Abstract

The analyses conducted in the previous chapters have shown that social equality and local and regional democracy are decisive for environmental performance in democracies and autocracies. This chapter is based on the assumption that legislative corruption should limit the positive effects of social equality in democracies, as it undermines the positive effects of a broad representation within the political system of societal interests on the environment. Whether political corruption strengthens or weakens the positive effects of local and regional democracy on the environment is an empirical question. The statistical findings support the argument that legislative corruption limits the positive effects of social equality in democracies. The direction of this interaction effect between local and regional democracy and political corruption varies between democracies and autocracies.

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