Open AccessDoes the Extent of Democracy, the Degree of Income Inequality, or the Size of the Private Sector Influence National Enviromental Performance?
Author(s) -
William R. DiPietro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-399X
pISSN - 1923-3981
DOI - 10.5430/rwe.v4n1p55
Subject(s) - inequality , economic inequality , democracy , economics , index (typography) , private sector , measures of national income and output , degree (music) , demographic economics , development economics , public economics , economic growth , macroeconomics , political science , politics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer science , acoustics , law , physics , world wide web
This paper uses cross country regression analysis on a newly available index that comprehensively measures total national environmental performance to look at the effect of democracy, income inequality, and the size of the private sector on national environmental performance. The evidence tends to indicate, that while democracy has a positive effect on a country’s environmental performance, income inequality and the size of the private sector have a negative effect