Given the rapid growth of resource consumption and pollution in the developing world, the importance of environmental governance in the global South has increased in recent years. In this article, we examine the global spread of environmental ministries. We argue that developing countries have...

Does political alignment at different levels of government influence centralized bureaucratic processes? Environmental clearances are important regulatory tools that allow governments to target the distribution of public goods/bads by both controlling negative externalities and allocating rents...

While neoliberal institutionalists argue that treaties facilitate collective action, many North-South regulatory treaties focus on largely national problems in developing countries. As such, these treaties present a puzzle: why a global treaty to address national regulatory problems? We argue...

Clean technology can help states mitigate climate change, and intellectual property rights (IPR) influence the development and adoption of clean technology. While previous research recognizes the importance of IPR rules, it does not investigate how IPR rules influence the political incentives of...

How can governments manage transnational problems when other governments refuse to cooperate? We examine the conditions under which regulation in one jurisdiction can induce other jurisdictions to regulate. The analysis emphasizes the relationship between public policy, private actors, and...