Governance, vulnerability to climate change, and green growth: International evidence

Thai-Ha Le, Youngho Chang () and Donghyun Park

No 2017-16, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: The authors examine the role of governance and vulnerability to climate change in green growth using a global panel dataset. They find that governance has a positive effect on environmental performance and vulnerability to climate change has a negative effect. Promoting good governance and reducing climate change vulnerability can thus contribute to a cleaner environment. They find qualitatively similar results for the sub-sample of high-income countries, but governance has an insignificant effect for the sub-samples of upper-middle-income, and lower-middle-and-low-income countries. High-income countries have strong environmental policies to protect the environment whereas other countries need to strengthen their relatively weak environmental policies. This suggests a need for substantial economic, technological and financial support from the international community for strengthening the environmental institutional capacity of developing countries.

Keywords: governance; vulnerability to climate change; air quality; PM2.5; green growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: Governance, Vulnerability to Climate Change, and Green Growth: International Evidence (2016)
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