The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …

emergence of new pollution problems, the lack of success in dealing with global warming and the still rising population in the …, history of improvement in living standards. These views are not necessarily inconsistent and growth theory offers us the tools … the most part, we discuss the link between industrial pollution and growth, but also show how this most recent work is …