Term limits and environmental treaty ratification, 1970-2011
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| Dependent variable: |
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| OLS | OLS |
| MEAs | MEAs | MEAs + BEAs | MEAs + BEAs |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
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Term limit | -0.147 | -0.259 | -0.147 | -0.258 |
| (0.147) | (0.206) | (0.147) | (0.205) |
Real GDP/capita (log) | 0.240*** | 0.152 | 0.242*** | 0.142 |
| (0.072) | (0.302) | (0.072) | (0.302) |
Change in real GDP/capita (pct.) | 0.002 | 0.0001 | 0.002 | 0.0002 |
| (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) |
Experience with democracy | -0.007*** | 0.025 | -0.007*** | 0.025 |
| (0.002) | (0.032) | (0.002) | (0.032) |
Disasters in prior 3 years (log) | -0.199*** | -0.213*** | -0.197*** | -0.215*** |
| (0.049) | (0.079) | (0.049) | (0.079) |
Resource rents (pct. of GDP) | -0.031*** | -0.040** | -0.031*** | -0.040** |
| (0.010) | (0.019) | (0.010) | (0.019) |
XRCOMP | 0.224 | 0.371 | 0.220 | 0.367 |
| (0.169) | (0.227) | (0.169) | (0.227) |
PARCOMP | 0.157* | 0.289** | 0.158* | 0.288** |
| (0.081) | (0.120) | (0.081) | (0.120) |
IGO memberships | 0.015*** | 0.034** | 0.014*** | 0.034** |
| (0.004) | (0.014) | (0.004) | (0.014) |
Executive right | -0.127 | 0.022 | -0.131 | 0.014 |
| (0.138) | (0.190) | (0.138) | (0.190) |
Executive left | -0.166 | -0.147 | -0.164 | -0.148 |
| (0.146) | (0.180) | (0.146) | (0.180) |
CSO repression | 0.163** | 0.103 | 0.163** | 0.104 |
| (0.067) | (0.104) | (0.067) | (0.104) |
Presidential democracy | -0.048 | 0.043 | -0.047 | 0.041 |
| (0.128) | (0.607) | (0.129) | (0.607) |
Leader age | -0.014** | -0.001 | -0.014** | -0.001 |
| (0.006) | (0.007) | (0.006) | (0.007) |
Female | -0.221 | -0.381 | -0.227 | -0.387 |
| (0.193) | (0.246) | (0.193) | (0.246) |
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Country dummies? | N | Y | N | Y |
Observations | 2,053 | 2,053 | 2,053 | 2,053 |
R2 | 0.622 | 0.665 | 0.622 | 0.666 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.612 | 0.640 | 0.612 | 0.640 |
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*p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01 |
Note: Robust (HC1) standard errors in parentheses. |
Country- and year dummies included where indicated but omitted from table output. |