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2013

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Governance & Sustainability: Does Democracy Beggar Thy Future?, Nathanael D. Peach Jun 2013

Governance & Sustainability: Does Democracy Beggar Thy Future?, Nathanael D. Peach

Faculty Publications - College of Business

Findings:

An increase in political stability:

  • Higher levels of natural resource depletion
  • Higher levels of adjusted net savings (ANS) i.e. contributes positively to sustainable growth

Increase in democracy:

  • Lower levels of natural resource depletion
  • Impact on sustainability is conditional on the economic and political context