Over-urbanization and air pollution: a cross-country analysis
Over-urbanization and air pollution: a cross-country analysis

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of over-urbanization on different measures of air pollution in a diverse sample of developed and developing countries. The main finding is that over-urbanization increases greenhouse gas emissions, measured by CO2, NOx and SO2 emissions per capita. This effect is robust to controlling for various antecedents of air pollution. Our findings provide a contribution to the ongoing debate over the role of urbanization in environmental changes.

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