Polluting politics

Louis-Philippe Beland and Vincent Boucher

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 137, issue C, 176-181

Abstract: This paper estimates the causal impact of Democratic vs Republican governors on pollution. Using a regression discontinuity design, gubernatorial election data, and air quality data from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we find that air pollution is lower under Democratic governors.

Keywords: Political parties; Pollution; Regression discontinuity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 Q53 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.007

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