Economic Freedom, Corruption, and Species Imperilment: A Cross-Country Analysis

被引:8
作者
Pandit, Ram [1 ]
Laband, David N. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Australia, Sch Agr & Resource Econ, Fac Nat & Agr Sci, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
[2] Auburn Univ, Sch Forestry & Wildlife Sci, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
关键词
corruption; economic freedom; species imperilment; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; GROWTH; POLLUTION; INEQUALITY; QUALITY; INCOME;
D O I
10.1080/08941920802102024
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
We weave together two strands of the scientific literature: we have been presented with the proposition that economic freedom and corruption are linked to economic prosperity and with the proposition that economic prosperity is related to environmental degradation. The question we explore empirically is whether economic freedom and corruption are linked, albeit perhaps indirectly through economic prosperity, to environmental degradation. Using data from 152 countries, we estimate models of factors that influence species imperilment and, controlling for cross-border effects, find evidence across several taxa groups of a statistically significant relationship between economic freedom and species imperilment. However, we find consistent evidence of a similar relationship between corruption and species imperilment for only one taxa group.
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页码:805 / 823
页数:19
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