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Environment is one of the most important possibilities granted to mankind to maintain vital presence. The environment is based on perfect balance. Ironically, the most important threat to this board equilibrium is humanity. On the other hand, people build a number of institutions to meet their needs, to determine the rules of their relations and to establish harmonious relations with the environment. These institutional constructions, which are the common product of the rational human mind, are also the safeguards of the common living space of mankind. The purpose of this study is to test this claim empirically. In this context, the annual data of 124 countries for the period 2000-2014 were analyzed by static and dynamic panel data analysis Contrary to other studies, both the organizational structure and the environment are defined in a broad sense in this study. According to results, the positive effect of political stabilty, governance quality and democratic development on the environmental performance does not depends at the countries’ development stage.

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