Does the Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy Quality Matter in Comparative Climate Policy Research?

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-369310
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.36931

Escher, Romy

; Walter-Rogg, Melanie

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Abstract

Previous empirical research on democracy and global warming has mainly questioned whether democracy contributes to climate protection. However, there is no consensus in the theoretical literature on what institutional traits of democracy are crucial for climate policy. Thus, results based on indices that summarize multiple democracy quality dimensions could be misleading, as their effects could ...