluntary clubs affect bond rating?" Climatic Change 171(9): 1-19. (Replication) (Featured in Skeptical Science)

2. Ko, Inhwan, Sinjae Kang, & Haye Choi. 2021. "Analyzing conflict patterns among legislators with automated text analysis: Cases of Environmental and Labor Committee and Health and Welfare Committee of the 17-20th National Assembly of Korea." Korea Party Studies Review 20(1): 5-42. (Replication) (in Korean)

1. Ko, Inhwan, Jungbae An, & Sinjae Kang. 2018. "Analyzing the National Assembly-Government Relationship with topic modeling methods: Focusing on Prime Minister's Confirmation Hearings." Journal of Parliamentary Research 13(2): 5-28. (in Korean)


Working Papers 

"Who supports subsidizing renewable energy via an electricity surcharge? Evidence from an online survey in South Korea" (Pre-analysis plan)

"My club runneth over: Congestion, embedded clubs, and the UN Global Compact" with Christian Elliott

"Same policy, different dreams: Explaining the variation in local net-zero policy stringency in South Korea" with Yoonsoo Kim and Gyuhwan Kim

"Translocal climate club as a wall of fame? A panel study on the US cities' membership in Global Covenant of Mayors, 2014-2024" with Yoonsoo Kim 

"Rural-urban divide in renewable energy preferences: Evidence from Nevada's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Ballot Initiative in 2020" with Nicolas Wittstock and Dawson Frost 

"Does size and surrounding landscape influence rural support for wind energy projects?" with Asli Cansunar, Nives Dolšak, and Aseem Prakash