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Pollution, Economic Development and Democracy: Evidence from the MENA countries
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are among the world's top emitters of CO2 and SO2 in per capita terms. The objective of this paper is to analyze whether investing in the democratic development of these countries is an effective tool to make the economic growth in this region m...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 27-2012) |
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| Autoren: | , |
| Format: | Arbeit |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2012
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are among the world's top emitters of CO2 and SO2 in per capita terms. The objective of this paper is to analyze whether investing in the democratic development of these countries is an effective tool to make the economic growth in this region more environmentally compatible. Arguing on the basis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis and using panel data on the income-emission- democracy nexus, we find evidence that improvements in the democratic development of the MENA countries help to mitigate environmental problems. Our results clearly show, that the quality of democratic institutions has a greater influence on local environmental problems than on global environmental issues in the MENA region. |
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| ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
| DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0141 |