کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5050518 1476409 2011 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Local environmental regulation and plant-level productivity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Local environmental regulation and plant-level productivity
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation on the productivity of manufacturing plants in the United States. Establishment-level data from three Censuses of Manufactures are used to estimate 3-factor Cobb-Douglas production functions that include a measure of the stringency of environmental regulation faced by manufacturing plants. In contrast to previous studies, this paper examines effects on plants in all manufacturing industries, not just those in “dirty” industries. Further, this paper employs spatial-temporal variation in environmental compliance costs to identify effects, using a time-varying county-level index that is based on multiple years of establishment-level data from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures survey and the Annual Survey of Manufactures. Results suggest that, for the average manufacturing plant, there is no statistically significant effect on productivity of being in a county with higher environmental compliance costs. For the average plant, the main effect of environmental regulation may not be in the spatial and temporal dimensions.

► This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation on manufacturing plants. ► I estimate production functions that include county-level regulatory stringency. ► Time-varying county-level index is based on environmental compliance costs. ► For the average plant, there is no statistically significant effect on productivity. ► For the average plant, regulatory impact may be relatively uniform across space.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 70, Issue 12, 15 October 2011, Pages 2516-2522
نویسندگان
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