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dc.contributor.authorKinda, Somlanare Romualden
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-15T14:21:45Z-
dc.date.available2011-07-15T14:21:45Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/48347-
dc.description.abstractThis paper aims at analysing the effect of democratic institutions on environmental quality (carbon dioxide per capita, sulfure dioxide per capita) and at identifying potential channel transmissions. We use panel data from 1960 to 2008 in 122 developing and developed countries and modern econometric methods. The results are as follows: Firstly, we show that democratic institutions have opposite effects on environment quality: a positive direct effect on environment quality and a negative indirect effect through investments and income inequality. Indeed, democratic institutions attract investments that hurt environment quality. Moreover, as democratic institutions reduce income inequality, they also damage environment. Secondly, we find that the direct negative effect of democratic institutions is higher for local pollutant (SO2) than for global pollutant (CO2). Thirdly, the nature of democratic institutions (presidential, parliamentary) is not conducive to environmental quality. Fourtly, results suggest that the direct positive effect of democratic institutions on environment quality is higher in developed countries than in developing countries. Thus, the democratic process in the first group of countries has increased their awareness for the environment protection.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft |cKiel und Hamburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011 |x46en
dc.subject.jelO43en
dc.subject.jelQ53en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelE22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordDemocratic institutionsen
dc.subject.keywordAir pollutionen
dc.subject.keywordPanel dataen
dc.subject.keywordIncome inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordInvestmentsen
dc.titleDemocratic Institutions and Environmental Quality: Effects and Transmission Channels-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn665329628en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec11:46en

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