The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil
Environmental concern in developing countries has risen rapidly over the past decade. At the same time, decentralization and civic participation in environmental policy-making have also burgeoned. This paper uses data from the Brazilian Municipal E...
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okr-10986-64082021-04-23T14:02:31Z The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Chomitz, Kenneth M. ADULT EDUCATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGETING CITIZENS CIVIC PARTICIPATION CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT COSTS ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMS INCOME LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POPULAR PARTICIPATION POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS Environmental concern in developing countries has risen rapidly over the past decade. At the same time, decentralization and civic participation in environmental policy-making have also burgeoned. This paper uses data from the Brazilian Municipal Environmental Survey 2001 to examine the causal effect of municipio (county) level environmental institutions on perceptions about environmental problems in Brazil. Consistent with models of public choice, the analysis assumes that the existence of an environmental secretary or an environmental council is related to characteristics of the municipio population. To control for endogeneity - the possibility that the presence of environmental institutions merely signals constituents' tastes rather than influences municipal actions - the authors construct a system of equations that identifies the causal impact of the institutions. Estimation via a trivariate probit model allows for correlation of unobserved determinants of problem perception, presence of an environmental secretary, and presence of an environmental council. The results suggest that the presence of environmental secretaries has a strong, highly significant, positive causal effect on environmental problem perception. Presence of local environmental councils with civic participation has a significant but weaker impact on environmental problem perception. The authors conclude that local environmental institutions indeed shape local environmental awareness and that participatory institutions can influence local government. 2012-05-25T14:19:25Z 2012-05-25T14:19:25Z 2008-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9019244/effects-local-environmental-institutions-perceptions-smoke-fire-problems-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6408 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4522 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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ADULT EDUCATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGETING CITIZENS CIVIC PARTICIPATION CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT COSTS ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMS INCOME LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POPULAR PARTICIPATION POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS |
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ADULT EDUCATION BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGETING CITIZENS CIVIC PARTICIPATION CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT COSTS ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMS INCOME LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL STATUS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LAWS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POPULAR PARTICIPATION POPULATION SIZE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC LIFE PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Chomitz, Kenneth M. The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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Environmental concern in developing
countries has risen rapidly over the past decade. At the
same time, decentralization and civic participation in
environmental policy-making have also burgeoned. This paper
uses data from the Brazilian Municipal Environmental Survey
2001 to examine the causal effect of municipio (county)
level environmental institutions on perceptions about
environmental problems in Brazil. Consistent with models of
public choice, the analysis assumes that the existence of an
environmental secretary or an environmental council is
related to characteristics of the municipio population. To
control for endogeneity - the possibility that the presence
of environmental institutions merely signals
constituents' tastes rather than influences municipal
actions - the authors construct a system of equations that
identifies the causal impact of the institutions.
Estimation via a trivariate probit model allows for
correlation of unobserved determinants of problem
perception, presence of an environmental secretary, and
presence of an environmental council. The results suggest
that the presence of environmental secretaries has a strong,
highly significant, positive causal effect on environmental
problem perception. Presence of local environmental
councils with civic participation has a significant but
weaker impact on environmental problem perception. The
authors conclude that local environmental institutions
indeed shape local environmental awareness and that
participatory institutions can influence local government. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Chomitz, Kenneth M. |
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Chomitz, Kenneth M. |
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila |
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The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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The Effects of Local Environmental Institutions on Perceptions of Smoke and Fire Problems in Brazil |
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effects of local environmental institutions on perceptions of smoke and fire problems in brazil |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9019244/effects-local-environmental-institutions-perceptions-smoke-fire-problems-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6408 |
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