Polluting Politics

Vincent Boucher

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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 U.S. 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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