4207 I examine the association between nighttime light luminosity and ten pollution measures (CO2, CO, NOx,SO2, NMVOC … system and economic growth on pollution have been widely analyzed at the country level, this is the first study to do so at … wide array of different pollution measures. Second, there are significant differences in the association between economic …

, measures of democracy, human development, corruption perception index and per capita income, which in turn jointly influence … 2-SLS. Empirically, it has been established that globalization, democracy, human development and low level of corruption …

Although corruption has attracted researchers' attention for more than 30 years, it remains one of the most significant … political challenges all countries face. Even though corruption measures have improved, they lack reliability and clarity. Two … aspects of corruption are examined in this paper: a) its measurement and b) its effects on the economic performance of 83 …

relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through … of goods and production factors (labor and capital) is a fundamental force that drives urbanization, but the market may …

urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide … thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for unobserved heterogeneity across countries through fixed effects and using a variety … of spatial econometric techniques, we find a robust association between earlier urbanization and agro …

In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the … People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous … Urbanization Prospects, we use an instrumental variables approach to identify and analyze key urbanization determinants. We …