The environmental impact of governance: a system-generalized method of moments analysis

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GÖK A., Sodhi N.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, cilt.28, sa.25, ss.32995-33008, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 25
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11356-021-12903-z
  • Dergi Adı: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.32995-33008
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: DEA, Environmental quality, Governance, Granger causality, K-means clustering, N-shaped EKC, System GMM
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

To investigate the role of governance on environmental quality, two hypotheses are developed; when good governance practices dominate governance structures, then improvement in governance levels leads to better environmental outcomes, and when bad governance practices dominate governance structures, then improvement in governance levels leads to deterioration in environmental outcomes. To test these hypotheses for 115 countries clustered as high, middle, and low income over the period of 2000 to 2015, system generalized method of moments is employed. The results show that an improvement in governance increases environmental quality in high income countries, while it decreases environmental quality in middle- and low-income countries. We concluded that high-income countries should improve governance structures to get better environmental outcomes without changing their environment-oriented policies and governance practices, and middle- and low-income countries should bring in structural changes to their governance systems by prioritizing environmental outcomes over economic outcomes for improving environmental quality.