| Main Title |
When do firms shift production across states to avoid environmental regulation? |
| Author |
Gray, Wayne B.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
National Center for Environmental Economics, |
| Year Published |
2002 |
| OCLC Number |
57253332 |
| Subjects |
Industrial location--United States ;
Industrial productivity--United States ;
Paper mills--United States ;
Oil industries--United States ;
Environmental law--United States--States--Compliance costs
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBD |
HC79.E5N386 2002-02 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/17/2004 |
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| Collation |
36 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Notes |
"January 2002." Title from the resource itself. Description based on content as of: March 2002. This paper examines whether a firms allocation of production across its plants responds to the environmental regulation faced by those plants, as measured by differences in stringency across states. We also test whether sensitivity to regulation differs based on differences across firms in compliance behavior and/or differences across states in industry importance and concentration. We use Census data for the paper and oil industries to measure the share of each state in each firm's production during the 1967-1992 period. We use several measures of state environmental stringency and test for interactions between regulatory stringency and three factors: the firms overall compliance rate, a Herfindahl index of industry concentration in the state, and the industrys share in the state economy. We find significant results for the paper industry: firms allocate smaller production shares to states with stricter regulations. This impact is concentrated among firms with low compliance rates, suggesting that low compliance rates are due to high compliance costs, not low compliance benefits. The interactions between stringency and industry characteristics are less often significant, but suggest that the paper industry is more affected by regulation where it is larger or more concentrated. Our results are weaker for the oil industry, reflecting either less opportunity to shift production across states or a greater impact of environmental regulation on paper mills. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28). |
| Place Published |
Washington, DC : |
| Access Notes |
Also available on the Internet. |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
National Bureau of Economic Research. |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Working paper series (National Center for Environmental Economics) ; |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2002. |
| Series Title Untraced |
Working paper series ; 02-02 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20041217125302 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02969nam 2200385Ka 45020 |
