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Citation link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1534
2206_IERP_discussion paper Masyutina_Paustyan_Environmental Politics in Authoritarian Regimes.pdf
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Environmental Politics in Authoritarian Regimes: Waste Management in the Russian Regions


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Authors: Masyutina, Olga  
Paustyan, Ekaterina  
Yakovlev, Grigory 
Publisher: Institute for Economic Research and Policy (IERP) 
Abstract: 
Russian regions display a significant variation in terms of waste management efforts. This is puzzling considering the importance of waste management for all regional governments and the urgency of the problem for the Russian public as reflected in opinion polls. We study whether more authoritarian regional governments in Russia are better able to solve the problem of waste management. Using a regional panel data set for the period of 2012-2019, we find that our measure of the degree of authoritarianism – the share of votes for the United Russia party in parliamentary elections – has a strong positive effect on the share of recycled waste in the Russian regions. This result indicates that more authoritarian regions tend to recycle more household waste than less authoritarian regions. This finding is consistent with the theory of environmental authoritarianism that suggests that authoritarian governments are better able to tackle environmental challenges.
Keywords: environmental authoritarianism; waste recycling; Russia; subnational politics
Issue Date: 10-May-2022
Journal/Edited collection: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation 
Band: 2206
Type: Bericht, Report
ISSN: 2629-3994
DOI: 10.26092/elib/1534
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib59293
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: Fachbereich 07: Wirtschaftswissenschaft (FB 07) 
Institute: Institute for Economic Research and Policy (IERP) 
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