Political-economic correlates of environmental policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15545692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Kammerlander (0000-0002-3061-5570, University of Freiburg, corresponding author), Günther G Schulze (0000-0001-5352-7904, University of Freiburg) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 024047-024047 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/abdc89 |
| OpenAlex | W3121826927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 50 |
What are the correlates of environmental performance? In particular, does globalization lead to environmental degradation? What is the role of democracy for environmental performance and do left-wing governments really care more about the environment? Using a novel and comprehensive measure of environmental performance, we test these three hypotheses for a panel of 134 countries for the period 2007–2016. Our results are surprising—we find no evidence that democracies are cleaner, left-wing governments perform better than right-wing governments, but centrist governments clearly have the highest environmental performance, and globalization is good for the environment. The positive impact of globalization, however, is driven by social globalization—economic and political globalization do not play a role
Democracy · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic globalization · Economic system · Economics · Environmental degradation · Globalization · Market economy · Panel data · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Ecology
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Performance pressure
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Democratic Transitions
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |