Term limits and environmental treaty participation, 1970-2011
Dependent variable:
OLSOLSPoissonPoisson
MEAsMEAsMEAs + BEAsMEAs + BEAsMEAsMEAsMEAs + BEAsMEAs + BEAs
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Term limit-0.374***-0.324*-0.388**-0.369*-0.054***-0.045**-0.055***-0.045
(0.142)(0.179)(0.168)(0.222)(0.019)(0.022)(0.021)(0.028)
Real GDP/capita (log)0.469***-0.1560.512***-0.473*0.069***-0.068*0.080***-0.101**
(0.066)(0.230)(0.081)(0.283)(0.009)(0.035)(0.010)(0.041)
Change in real GDP/capita (pct.)0.005**0.0010.006***0.0030.0003-0.00010.0010.0001
(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.0004)(0.0004)(0.0004)(0.0003)
Experience with democracy-0.007***-0.030-0.003-0.052*-0.001***-0.004-0.0004-0.007*
(0.002)(0.025)(0.002)(0.029)(0.0002)(0.004)(0.0003)(0.004)
Disasters in prior 3 years (log)-0.123***-0.132**0.031-0.236**-0.011*-0.015**0.008-0.028***
(0.047)(0.058)(0.062)(0.102)(0.006)(0.007)(0.007)(0.010)
Resource rents (pct. of GDP)-0.020**0.066***-0.0130.067***-0.006***0.007***-0.005***0.007***
(0.009)(0.016)(0.010)(0.018)(0.001)(0.002)(0.002)(0.003)
XRCOMP0.455***0.375**0.346**0.412**0.072***0.0420.067***0.042
(0.151)(0.186)(0.168)(0.206)(0.022)(0.026)(0.023)(0.027)
PARCOMP0.132*-0.197**0.039-0.255**0.018*-0.026*0.005-0.033**
(0.077)(0.094)(0.086)(0.109)(0.010)(0.015)(0.011)(0.016)
IGO memberships0.033***0.0030.027***-0.0100.003***-0.0010.002***-0.003**
(0.004)(0.011)(0.005)(0.013)(0.0004)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Executive right-0.1370.056-0.090-0.060-0.0100.007-0.001-0.006
(0.118)(0.129)(0.136)(0.161)(0.015)(0.015)(0.016)(0.017)
Executive left-0.1550.103-0.1160.006-0.022-0.005-0.019-0.021
(0.118)(0.126)(0.140)(0.156)(0.015)(0.015)(0.017)(0.018)
CSO repression0.253***0.0460.266***0.0740.038***0.0210.040***0.030**
(0.060)(0.085)(0.074)(0.106)(0.008)(0.013)(0.009)(0.015)
Presidential democracy0.125-0.3480.257*-0.0710.028**0.0330.044***0.069
(0.106)(0.303)(0.138)(0.325)(0.013)(0.044)(0.015)(0.045)
Leader age-0.0040.0040.00010.007-0.001-0.0004-0.00030.0001
(0.005)(0.005)(0.005)(0.006)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)
Female-0.022-0.211-0.103-0.3700.004-0.016-0.001-0.017
(0.171)(0.194)(0.199)(0.265)(0.022)(0.024)(0.024)(0.027)
Country dummies?NYNYNYNY
Observations2,0532,0532,0532,0532,0532,0532,0532,053
R20.9590.9720.9480.961
Adjusted R20.9580.9690.9470.958
Log Likelihood-4,498.715-4,305.210-4,762.534-4,554.707
Akaike Inf. Crit.9,101.4308,898.4219,629.0679,397.415
*p<0.1; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01
Note: Robust (HC1) standard errors in parentheses.
Year dummies included but omitted from table output.