Several factors influence the environmental performance simultaneously but ethnic
fractionalization, political freedom, financial development and institutional quality have a …

It is important to recognize that increase in well-being is no longer dependent on further
economic growth, but on economic and social well-being, which means that the decline in …

This study shows that the level of trust matters for how corruption affects public policy
outcomes in the long-run, in particular the stringency of environmental policies. We argue …

The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line
of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s. The …

As digital transformations have the potential to reinforce longstanding inequalities and
create novel ones within and among societies, it is vital to understand how this process is …

Preventing the environment is a gigantic challenge for policy-makers as well as for
researchers nowadays. The environment is not distressed by only economic activities, but …

The existing literature has recognized the role and importance of social capital in natural
resource management. Several studies provide empirical evidence that higher levels of …

Using cross-country data, the major thrust of this study is to establish the existence of a
nonlinear relationship between environmental performance and ethnic diversity, while …

Social fragmentation is often associated with reduced co-operative behaviour, which
undermines public goods provision (such as environmental protection). The few studies …

A large scholarship surrounds the relationship between trade and the environment, with
much of it centering on whether trade produces a race to the bottom or a race to the top in …