| dc.contributor.author | Lundström, Susanna | swe |
| dc.contributor.author | Carlsson, Fredrik | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-12-14 | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T11:15:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T11:15:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | swe |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2473 | swe |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2807 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper we investigate the effects of political and economic freedom on CO2 emissions. As far as we
know this is the first cross-country study of the relationship between economic freedom and
environmental quality. Economic freedom is measured in several ways. We find that increased price
stability and legal structure decrease emissions in countries with a small industry share of GDP, but
increases emissions in countries with a large industry share of GDP. The decreasing effect from increased
use of market is significant but non-robust, and increased freedom to trade does not have any significant
effect. The effect of political freedom on CO2 emissions is insignificant, most probably since CO2
emissions is a global environmental problem and hence subject to free-riding by the individual countries. | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 16 p pages | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 214403 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | swe |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics, nr 29 | swe |
| dc.subject | Carbon Dioxide; Economic Freedom; Institutions; Political Freedom | swe |
| dc.title | The Effects of Economic and
Political Freedom on CO2 Emissions | swe |
| dc.type.svep | Report | swe |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | swe |
| dc.gup.origin | Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law | swe |
| dc.gup.epcid | 1168 | swe |
| dc.subject.svep | Economics | swe |
