Are left-wing party strength and corporatism good for the environment? Evidence from panel analysis of air pollution in OECD countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-220

  Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporatism; Ecological parties; Environmental policy; Green parties; Left libertarian parties

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; OECD; PANEL DATA; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0038609360     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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