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Cultural and Political Determinants of Air Quality
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Francisca Guedes de | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leitão, Alexandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-18T16:56:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-18T16:56:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates empirically the determinants of air quality in a large cross-section of countries. We assess air quality by sulfur emissions and, following the literature, we consider three different groups of determinants: economic, political and cultural. We confirm the existence of an EKC for sulfur (inverted-U shaped relation between wealth and pollution). Political determinants are proxied by ethnic or religious fractionalization indexes and the country’s legal origin (we consider five possible legal origins: English common law, French civil law, German civil law, Scandinavian legal system and Socialist legal system). Cultural determinants are assessed by the percentage of a country’s population that belongs to one of the three main religions (Catholic, Muslim or Protestant). Our goal is to establish the economic, political and cultural profile of a country that manages to be efficient in providing good air quality. We conclude that a country will provide higher air quality if it has one or more of the following characteristics: it is ethnic and/or religious homogeneous, it has a German or Scandinavian legal tradition; it is Protestant. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Leitão, A., Oliveira, F. G. (2012). Cultural and Political Determinants of Air Quality. Working Papers: Economics. N.º 1, 24 p. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25251 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | no | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Air quality | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | political determinants | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | cultural determinants | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | environmental efficiency | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Cultural and Political Determinants of Air Quality | pt_PT |
| dc.type | working paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | workingPaper | pt_PT |
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