Autor según el artículo: Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Kallis, Giorgos;
Departamento: Economia
Autor/es de la URV: Díaz Serrano, Luis
Palabras clave: Renewable energy Presidents Political leaders Legislators Impact Environmental performance Emissions Education Economists Determinants Carbon emissions Business Behavior Air-pollution
Resumen: 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.
Áreas temáticas: 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
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: luis.diaz@urv.cat luis.diaz@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-9479-5091 0000-0001-9479-5091
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Climatic Change. 172 (1-2):
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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