Really a front-runner, really a Straggler? Of environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union and beyond — A quantitative policy perspective

Christoph Knill, Stephan Heichel and Daniel Arndt

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 48, issue C, 36-45

Abstract: As it has long been debated who is a front-runner and who is a laggard state in terms of environmental protection it is rather surprising that the topic has received rather scant attention as far as quantitative, large-n research endeavours are concerned. Of course, there is a broad literature on the topic. However, existing studies have shortcomings. The criteria on which the assessments rely are often neither equivalent cross-nationally nor are they communicated clearly enough (i.e., not transparent). Although ambitious efforts have been invested to rank countries in terms of their environmental performance, little systematic research exists that clearly determines leaders and laggards in terms of their policies (policy performance) and states’ ranking, accordingly.

Keywords: Environmental policy; Performance; Ranking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.043

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