TY - JOUR

T1 - Determinants of pollution

T2 - What do we really know?

AU - Gassebner, Martin

AU - Lamla, Michael J.

AU - Sturm, Jan Egbert

PY - 2011/7/1

Y1 - 2011/7/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Economics

KW - Panel Data models

KW - Spatio-temporal Models

KW - F59-Other

KW - O13-Agriculture

KW - Natural Resources

KW - energy

KW - other primary Products

KW - Air polution

KW - Noise

KW - Hazardous Waste

KW - solid Waste

KW - recycling

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79959557184&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/oep/gpq029

DO - 10.1093/oep/gpq029

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 22026024

AN - SCOPUS:79959557184

VL - 63

SP - 568

EP - 595

JO - Oxford Economic Papers

JF - Oxford Economic Papers

SN - 0030-7653

IS - 3

M1 - gpq029

ER -