title: Intelligence, democracy, and international environmental commitment.
abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of nations' commitment to environmental protection at the international level by focusing on the role of national intelligence and the level of democracy. The national intelligence is measured by nation's IQ scores. The findings based on a sample of 152 nations provide strong evidence that intelligence has statistically significant impact on ratification of international environmental agreements, and the countries with IQ 10-points above global average are 23% more likely to sign multilateral environmental agreements than others. The findings also demonstrate that it is the combination of high-level of intelligence of nations and democracy, that likely result in international environmental commitments.
authors: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Center for Institutional Studies of National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Electronic address: aobydenkova@fas.harvard.edu.
authors: Anastassia
authors: A
authors: Obydenkova
authors: Department of Economics, Westminster International University in Tashkent; Global Intelligence for Development Research and Analytics (GIDRA), Colibri Law Firm, Uzbekistan. Electronic address: rauf.s@colibrilaw.com.
authors: Raufhon
authors: R
authors: Salahodjaev
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003709:Democracy; D004777:Environment; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007391:International Cooperation
keywords: Democracy; Greenhouse gas emission; IQ; Intelligence; International agreements; International environmental commitment