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Democracy and Climate Change Policies: Is History Important?Per G. FredrikssonUniversity of Louisville - College of Business - Department of Economics Eric NeumayerLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) April 16, 2013 Ecological Economics, 95, 2013, pp. 11-19 Abstract: This paper argues that it is countries’ historical experience with democracy, the democratic capital stock, rather than current levels of democracy that determines current climate change policies. Empirical evidence using data starting as far back as year 1800 for 87 countries, which together are responsible for 93.7 per cent of global carbon emissions, suggests that the democratic capital stock has an important and robust effect on climate change policies. A history of executive constraints is particularly important. The current level of democracy does not play a role once democratic capital has been accounted for.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 33 Keywords: Democracy, Democratic Capital, Political Economy, International Public Goods: Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Executive Constraints JEL Classification: H23, H87, Q54, Q58 Date posted: January 30, 2013 ; Last revised: December 4, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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