A common finding in the literature is that pollution worsens with economic growth but then decreases after the GDP per capita reaches a certain threshold, which lends support to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. However, we argue that the environmental turning point could not be...

In developing countries around the world, air pollution remains a serious issue which has possible unexpected influences on a variety of human decisions. Using a rich panel data structure with air quality observations at a daily frequency, we demonstrate a robust positive relationship between...