Journal article
The effects of corruption control, political stability and economic growth on deforestation-induced carbon dioxide emissions
Environment and development economics, Vol.17(1), pp.67-90
02/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107495
Abstract
This article formulates an empirical model that measures the short- and long-run effects of political stability, corruption control and economic growth on CO2 emissions from deforestation. Political stability and corruption have significant effects on forest cover in the short run and have lingering long-run effects. We derive a U-shaped forest–income curve where forest cover initially declines as per capita income increases, but starts to rise after an income turning point. Political stability and corruption control do not significantly affect the income turning point but both variables shift the forest–income curve up or down. The resulting CO2 emission–income curve is downward sloping and is based on changes in the levels of variables affecting forest cover. Increased political stability flattens the CO2 emissions–income curve, leading to smaller changes of CO2 emissions per unit change in income.
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- Title
- The effects of corruption control, political stability and economic growth on deforestation-induced carbon dioxide emissions
- Creators
- Gregmar I Galinato - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA. Tel: 1-509-335-6382. Fax: 1-509-335-1173. Email: ggalinato@wsu.eduSuzette P Galinato - IMPACT Center, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Email: sgalinato@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- Environment and development economics, Vol.17(1), pp.67-90
- Academic Unit
- School of Economic Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- Number of pages
- 24
- Identifiers
- 99900547342101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article