| dc.creator | Halkos, G. E. | en |
| dc.creator | Sundström, A. | en |
| dc.creator | Tzeremes, N. G. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:29:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:29:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1007/s10018-015-0106-5 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1432847X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/28366 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper applies nonparametric estimators to examine the effect of regional quality of government on the environmental performance in the NUTS 1 regions in France, Germany, and the UK. A novel measure on governance is used, gauging the partiality, corruption and effectiveness of government services in each region. By utilizing regional-level measures of three pollutants (CO2, CH4 and N2O), the effect of governance on environmental efficiency is analyzed. The empirical analysis suggests that there is a nonlinear relationship between regions’ governance quality levels and their environmental performance. It appears that the effect of regional quality of governance is positive up to a certain level, then turning slightly negative. This suggests that higher governance quality will not always result in increased environmental efficiency. © 2015 Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies and Springer Japan | en |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923676087&partnerID=40&md5=97942c034179f5ba6c656c6741123862 | |
| dc.subject | Environmental performance | en |
| dc.subject | Nonparametric analysis | en |
| dc.subject | Quality of governance | en |
| dc.subject | Regions | en |
| dc.title | Regional environmental performance and governance quality: a nonparametric analysis | en |
| dc.type | journalArticle | en |
