Author, as appears in the article.: Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Kallis, Giorgos;
Department: Economia
URV's Author/s: Díaz Serrano, Luis
Keywords: Renewable energy Presidents Political leaders Legislators Impact Environmental performance Emissions Education Economists Determinants Carbon emissions Business Behavior Air-pollution
Abstract: The literature on how the ideology of political parties in power correlates with climate policy outcomes is abundant, but there is no similar literature for the individual characteristics of government leaders. This assessment is the first study of its kind, building on a dataset of government leaders of OECD countries for the period 1992-2017. We find that national presidents or prime ministers with a professional background in business are strongly correlated with bad climate mitigation outcomes. In particular, higher emissions and lower renewable energy deployment are more likely to occur during the tenure of former business people. Our results suggest that voters and pressure groups should pay attention to candidates' professional backgrounds, in addition to their party's ideology.
Thematic Areas: Sociología Saúde coletiva Meteorology & atmospheric sciences Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Global and planetary change Geografía Geociências General o multidisciplinar Environmental sciences Engenharias iii Engenharias i Direito Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Atmospheric science Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: luis.diaz@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-9479-5091
Record's date: 2023-02-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-022-03363-6#citeas
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Climatic Change. 172 (1-2):
APA: Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Kallis, Giorgos; (2022). Political leaders with professional background in business and climate outcomes. Climatic Change, 172(1-2), -. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-022-03363-6
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10584-022-03363-6
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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