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Environmental Federalism : A Panacea or Pandora’s Box for Developing Countries?

dc.contributor.author Fredriksson, Per G.
dc.contributor.author Mani, Muthukumara
dc.contributor.author Wollscheid, Jim R.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-21T21:58:15Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-21T21:58:15Z
dc.date.issued 2006-02
dc.description.abstract This paper provides new empirical evidence to the debate on the optimal locus of power over environmental policymaking in developing countries. The authors develop a simple lobby group model with mobile capital. The model predicts that a decentralized institutional structure leads to weaker environmental policy due to more intensive lobbying by capital owners and workers. They test this prediction using novel cross-sectional developing country data. The results are consistent with the prediction of the model, in particular for air pollution policies. The authors also find that the effect of decentralization declines with a greater degree of trade openness. They believe this is the first developing country evidence on the environmental policy effects of federalism. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6596734/environmental-federalism-panacea-or-pandoras-box-developing-countries
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8738
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3847
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABATEMENT
dc.subject ABATEMENT COSTS
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject AIR POLLUTION
dc.subject ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subject AUTONOMY
dc.subject BENCHMARK
dc.subject CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject CAPITAL FLIGHT
dc.subject CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject CLEAN WATER
dc.subject CONSERVATION
dc.subject CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVOLUTION
dc.subject DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject DUMPING
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC COMPETITION
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject EFFECTIVE USE
dc.subject EMISSION
dc.subject EMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subject EMISSIONS
dc.subject EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
dc.subject ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTALISM
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTALISTS
dc.subject EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION
dc.subject FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject FISHERIES
dc.subject FOREIGN COMPETITION
dc.subject FORESTRY
dc.subject FREE TRADE
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFORMAL REGULATION
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject MARGINAL PRODUCT
dc.subject MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject MARGINAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject MARGINAL SOCIAL DAMAGE
dc.subject MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject NASH EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subject NITROGEN OXIDES
dc.subject POLICY DECISIONS
dc.subject POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject POLICY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POLITICAL PRESSURE
dc.subject POLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subject POLLUTION DAMAGE
dc.subject POLLUTION LEVELS
dc.subject POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
dc.subject POLLUTION REGULATION
dc.subject PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
dc.subject RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCARCE CAPITAL
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject THEORETICAL MODELS
dc.subject TOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject UTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subject WASTE
dc.subject WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER POLLUTION
dc.subject WATER QUALITY
dc.title Environmental Federalism : A Panacea or Pandora’s Box for Developing Countries? en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6596734/environmental-federalism-panacea-or-pandoras-box-developing-countries
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3847
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20060214124724
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6596734
okr.identifier.report WPS3847
okr.language.supported en
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okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Environment :: Environmental Governance
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Environment :: Green Issues
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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