The effect of national culture on country environmental performance has received attention during the past few years. However, previous studies considered a subset of cultural dimensions, focused on diverse environmental performance measures, provided contrasting results, and did not adequately investigated the mediating effects of socio‐economic variables. In this study, we investigate the impact of all cultural dimensions (power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long‐term orientation, indulgence) on three environmental performance measures at the country level: the environmental performance index and its two main overarching objectives. Both direct and indirect effects, through three socio‐economic variables (population growth, education, income), are tested using a sample of 62 countries. Results show that the effect of cultural dimensions may vary based on the specific cultural dimension and the type of environmental performance measure considered. Masculinity and indulgence directly impact on environmental performance. Power distance has no influence on environmental performance measures. The other dimensions affect environmental performance through the mediating effect of socio‐economic variables.

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民族文化对国家环境绩效的影响：直接和间接影响的研究

民族文化对国家环境绩效的影响在过去几年受到关注。然而，之前的研究考虑了文化维度的一个子集，侧重于不同的环境绩效措施，提供了对比结果，并且没有充分调查社会经济变量的中介效应。在这项研究中，我们调查了所有文化维度（权力距离、个人主义、阳刚之气、不确定性规避、长期导向、放纵）对国家层面的三个环境绩效指标的影响：环境绩效指数及其两个主要总体目标. 使用 62 个国家的样本测试了通过三个社会经济变量（人口增长、教育、收入）产生的直接和间接影响。结果表明，文化维度的影响可能因特定文化维度和所考虑的环境绩效衡量类型而异。男子气概和放纵直接影响环境绩效。权力距离对环境绩效指标没有影响。其他维度通过社会经济变量的中介作用影响环境绩效。