Determinants of pollution: what do we really know?
The 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. We apply Extreme Bound Analysis (EBA) on a panel of up to 120 countries covering the period 1960–2001. We find supportive evidence of the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve for water pollution. Furthermore, mainly variables capturing the economic structure of a country affect air and water pollution.
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Martin
M
Gassebner
Michael J
MJ
Lamla
Jan-Egbert
JE
Sturm
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003625:Data Collection / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004777:Environment; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D038622:Internationality / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
D000393:Air Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants