Construction of Sub-country Level Environment Policy Stringency Index: A Study on Indian States

Rajesh Gupta () and Atulan Guha ()
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Rajesh Gupta: Indian Institute of Management
Atulan Guha: Indian Institute of Management

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, vol. 172, issue 2, No 4, 449-479

Abstract: Abstract The abundance of country-level socio-economic development indices is of limited help unless sub-country-level indices on the quality of policies are also available. Tracing the regional indices landscape of India, this study proposes the state-level Environment Policy Stringency Index for Indian states. Capturing Indian states' policies across six areas with weight determination done deploying principal component analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis-Benefit of Doubt approach, the composite index calculated in the study also examines the scores grouping the sub-national units based upon the income levels. Besides ranking for inter-state comparison, the proposed index is significantly associated with particulate matter pollution levels in states. This study has three key contributions: conceptualising the principal-based sub-national index while making a case for developing sub-country level policy indices, identifying state-level environment policy variables and constructing an Environment Policy Stringency Index for Indian states.

Keywords: Social Indicators; Environment Policy Stringency; Energy; Sub-national Index; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q48 Q50 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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