Ecologically unequal exchange and national governance: A cross‐national analysis of forest loss

Sommer, Jamie

doi:10.1002/eet.1869

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“…A nation's internal functions, such as its level of corruption, may moderate the impacts of external pressures and relationships, and should therefore be an important factor in national led environmental protection efforts. For instance, Sommer (2019) finds that forestry export flows from low-and middle-income nations to high-income nations increases forest loss more in nations with higher levels of control of corruption than lower levels of control of corruption. This work, however, uses the variable control of corruption from the World Bank Governance Indicators (WGI) alongside of their other governance measures.…”

Section: Operationalizing Corruption As Embeddednessmentioning

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Corruption and Embedded Autonomy: A Cross-National Analysis of Forest Loss

Sommer

2023

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Previous research finds that the influences of colonial heritage on cultural norms and practices may have an effect on corruption levels. On the one hand, researchers argue that former colonies have higher levels of perceived corruption, due to the patrimonial systems colonizers set up. Others argue that the different legal systems colonizers imposed on nations are more susceptible to corruption than others, and some find this effect diminishes over time or where colonizers remained a minority. Moreover, scholars also suggest that non-colonized nations do not have the legal structures, political stability, and support from colonizers, and thus have higher levels of corruption. While this previous research contributes to our understanding of corruption as embedded in larger, historical structures, it does not consider how colonial processes shape how corruption impacts material outcomes in nations. Building on this previous research, the present study uses ordinary least squares regression (OLS) for a sample of 95 low- and middle-income nations from 2001 to 2014 to test how the impact of colonial forces, measured as domestic and international autonomy (the extent to which a nation is free of the direct control of external political actors), moderates the effect of corruption on forest loss.

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Section: Operationalizing Corruption As Embeddednessmentioning

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Corruption and Embedded Autonomy: A Cross-National Analysis of Forest Loss

Sommer

2023

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“…Although there is a growing demand from society for environmentally responsible activities, managers' decisions may not reflect this demand. Thus, it is essential to investigate the impact of corporate governance on a firm's environmental performance because corporate governance designs managerial incentives to implement corporate policies (Sommer, 2019). Existing studies show that institutional investors have become major shareholders and have played critical roles in establishing corporate governance (Barber et al, 2008;Cao et al, 2020;Chen et al, 2007).…”

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Institutional Ownership and a Firm’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Na,

Kim

2023

Korean J Financ Stud

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This study examines whether institutional investors promote corporate environmental performance. Specifically, we investigate how institutional investors affect a firm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using data on US firms’ GHG emissions over the 2002-2019 period, we find that institutional ownership is negatively related to the firm’s GHG emissions. This negative relationship persists after adjusting for endogeneity. Our results suggest that institutional investors tend to have incentives to monitor managers to reduce the firm’s GHG emissions. Overall, we contribute to the literature on corporate finance by identifying institutional investors’ role in enhancing the corporate environmental performance.

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“…A nation's internal functions, such as its governance, may moderate the impacts of external pressures and relationships, and should therefore be an important factor in national led environmental protection efforts. For instance, Sommer (2019) finds that forestry export flows from low‐ and middle‐income nations to high‐income nations increases forest loss more in nations with lower levels of governance than higher levels of governance. These studies begin to expand our definitions of corruption to be more encompassing of governance broadly and to include both external and internal factors.…”

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The impacts of corruption on forest loss: A review of cross‐national trends

Sommer

2022

Sociology Compass

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This research lays out the debates and contradictory findings regarding the impacts of corruption on forest loss in a cross‐national context, specifically in low‐ and middle‐income nations. After, I describe how these inconsistent findings may be due to difficulties in untangling the complexities of corruption definitionally and then operationalizing it in a cross‐national context. Then, I review the advances in corruption data collection and measurement. Finally, I discuss how these developments in data collection and operationalization have led to an expansion of research on corruption to other aspects of governance, bringing forward several avenues for future research, but also potentially conflating definitions of corruption with governance. Overall, I aim to capture how scholars are studying corruption and forest loss from a cross‐national context and what their findings tell us.

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Ecologically unequal exchange and national governance: A cross‐national analysis of forest loss

Cited by 8 publications

References 83 publications

Corruption and Embedded Autonomy: A Cross-National Analysis of Forest Loss

Corruption and Embedded Autonomy: A Cross-National Analysis of Forest Loss

Institutional Ownership and a Firm’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The impacts of corruption on forest loss: A review of cross‐national trends

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