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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Satisfaction with democracy and collective action problems: The case of the environment
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Martin Halla
  • Friedrich G Schneider
  • Alexander Wagner
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Public Choice
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0048-5829
Volume 155
Number 1-2
Page Range 109 - 137
Date 2013
Abstract Text Whether a country is able effectively to address collective action problems is a critical test of its ability to fulfill the demands of its citizens to their satisfaction. We study one particularly important collective action problem: the environment. Using a large panel dataset covering 25 years for some countries, we find that, overall, citizens of European countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if (a) more environmental policies are in place and if (b) expenditures on the environment are higher, but environmental taxes are lower. The relation between environmental policy and life satisfaction is not as pronounced. The evidence for the effect of environmental quality on both satisfaction with democracy and life satisfaction is not very clear, although we find evidence that citizens value personal mobility (in terms of having a car) highly, but view the presence of trucks as unpleasant. We also document that parents, younger citizens, and those with high levels of educational attainment tend to care more about environmental issues than do non-parents, older citizens, and those with fewer years of schooling.
Official URL https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/55672/1/1413.pdf
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s11127-011-9844-5
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Additional Information The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.