Is environmental sustainability influenced by socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors? cross‐country empirical evidence
Is environmental sustainability influenced by socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors? cross‐country empirical evidence
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DOI：
10.1002/sd.502
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发表时间：
2013-11
影响因子：
12.5
通讯作者：
S. Mukherjee;D. Chakraborty
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作者：
S. Mukherjee;D. Chakraborty
本研究试图了解环境质量（EQ），人类发展（HD）和政治和治理制度之间的关系，在一个跨国框架，通过二手数据分析。其基本假设是，除了收入之外，正如关于环境库兹涅茨曲线假设的文献所反映的那样，其他几个因素，包括社会经济因素（如人类发展和腐败）和社会政治因素（如行使民主权利的能力），也可能影响一个国家的环境决策，从而影响环境的可持续性。本研究中各国的EQ（即环境可持续性）由其环境绩效指数（2008年）表示。人类发展以人类发展指数（2007年）表示。民主指数（2008年）和腐败感知指数（2008年）分别被视为一国政治透明度及其对寻租活动敏感性的代表。跨国实证研究结果证实了社会经济和社会政治因素与可持续发展之间的密切联系。版权所有© 2010约翰威利父子有限公司和ERP环境。
The current study attempts to understand the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD) and political and governance regimes in a cross-country framework through secondary data analysis. The underlying hypothesis is that in addition to income, as reflected from the literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis, several other factors, including socioeconomic (e.g. human development and corruption) and sociopolitical (e.g. ability to exercise democratic rights) factors, may influence environmental policy-making, and thereby environmental sustainability, in a country. The EQ (i.e. environmental sustainability) of the countries in the current study is denoted by their Environmental Performance Index (2008). Human development is represented by Human Development Index (2007). Democracy Index (2008) and Corruption Perceptions Index (2008) are considered as proxies for political transparency in a country and its susceptibility to rent-seeking activities, respectively. The cross-country empirical findings confirm the closer association between the socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors and sustainable development. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.