Does democracy help reduce environmental degradation?
| Autor: | Sinan Erdogan, Güray Akalin |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Akalın, Güray |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Sustainable Development Goals 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Economics Per capita Environmental Chemistry Environmental Quality Renewable Energy Environmental degradation Environmental quality Non-renewable resource 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development Real income General Medicine Energy consumption Carbon Dioxide Environmental economics Ecological Footprint Pollution Democracy Cross-Sectional Studies Economic Development Non-Renewable Energy Panel data |
| Popis: | The main purpose of this study is to examine the democracy–environmental degradation nexus in 26 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries from 1990 through 2015 by using panel data estimation methods, performing well under cross-sectional dependence. Empirical results are as follows: (i) Tests show that cross-section dependence exists among panel members, and slope coefficients are heterogeneous, respectively, and (ii) long-term coefficient estimation results with Augmented Mean Group estimator show that democracy, non-renewable energy consumption, and real income per capita have statistically significant negative effects on environmental quality, whereas renewable energy consumption has a positive effect. There is also no statistically significant relationship between urbanization and environmental quality. These findings show the poor functioning of democracy in addressing environmental issues among OECD countries; therefore, raising environmental quality conflicts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of creating strong institutions and economic growth targets. Moreover, promoting renewable energy consumption may be an effective alternative in reducing environmental degradation; therefore, it can be said that promoting clean energy use and raising the SDG environmental quality targets are in harmony. © 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. |
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