Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control
基于游说团体模型，研究了环保游说团体如何影响富裕和发展中国家的环境政策，以及民主参与和政治竞争如何相互作用，发现环保游说团体和政治竞争均能提升环境政策的严格程度。
This paper makes two empirical contributions to the literature, based on predictions generated by a lobby group model. First, we investigate how environmental lobby groups affect the determination of environmental policy in rich and developing countries. Second, we explore the interaction between democratic participation and political (electoral) competition. The empirical findings suggest that environmental lobby groups tend to positively affect the stringency of environmental policy. Moreover, political competition tends to raise policy stringency, in particular where citizens’ participation in the democratic process is widespread.