ENVIPOLCON - Project Datasets
- ENVIPOLCON Code Book
PDF
- Envipolcon Pair Data (Stata)
DTA
- Do-File Regressions (Stata)
DO
- Envipolcon Gap Data
DTA Zip SAV Zip Syntax Zip
- Liefferink et al 2009 JEPP
DTA Zip SAV Zip Syntax Zip - List of policy items used for the dependent variable
PDF - Indicators, Index Construction and Data Sourcee
PDF - Calculation of Convergence Scores
PDF
Please quote the following literature when using the data provided here:
Stephan Heichel, Katharina Holzinger, Thomas Sommerer, Duncan Liefferink, Jessica Pape und Sietske Veenman (2008): 'Research Design, Variables and Data', in: Holzinger, Katharina/Knill, Christoph/Jörgens, Helge (Hrsg.): Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe. The Impact of International Institutions and Trade, Cambridge/UK: Cambridge University Press, S. 64-97
Additionally please quote the following literature when using the data in its transformed form according to the pair-approach or the gap-approach
For the pair-approach:
Thomas Sommerer, Katharina Holzinger und Christoph Knill (2008): 'The Pair Approach: What Causes Convergence of Environmental Policies', in: Holzinger, Katharina/Knill, Christoph/Jörgens, Helge (Hrsg.): Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe. The Impact of International Institutions and Trade, Cambridge/UK: Cambridge University Press, S. 144-95 (chap. 6)
And/or
Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill und Thomas Sommerer (2008): 'Environmental Policy Convergence: The Impact of International Harmonization, Transnational Communication and Regulatory Competition'.International Organization 62(4), 553—587
For the Gap-approach:
Bas Arts, Duncan Liefferink, Jelmer Kamstra und Jeroen Ooijevaar (2008): 'The Gap Approach: What Affects the Direction of Environmental Policy Convergence?', in: Holzinger, Katharina/Knill, Christoph/Jörgens, Helge (Hrsg.): Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe. The Impact of International Institutions and Trade, Cambridge/UK: Cambridge University Press, S. 196-226 (chap. 7)
And/or
Duncan Liefferink, Bas Arts, Jelmer Kamstra und Jeroen Ooijevaar (2009): 'Leaders and Laggards in Environmental Policy: A Quantitative Analysis of Domestic Policy Outputs', Journal of European Public Policy, 16(5): 677-700