Corruption, Pollution, and the Kuznets Environment Curve

By Ramón López, S. Mitra. 2000

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Abstract This paper examines the implications of corruption and rent-seeking behavior by the government for the relationship between pollution and growth. Cases of both cooperative and non-cooperative interaction between the government and the private firm are studied. It is shown that corruption is not likely to preclude the existence of an inverted-U-shaped-Kuznets environmental curve under both these cases. However, for any level of per capita income the pollution levels corresponding to corrupt behavior are always above the socially optimal level. Further, the turning point of the Kuznets curve takes place at income and pollution levels above those corresponding to the social optimum.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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The limits of democracy in tackling climate change (2018, background): “In a corrupt state, laws are rarely followed and policies simply do not get implemented (López and Mitra 2000, Damania et al. 2003).”
Democracy and Environmental Quality (2006, background): “Specifically, Lopez and Mitra (2000) argue that corruption and rent-seeking behavior can influence the relationship between income and the environment.”
The political drivers of renewable energies policies (2016, background): “Lopez and Mitra (2000) reach this conclusion simulating a model of the environmental consequences of government corruption and rent-seeking.”
The Environmental Kuznets Curve and Sustainability: A Panel Data Analysis (2014, unknown): “…aspects such as income distribution, education, health and more generally human development (Magnani, 2000; Gangadharan and Valenzuela, 2001; Hill and Magnani, 2002), democracy, corruption and other institutional aspects (Lopez and Mitra, 2000; Dasgupta et al., 2006; Farzin and Bond, 2006).”
The moderating role of corruption between economic growth and CO2 emissions: Evidence from BRICS economies (2018, background): “3 [25] Pal D, Mitra SK.”
Does FDI Promote MENA Region's Environment Quality? Pollution Halo or Pollution Haven Hypothesis (2013, background): “Corruption and rent-seeking behaviour can influence the relationship between income and environment (Lopez and Mitra, 2000).”
Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Survey (2004, background): “Corruption and rent seeking behaviour may influence the income–environment relationship (Lopez and Mitra, 2000).”
Corruption, Democracy, and Environmental Policy (2006, unknown): “These authors presented econometric evidence supporting their predictions, based on the corruption proxy from the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG).3 They also included a democracy dummy in most regressions; however, as democracy does not enter these authors’ model, they did not discuss its co”