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Going global, locally? Decentralized environmental expenditure and air quality
Sean Dougherty* 
Andoni Montes Nebreda*
Andoni Montes Nebreda
Affiliation: Ituna Center (UPV/EHU) & ICEI (UCM) - Agirre Lehendakariaren etorbidea, Bilbao, Spain
 0000-0002-9150-9974
Article | Year: 2022 | Pages: 489 - 503 | Volume: 46 | Issue: 4 Received: May 24, 2022 | Accepted: June 28, 2022 | Published online: December 7, 2022
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Variables
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N
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Mean
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S.d.
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Min
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Max
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Level
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Exposure to PM2.5
>10μg/m3 (% pop.)
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1,953
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58.07
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46.77
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0
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100
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Metropolitan
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GG environmental
expenditure (% GDP)
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2,306
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0.887
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0.27
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1.00e-10
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1.7
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Country
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SNG environmental
expenditure (% GDP)
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2,306
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0.687
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0.295
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0.0617
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1.385
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Country
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European Quality
of Government Index (regional EQI)
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1,562
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0.244
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1.069
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-2.230
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1.885
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Region
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GDP per capita
(PPP)
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2,016
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41,067
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13,087
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10,714
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108,069
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Metropolitan
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Population density
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2,299
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2,213
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1,603
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87
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12,929
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Metropolitan
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Tree cover (%
of land)
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2,343
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14.61
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15.13
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0
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66.30
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Metropolitan
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Transport performance
gap
|
736
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2.257
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1.069
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0.547
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6.537
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Metropolitan
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Variable
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Subnational government
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General government
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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Δ ln(envexp)t-1
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-21.28***
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-22.12***
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-25.82***
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-20.72
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(2.293)
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(6.947)
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(6.210)
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(17.33)
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Δ regionalEQI
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-26.64**
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-47.75*
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-26.13**
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-46.91*
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(11.70)
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(23.77)
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(11.81)
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(24.20)
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ln(envexp) * regionalEQI
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-4.564**
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-7.451***
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(1.699)
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(2.353)
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Δ GDP per capita
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-0.00312***
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-0.00275***
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-0.00316***
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-0.00280***
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(0.000477)
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(0.000639)
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(0.000470)
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(0.000676)
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Δ Population
density
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0.00605
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-0.0109
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0.000837
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-0.00212
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(0.0485)
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(0.0601)
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(0.0484)
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(0.0550)
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Δ Tree-cover
land share
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-26.85***
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-25.61
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-27.49***
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-27.42
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(7.086)
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(20.97)
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(7.195)
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(20.46)
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Δ Transport perf.
gap.
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-1.214
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-1.296*
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(0.724)
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(0.695)
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Constant
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-13.60***
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-10.68***
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-13.59***
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-10.61***
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(0.738)
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(2.210)
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(0.739)
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(2.074)
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Observations
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739
|
230
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739
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230
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R-squared
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0.066
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0.091
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0.060
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0.086
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December, 2022
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