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Table 6 R&D and diffusion policies

From: Do we need disasters to adopt more environmental policies?

 

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Variables

NBREG (R&D)

NBREG (R&D)

NBREG (DI)

NBREG (DI)

Chernobyl

0.511

0.409

0.861***

0.204

 

(0.422)

(0.498)

(0.261)

(0.276)

Ibaraki

2.209***

2.076***

2.900***

1.616***

 

(0.351)

(0.511)

(0.227)

(0.274)

Fukushima

2.693***

2.440***

3.584***

1.852***

 

(0.344)

(0.559)

(0.225)

(0.294)

GDP p.c. (in logs)

 

0.045

 

1.166***

  

(0.541)

 

(0.262)

Total Capacity Mw

 

0.024

 

− 0.129***

  

(0.074)

 

(0.030)

Renewables gen. (in KTOE)

 

0.057

 

0.046

  

(0.107)

 

(0.049)

Energy price (in logs)

 

0.346

 

0.814***

  

(0.248)

 

(0.115)

Autonomous Region

 

0.234

 

0.434***

  

(0.237)

 

(0.140)

Party orientation = C

 

0.325**

 

0.034

  

(0.130)

 

(0.070)

Party orientation = L

 

0.109* (0.059)

 

0.072** (0.031)

Constant

− 0.176

− 2.843

0.081

− 13.561***

 

(0.341)

(5.278)

(0.227)

(2.552)

Observations

1296

955

1224

955

Year dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Window = 7 years

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LL

− 1141

− 936.9

− 2423

− 1961

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1