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Construction of Sub-country Level Environment Policy Stringency Index: A Study on Indian States

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  • Rajesh Gupta

    (Indian Institute of Management)

  • Atulan Guha

    (Indian Institute of Management)

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The abundance of country-level socio-economic development indices is of limited help unless sub-country-level indices on the quality of policies are also available. Tracing the regional indices landscape of India, this study proposes the state-level Environment Policy Stringency Index for Indian states. Capturing Indian states' policies across six areas with weight determination done deploying principal component analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis-Benefit of Doubt approach, the composite index calculated in the study also examines the scores grouping the sub-national units based upon the income levels. Besides ranking for inter-state comparison, the proposed index is significantly associated with particulate matter pollution levels in states. This study has three key contributions: conceptualising the principal-based sub-national index while making a case for developing sub-country level policy indices, identifying state-level environment policy variables and constructing an Environment Policy Stringency Index for Indian states.

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  • Rajesh Gupta & Atulan Guha, 2024. "Construction of Sub-country Level Environment Policy Stringency Index: A Study on Indian States," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 172(2), pages 449-479, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:172:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s11205-023-03281-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-023-03281-9
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    Keywords

    Social Indicators; Environment Policy Stringency; Energy; Sub-national Index; India;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General

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