Democracy and the environment revisited: The case of African fisheries

Martin Sjöstedt and Sverker C. Jagers

Marine Policy, 2014, vol. 43, issue C, 143-148

Abstract: This article develops and tests three hypotheses concerning the effects of levels of democracy on levels of overfishing in Sub-Saharan Africa. The results show that the more democratic a country is, the more successful it is in protecting marine environments. However, this effect disappears during turbulent times and periods of rapid political change. The analysis also shows that democracy has a stronger effect on environmental performance than do levels of corruption and government effectiveness.

Keywords: Democracy; Marine environment; Overfishing; Quality of government; Corruption; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.05.007

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