Inequality and Environmental Policy in Mexico

Elena Catalina Jáuregui Nolen (), Diana Cristina Tello Medina () and María del Pilar Rivas García ()
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Elena Catalina Jáuregui Nolen: Directora de Operaciones, Empleos Verdes. México, D.F. Mexico.
Diana Cristina Tello Medina: Managing consultant, Murex North America, Inc. New York, N.Y. USA.
María del Pilar Rivas García: Analista, compañía internacional enfocada al desarrollo tecnológico y automotriz. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico.

Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, 2012, vol. XXI, issue 2, 251-275

Abstract: Mexico has suffered big environmental losses due to different causes, and experiences a great inequality within each state. The objective of this article is to study the link between inequality and the environment. Specifically, it will explain the relationship between power inequality and the environmental policies in each Mexican state. Two econometric estimations are made: the first one to see the determinants of the distribution of power, and the second one to see the connection between power inequality (and three control variables) and the environmental policies of each state in Mexico. We found that higher levels of power inequality are related to less quality in environmental policies. This is because individuals that benefit from pollution-generating activities are more capable of influencing political decisions, as they are relatively wealthy and well educated.

Keywords: inequality; power distribution; income distribution; environmental policy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O15 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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