Environmental decentralization and political centralization

Per Fredriksson and Jim Wollscheid

Ecological Economics, 2014, vol. 107, issue C, 402-410

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how political institutions affect policy outcomes. In particular, does the level of political centralization affect the outcome of environmental decentralization? We use a cross section of up to 110 countries and a propensity score estimation approach. We find that political centralization, measured by the strength of national level political parties, increases the stringency of environmental policies set under decentralized regimes.

Keywords: Environmental regulations; Policy; Spillovers; Environmental federalism; Decentralization; Political institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D78 H23 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.019

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