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Kyoto Protocol cooperation: Does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?

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  • Per Fredriksson

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  • Eric Neumayer

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  • Gergely Ujhelyi

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Does environmental lobbying affect the probability of environmental treaty ratification? Does the level of government corruption play a role for the success of such lobbying? In this paper, we propose that a more corruptible government may be more responsive to the demands of the environmental lobby. We use several stratified hazard models and panel data from 170 countries on the timing of Kyoto Protocol ratification to test this hypothesis. We find that increased environmental lobby group activity raises the probability of ratification, and the effect rises with the degree of corruption.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Public Choice.

Volume (Year): 133 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1 (October)
Pages: 231-251

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Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:133:y:2007:i:1:p:231-251

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Keywords: Corruption; Political economy; Agreements; Ratification; Environmentalism;

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  1. Francesco Nicolli & Francesco Vona, 2012. "The Evolution of Renewable Energy Policy in OECD Countries: Aggregate Indicators and Determinants," Working Papers 2012.51, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
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