Details about Per G. Fredriksson

Homepage:	https://business.louisville.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/per-g-fredriksson-phd/
Postal address:	Department of Economics College of Business University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292
Workplace:	Economics Department, University of Louisville, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

1. Irrigation and Culture: Gender Roles and Women’s Rights
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (3)

2017

2. Wheat Agriculture and Family Ties
   Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre
   See also Journal Article Wheat agriculture and family ties, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2016

3. Corruption and climate change policies: do the bad old days matter?
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article Corruption and Climate Change Policies: Do the Bad Old Days Matter?, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2016) View citations (23) (2016)
4. Statehood Experience, Legal Traditions and Climate Change Policies
   Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre
   See also Journal Article STATEHOOD EXPERIENCE, LEGAL TRADITIONS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2017) View citations (16) (2017)

2014

5. Trade Liberalization and Environmental Taxation in Federal Systems
   Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Trade Liberalization and Environmental Taxation in Federal Systems, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2011

6. Trade Policy in Majoritarian Systems: The Case of the U.S
   Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Trade policy in majoritarian systems: the case of the U.S, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2011) View citations (9) (2011)

2009

7. Environmental Policy in Majoritarian Systems
   Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Environmental policy in majoritarian systems, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2010) View citations (22) (2010)
8. Gubernatorial Reputation and Vertical Tax Externalities: All Smoke, No Fire?
   Working Papers, Sacred Heart University, John F. Welch College of Business
9. Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States
   Working Papers, Sacred Heart University, John F. Welch College of Business
   See also Journal Article Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States, Public Finance Review (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2008

10. For Sale: Trade Policy in Majoritarian Systems
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2007

11. Kyoto protocol cooperation: does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Kyoto Protocol cooperation: Does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?, Public Choice, Springer (2007) View citations (55) (2007)

2006

12. Environmental federalism: a panacea or Pandora's box for developing countries?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

2005

13. Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (85)
    See also Journal Article Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2005) View citations (90) (2005)

2004

14. Chasing the smokestack: strategic policymaking with multiple instruments
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (41)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Chasing the smokestack: strategic policymaking with multiple instruments, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (44) (2004)
15. The Political Economy of Refunded Emissions Payment Programs
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The political economy of refunded emissions payment programs, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2005) View citations (33) (2005)
16. The multiplier effect of globalization
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The multiplier effect of globalization, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2004) View citations (7) (2004)

2003

17. Bureaucratic corruption, environmental policy and inbound US FDI: theory and evidence
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (150)
    Also in Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2003) View citations (149)
    See also Journal Article Bureaucratic corruption, environmental policy and inbound US FDI: theory and evidence, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (154) (2003)
18. Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (231)
    See also Journal Article Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2003) View citations (242) (2003)
19. The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures: Theory and Evidence
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures: Theory and Evidence, Public Choice, Springer (2004) View citations (118) (2004)
20. Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (234)
    See also Journal Article Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2003) View citations (254) (2003)

2002

21. The Rule of Law and the Pattern of Environment Protection
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (5)

2001

22. Trade Integration and Political Turbulence: Environmental Policy Consequences
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund
    See also Journal Article Trade Integration and Political Turbulence: Environmental Policy Consequences, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2004) View citations (7) (2004)

1999

23. Trade, Global Policy, and the Environment
    World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Irrigation and Intimate Partner Violence in India
   Journal of Development Studies, 2025, 61, (2), 192-209

2023

2. Irrigation and gender roles
   Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, (C) View citations (2)
3. Legal heritage and urban slums
   Journal of Regional Science, 2023, 63, (1), 236-252 View citations (1)

2022

4. COVID-19 Regulations, Political Institutions, and the Environment
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2022, 81, (2), 323-353 View citations (2)
5. Land productivity and colonization
   Economic Modelling, 2022, 113, (C)

2021

6. Culture, intellectual property rights, and technology adoption
   The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2021, 80, (C), 317-330 View citations (2)
7. Does an early start help or hurt? Statehood, institutions and modern climate change policies
   Energy Economics, 2021, 94, (C) View citations (18)
8. Legal origins and government COVID-19 control measures
   Applied Economics Letters, 2021, 28, (21), 1865-1871
9. Religiosity and climate change policies
   Energy Economics, 2021, 101, (C) View citations (10)
10. Sunlight and Culture
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, (C), 757-782 View citations (1)

2020

11. Crop Yield and Democracy
    Land Economics, 2020, 96, (2), 265-290 View citations (4)
12. Individualism and the adoption of clean energy technology
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2020, 61, (C) View citations (12)
13. The politics of environmental enforcement: the case of the Resource and Conservation Recovery Act
    Empirical Economics, 2020, 58, (6), 2593-2613 View citations (3)

2019

14. The agricultural roots of Chinese innovation performance
    European Economic Review, 2019, 118, (C), 126-147 View citations (13)

2018

15. Corruption and environmental regulatory policy in the United States: Does trust matter?
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2018, 54, (C), 212-225 View citations (29)
16. Culture, legal heritage and the regulation of labor
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46, (2), 616-633 View citations (13)
17. Legal origins and environmental policies: evidence from OECD and developing countries
    Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2018, 11, (3), 369-375 View citations (1)
18. State history, legal adaptability and financial development
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2018, 89, (C), 169-191 View citations (9)
19. Sunlight, Disease, and Institutions
    Kyklos, 2018, 71, (3), 374-401 View citations (10)
20. The neolithic revolution and contemporary sex ratios
    Economics Letters, 2018, 173, (C), 19-22 View citations (5)

2017

21. Does legal system matter for directed technical change? Evidence from the auto industry
    Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (15), 1080-1083 View citations (2)
22. STATEHOOD EXPERIENCE, LEGAL TRADITIONS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES
    Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55, (3), 1511-1537 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Statehood Experience, Legal Traditions and Climate Change Policies, Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)
23. Wheat agriculture and family ties
    European Economic Review, 2017, 100, (C), 236-256 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Wheat Agriculture and Family Ties, Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2016

24. Corruption and Climate Change Policies: Do the Bad Old Days Matter?
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2016, 63, (2), 451-469 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Corruption and climate change policies: do the bad old days matter?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (18) (2016)
25. Trade Liberalization and Environmental Taxation in Federal Systems
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118, (1), 150-167 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Trade Liberalization and Environmental Taxation in Federal Systems, Research Papers in Economics (2014) (2014)

2015

26. Legal Origins and Climate Change Policies in Former Colonies
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2015, 62, (2), 309-327 View citations (17)

2014

27. Environmental decentralization and political centralization
    Ecological Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 402-410 View citations (32)
28. Political Institutions, Political Careers and Environmental Policy
    Kyklos, 2014, 67, (1), 54-73 View citations (21)
29. Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States
    Public Finance Review, 2014, 42, (1), 4-34 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Tobacco Politics and Electoral Accountability in the United States, Working Papers (2009) (2009)

2013

30. Democracy and climate change policies: Is history important?
    Ecological Economics, 2013, 95, (C), 11-19 View citations (46)
31. Party Politics, Governors, and Economic Policy
    Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 80, (1), 106-126 View citations (1)

2011

32. Are politicians office or policy motivated? The case of U.S. governors' environmental policies
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, 62, (2), 241-253 View citations (30)
33. Sex and environmental policy in the U.S. House of Representatives
    Economics Letters, 2011, 113, (3), 228-230 View citations (19)
34. Trade policy in majoritarian systems: the case of the U.S
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2011, 44, (2), 607-626 View citations (9)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44, (2), 607-626 (2011) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Trade Policy in Majoritarian Systems: The Case of the U.S, Research Papers in Economics (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2010

35. Environmental policy in majoritarian systems
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2010, 59, (2), 177-191 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Environmental Policy in Majoritarian Systems, Working papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)
36. Party Discipline and Environmental Policy: The Role of “Smoke‐filled Back Rooms”
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112, (3), 489-513 View citations (7)
37. Regulatory Environmental Federalism
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 319-339 View citations (23)

2009

38. Corruption, federalism, and policy formation in the OECD: the case of energy policy
    Public Choice, 2009, 140, (1), 205-221 View citations (34)
39. Institutionalized pollution havens
    Ecological Economics, 2009, 68, (4), 1239-1256 View citations (70)
40. Taxing Under the Influence?
    Public Finance Review, 2009, 37, (3), 339-365 View citations (1)

2008

41. The political economy of investment: The case of pollution control technology
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24, (1), 53-72 View citations (28)
42. Vertical externalities in cigarette taxation: Do tax revenues go up in smoke?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (1), 35-48 View citations (24)

2007

43. Democratic institutions versus autocratic regimes: The case of environmental policy
    Public Choice, 2007, 130, (3), 381-393 View citations (40)
44. Kyoto Protocol cooperation: Does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?
    Public Choice, 2007, 133, (1), 231-251 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Kyoto protocol cooperation: does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2007) View citations (51) (2007)
45. Legislative Organization and Pollution Taxation
    Public Choice, 2007, 131, (1), 217-242 View citations (18)
46. Trade policy: What's welfare got to do with it?
    Economics Letters, 2007, 96, (1), 64-69 View citations (5)

2006

47. Endogenous Pollution Havens: Does FDI Influence Environmental Regulations?*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (1), 157-178 View citations (226)

2005

48. Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2005, 49, (2), 343-365 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2005) View citations (85) (2005)
49. Polluters and Collective Action: Theory and Evidence
    Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 72, (1), 167-185 View citations (1)
50. The political economy of refunded emissions payment programs
    Economics Letters, 2005, 87, (1), 113-119 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Refunded Emissions Payment Programs, Working Papers in Economics (2004) View citations (4) (2004)

2004

51. Chasing the smokestack: strategic policymaking with multiple instruments
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2004, 34, (4), 387-410 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Chasing the smokestack: strategic policymaking with multiple instruments, Natural Field Experiments (2004) View citations (41) (2004)
52. Collusion, Collective Action and Protection: Theory and Evidence
    Public Choice, 2004, 121, (3), 279-308 View citations (2)
53. Comparative politics and environmental taxation
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 48, (1), 705-722 View citations (22)
54. Corruption and energy efficiency in OECD countries: theory and evidence
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2004, 47, (2), 207-231 View citations (148)
55. Electoral rules and environmental policy
    Economics Letters, 2004, 84, (2), 237-244 View citations (26)
56. The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures: Theory and Evidence
    Public Choice, 2004, 121, (3), 363-390 View citations (118)
    See also Working Paper The Persistence of Corruption and Regulatory Compliance Failures: Theory and Evidence, IMF Working Papers (2003) View citations (12) (2003)
57. The multiplier effect of globalization
    Economics Letters, 2004, 83, (3), 285-292 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper The multiplier effect of globalization, Natural Field Experiments (2004) View citations (6) (2004)
58. Trade Integration and Political Turbulence: Environmental Policy Consequences
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 4, (2), 28 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Trade Integration and Political Turbulence: Environmental Policy Consequences, IMF Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2003

59. Bureaucratic corruption, environmental policy and inbound US FDI: theory and evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (7-8), 1407-1430 View citations (154)
    See also Working Paper Bureaucratic corruption, environmental policy and inbound US FDI: theory and evidence, Natural Field Experiments (2003) View citations (150) (2003)
60. Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (4), 944-952 View citations (242)
    See also Working Paper Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator, Natural Field Experiments (2003) View citations (231) (2003)
61. Political instability, corruption and policy formation: the case of environmental policy
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (7-8), 1383-1405 View citations (261)
62. Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2003, 46, (3), 490-512 View citations (254)
    See also Working Paper Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence, Natural Field Experiments (2003) View citations (234) (2003)
63. Trade policy reform, endogenous lobby group formation, and environmental policy
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (1), 47-69 View citations (23)

2002

64. Environmental Regulations, Transfers, and Trade: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2002, 43, (2), 234-250 View citations (58)
65. Is there a 'California effect' in US environmental policymaking?
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2002, 32, (6), 737-764 View citations (19)
66. Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51, (1), 101-122 View citations (218)

2001

67. How Pollution Taxes May Increase Pollution and Reduce Net Revenues
    Public Choice, 2001, 107, (1-2), 65-85 View citations (11)
    Also in Public Choice, 2001, 107, (1), 65-85 (2001) View citations (11)

2000

68. Environmental Governance in Federal Systems: The Effects of Capital Competition and Lobby Groups
    Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38, (3), 501-14 View citations (35)
69. On the formation of industry lobby groups
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2000, 41, (4), 315-335 View citations (43)
70. Ratification of the 1992 Climate Change Convention: What Determines Legislative Delay?
    Public Choice, 2000, 104, (3-4), 345-68 View citations (29)
71. The Siting of Hazardous Waste Facilities in Federal Systems: The Political Economy of NIMBY
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2000, 15, (1), 75-87 View citations (17)

1999

72. The "greening" of trade unions and the demand for eco-taxes
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 15, (4), 663-686 View citations (10)
73. The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy
    Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 65, (3), 513-525 View citations (6)

1998

74. Environmental policy choice: Pollution abatement subsidies
    Resource and Energy Economics, 1998, 20, (1), 51-63 View citations (25)

1997

75. The Political Economy of Pollution Taxes in a Small Open Economy
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1997, 33, (1), 44-58 View citations (212)

Chapters

2004

1. Does Trade Liberalization Cause a Race-to-the-Bottom in Environmental Policies? A Spatial Econometric Analysis
   Springer View citations (5)