Long-run determinants of pollution: A robustness analysis

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 47 countries, 34 variables and 3 proxies for air and water pollution over a period from 1980 to 2000...

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Published in:Ecological economics 2009-11, Vol.69 (1), p.135-144
Main Author: Lamla, Michael J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Bayesian method
Bayesian model averaging
Demographic change
Economic growth
Environmental Kuznets curve
Modelling
Political conditions
Pollution
Pollution Environmental Kuznets curve Sensitivity analysis Bayesian model averaging
Sensitivity analysis
Water pollution
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Summary: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 47 countries, 34 variables and 3 proxies for air and water pollution over a period from 1980 to 2000 we confirm the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and highlight the relevance of variables that are not directly related to production.
ISSN:0921-8009
1873-6106
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.002