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Polluting Politics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Jan 2015 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

Authors: Louis-Philippe Beland; Vincent Boucher;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2610822 , 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.007

Polluting Politics

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Abstract

This paper estimates the causal impact of party affiliation (Republican or Democrat) of U.S. governors on pollution. Using a regression discontinuity design, gubernatorial election data, and air quality data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), we find that pollution is lower under Democratic governors. We identify that this is mostly due to environmental policies enacted by Democratic governors.

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Louisiana State University
United States
Université Laval
Canada

Keywords

Political Parties, Pollution, Air Quality, Regression Discontinuity, jel: jel:Q53, jel: jel:D72, jel: jel:Q58

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