Population density and urban air quality

Rainald Borck and Philipp Schrauth

No 7629, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We use panel data from Germany to analyze the effect of population density on urban air pollution (nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and ozone). To address unobserved heterogeneity and omitted variables, we present long difference/fixed effects estimates and instrumental variables estimates, using historical population and soil quality as instruments. Our preferred estimates imply that a one-standard deviation increase in population density increases air pollution by 3-12%.

Keywords: population density; air pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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