Abstract
The impact of corruption on environment quality is a challenge for both developed and developing countries. Using the panel quantile regression approach and the generalized method of moments (GMM), this paper examines the linkers between corruption and CO(2)emissions in African countries. Empirical results show that the corruption level is high for all African economies. Also, the effect of corruption on CO(2)emissions is negative in lower emissions countries. But, this effect becomes insignificant for higher emissions countries. However, its indirect effect on CO(2)emissions is positive. But, the positive effect of corruption on environment quality dominates the negative effect. The end result is a total positive effect, i.e., African countries suffer from higher level of corruptability which eventually causes many serious ecological problems.