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How much does environment pay for politicians?
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Résumé |
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We empirically explore how elections impact climate change policy and environmental degradation, using a sample of 76 democratic countries over the period 1990‐2014. Three key results emerge from our system‐GMM estimations. First, election years are characterized by an increase in C02 emissions, even though the effect weakens over the recent years. Second, this effect is present only in established democracies, where incumbents engage in fiscal manipulation through the composition of public spending rather than its level. Third, higher freedom of the press and high environmental preferences from citizens reduce the size of this trade‐off between pork barrel spending and the public good, namely environment quality.
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Auteur(s)
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Mohamed Boly
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, Jean-Louis Combes
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, Pascale Combes Motel
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CERDI -
Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International
( 490669 )
- Pôle tertiaire, 26 avenue Léon Blum, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand
- France
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Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] UMR6587 ( 422708 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR6587 ( 441569 )
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Méthodes et statistiques
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes de l'environnement
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics/E.E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook/E.E6.E62 - Fiscal Policy
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
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Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
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D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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Référence interne |
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Études et Documents Cerdi, 2020/8
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Mots-clés |
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CO2 emissions, Elections, Environmental policy, Panel data
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