Collaboration between Central and State Government and Environmental Quality: Evidences from Indian Cities

Sinha, Avik and Rastogi, Siddhartha K. (2017): Collaboration between Central and State Government and Environmental Quality: Evidences from Indian Cities. Published in: Atmospheric Pollution Research , Vol. 8, (2017): pp. 285-296.

Abstract

Within the context of coordination level between state and central government, we develop an econometric model to estimate the association between income and ambient air pollution, considering the societal preferences jointly influenced by the citizens and the government. We obtain empirical evidence supporting our hypothesis that state level coalition government can effectively improve quality of environment by means of reducing ambient air pollution level. This impact can be increased or decreased based on the societal preferences of the citizens, based on the area of inhabitance and irrespective of the choice of pollutants.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Environmental Kuznets Curve; Political collaboration; Air Pollution; Indian cities
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q53 - Air Pollution ; Water Pollution ; Noise ; Hazardous Waste ; Solid Waste ; Recycling

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