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Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Global Warming Battle

Stuart Buck
affiliation not provided to SSRN

Bruce Yandle
Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics


August 14, 2001



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Our article addresses the Kyoto Protocol in light of Prof. Yandle's "bootleggers and Baptists" theory of regulation, a subset of the economic theory of regulation. The theory's name is meant to evoke 19th century laws banning alcohol sales on Sundays. Baptists supported Sunday closing laws for moral and religious reasons, while bootleggers were eager to stifle their legal competition. Thus, politicians were able to pose as acting in the interests of public morality, even while taking contributions from bootleggers. We argue that a similar phenomenon took place in the battle over the Kyoto Protocol, where the "Baptist" environmental groups provided moral support while "bootlegger" corporations and nations worked in the background to seek economic advantages over their rivals.

Keywords: Kyoto, economic theory of regulation, economics, regulation, environmental, Yandle, bootleggers and Baptists

JEL Classifications: K00, K32, K33, L51, L50, Q25

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Date posted: August 17, 2001 ; Last revised: November 28, 2001

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Buck, Stuart and Yandle, Bruce, Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Global Warming Battle (August 14, 2001). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=279914 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.279914


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Stuart Buck (Contact Author)
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Thomas Yandle
Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics ( email )
Clemson, SC 29634
United States
864-656-3970 (Phone)
864-656-4192 (Fax)
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