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Economic, Demographic and Political Determinants of Pollution Reassessed: A Sensitivity AnalysisMartin GassebnerETH Zurich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Michael J. LamlaETH Zurich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute Jan-Egbert SturmKOF Swiss Economic Institute; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) - Ifo Institute for Economic Research April 2006 CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1699 Abstract: Recent literature proposes many variables as significant determinants of pollution. This paper gives an overview of this literature and asks which of these factors have an empirically robust impact on water and air pollution, i.e., do not depend upon the conditioning information set. For this, we apply Extreme Bound Analysis (EBA) on a panel of 208 countries covering the period 1960-2001. We find supportive evidence of the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve. Furthermore, mainly demographic variables and variables capturing the economic structure of a country contribute to explaining air and water pollution.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 42 Keywords: pollution, environment, sensitivity analysis, environmental Kuznets JEL Classification: C52, F18, L60, O13, Q53 working papers seriesDate posted: March 6, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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