This paper uses cross country regression analysis on a newly available index that comprehensively measures total national environmental performance to look at the effect of democracy, income inequality, and the size of the private sector on national environmental performance. The evidence tends...

The paper employs cross country regression analysis to estimate the effect of democracy and income inequality, adjusting for the level of income and other variables, on country innovation. It finds that both of these variables are of consequence for innovation. Different countries innovate at...