Corruption and Climate Change Policies: Do the Bad Old Days Matter?

Fredriksson, Per G.; Neumayer, Eric

doi:10.1007/s10640-014-9869-6

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“…Furthermore, climate change is a cross-national collective action problem that needs a certain level of political and social trust to reduce the risks of free-riding (Harring and Jagers, 2013) and failure to act. Other researchers highlight the importance of corruption for the implementation of environmental policies (Fredriksson and Neumayer, 2016; Harring, 2014). Based on these insights, we formulate our fourth and final hypothesis:…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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Public opinion in policy contexts. A comparative analysis of domestic energy policies and individual policy preferences in Europe

Stadelmann‐Steffen

Eder

2020

International Political Science Review

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Recent research and real-world processes suggest that effective climate change mitigation policies are not feasible without at least a certain degree of public support. Hence, we investigate the link between existing domestic energy policies and individual policy instrument preferences in 21 European countries. We assume a policy feedback perspective and, thus, start from the idea that the current domestic energy context influences what future policies are possible and preferred by citizens. High political trust and strong climate change attitudes are expected to strengthen this relationship. Our results do not lend support to a general link between existing policies and future policy preferences. However, we find evidence of a positive policy feedback in individuals with strong climate change attitudes and/or high levels of political trust, which, depending on each country’s current energy policy, either hinders or facilitates the energy transition.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public opinion in policy contexts. A comparative analysis of domestic energy policies and individual policy preferences in Europe

Stadelmann‐Steffen

Eder

2020

International Political Science Review

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“…Although our study is the first to include such an effect in a DiD specification, it is not the first to control for KP Sustainability 2018, 10, 334 6 of 22 country categories in regression models. Fredriksson and Neumayer [58] include a non-Annex I dummy in regressions of the effect of corruption on climate policies.…”

Section: Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

Cifci

Oliver

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:International climate agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and, more recently, the Paris Climate Agreement are fragile because, at a national level, political constituencies' value systems may conflict with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to sustainable levels. Proponents cite climate change as the most pressing challenge of our time, contending that international cooperation will play an essential role in addressing this challenge. Political opponents argue that the disproportionate requirements on developed nations to shoulder the financial burden will inhibit their economic growth. We find empirical evidence that both arguments are likely to be correct. We use standard regression techniques to analyze a multi-country dataset of GHG emissions, GDP per capita growth, and other factors. We estimate that after the Kyoto Protocol (KP) entered into force 'Annex I' countries reduced GHG emissions on average by roughly 1 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MTCO2e), relative to non-Annex I countries. However, our estimates reveal that these countries also experienced an average reduction in GDP per capita growth rates of around 1-2 percentage points relative to non-Annex I countries.

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“…There is also a research opening to examine how environmental policymaking and outcomes are influenced by historical stock of political factors. The previous literature has shown a significant role of the accumulated historical legacy of corruption and democracy in the implementation of environmental policies for carbon emission mitigation (Fredriksson and Neumayer, 2013; Fredriksson and Neumayer, 2016). Yet, whether the results can be applied to other environmental policies are still unknown.…”

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“…Their empirical models based on a provincial panel provide mixed results across different regions in China: corruption control reduces carbon emissions in western China, whereas it triggers more pollution in central and eastern China. Fredriksson and Neumayer (2016) also document the current degree of corruption has a limited impact on environmental policy outcomes. Contrarily, the accumulated historical legacy of corruption significantly influences a country's (1) domestic policymaking and (2) global coordination efforts in climate change.…”

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The Political Economy of Environmental Consequences: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Chen

Chang

et al. 2020

Journal of Economic Surveys

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As a key concern for human survival and development, environmental issues have been widely perceived to be impacted by various political institutional factors. A considerable body of literature has attempted to investigate how different political factors affect environmental policymaking and outcomes. In this paper, we critically review related scholarly works published in peer‐reviewed economic journals in the past 30 years, with an emphasis on the empirical literature. Political institutional factors considered in this survey include corruption, the general concept and specific elements of democracy, and the vertical structure of environmental regulation authority within different levels of governments (i.e. environmental federalism). Studies focusing on the interplay of these factors are also highlighted. Based on a critical review, we provide a guide to the datasets, methodologies, and main findings of the literature. We also point out the existing gaps, and put forward suggestions for future research directions.

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Corruption and Climate Change Policies: Do the Bad Old Days Matter?

Cited by 42 publications

References 39 publications

Public opinion in policy contexts. A comparative analysis of domestic energy policies and individual policy preferences in Europe

Public opinion in policy contexts. A comparative analysis of domestic energy policies and individual policy preferences in Europe

Reassessing the Links between GHG Emissions, Economic Growth, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

The Political Economy of Environmental Consequences: A Review of the Empirical Literature

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