Long-run Determinants of Pollution: A Robustness Analysis

Michael Lamla

No 07-164, KOF Working papers from KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

Abstract: This paper examines how robust economic, political, and demographic variables are related to water and air pollution. Employing Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) for a cross section of up to 74 countries, 33 variables and 3 proxies for air and water pollution over a period from 1980 to 1995 we confirm the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis, highlight the relevance of efficient production technologies and underline the role of political and demographic variables.

Keywords: Pollution; Sensitivity analysis; BACE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2007-05
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