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References for Environmental regulations and business decisions
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Further reading
- Dell, M., Jones, B. F. and Olken, B. A. “What do we learn from the weather? The new climate-economy literature.” Journal of Economic literature 52:3 (2014): 740-798.
- Gray, W. B. Economic Costs and Consequences of Environmental Regulations. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publications, 2002.
- Gray, W. B., Shadbegian, R., and Wolverton, A. “Environmental regulation and labor demand: what does the evidence tell us?” Annual Review of Resource Economics 15 (2023):177- 197.
- Pasurka, C. “Perspectives on pollution abatement and competitiveness: Theory, data, and analyses.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2:2 (2008): 194-218.
- Shadbegian, R., and A. Wolverton. “Location decisions of U.S. polluting plants: Theory, empirical evidence, and consequences.” International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 4:1 (2010): 1-49.
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Key references
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US Environmental Protection Agency. The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020. Washington, DC: EPA Office of Air and Radiation, 2011. Key reference: [1]
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Gray, W. B. “The cost of regulation: OSHA, EPA, and the productivity slowdown.” American Economic Review 77:5 (1987): 998–1006. Key reference: [2]
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Gray, W. B., and Shadbegian, R. J. Pollution Abatement Costs, Regulation, and Plant- Level Productivity. NBER Working Paper No. 4994, 1995. Key reference: [3]
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Gray, W. B., and Shadbegian, R. J. “Plant vintage, technology, and environmental regulation.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 46:3 (2003): 384–402. Key reference: [4]
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Becker, R. “Local environmental regulation and plant-level productivity.” Ecological Economics 70:12 (2011): 2516–2522. Key reference: [5]
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Berman, E., and Bui, L. T. M. “Environmental regulation and productivity: Evidence from oil refineries.” Review of Economics and Statistics 83:3 (2001): 498–510. Key reference: [6]
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Albrizio, S., Kozluk, T., and Zipperer, V. “Environmental Policies and Productivity Growth: Evidence across Industries and Firms.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 81: (2017): 209–26. Key reference: [7]
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Koch, N., and Themann, M. “Catching up and falling behind: Cross-country evidence on the impact of the EU ETS on firm productivity.“ Resource and Energy Economics 69 (2022): 101315. Key reference: [8]
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Liu, M., Shadbegian, R. and Zhang, B. “Environmental regulation, compliance strategies, and productivity: evidence from China.“ Land Economics 98:1 (2022): 41-61. Key reference: [9]
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Becker, R., and Henderson, V. “Effects of air quality regulation on polluting industries.” Journal of Political Economy 108:2 (2000): 379–421. Key reference: [10]
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Mulatu, A., Gerlagh, R., Rigby, D., and Wossink, A. “Environmental regulation and industrial location in Europe.” Environmental and Resource Economics 45:4 (2010): 459–479. Key reference: [11]
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Gray, W. B., and Shadbegian, R. J. “When do firms shift production across states to avoid environmental regulation?” Land Economics 100:3 (2024): 443-457. Key reference: [12]
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Gray, W. B., and Shadbegian, R. J. “Environmental regulation, investment timing, and technology choice.” Journal of Industrial Economics 46:2 (1998): 235–256. Key reference: [13]
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Cropper, M., Joiner, E., and Krupnick, A. “Revisiting EPA’s value per statistical life.” Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 18:2 (2024): 193-211. Key reference: [14]
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Bui, L. T. M., Shadbegian, R., Marquez, A., Klemick, H. and Guignet, D. "Does short-term, airborne lead exposure during pregnancy affect birth outcomes? Quasi-experimental evidence from NASCAR’s deleading policy." Environment international 166 (2022): 107354. Key reference: [15]
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US Environmental Protection Agency. The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020. Washington, DC: EPA Office of Air and Radiation, 2011.
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Additional References
- Hanna, R. “US environmental regulation and FDI: evidence from a panel of US-based multinational firms.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2:3 (2010): 158– 189.
- Jaffe, A. B., and Palmer, K. “Environmental regulation and innovation: a panel data study.” Review of Economics and Statistics 79:4 (1997): 610–619.
- Keiser, D. A., Kling, C. L., and Shapiro, J. S. “The low but uncertain measured benefits of US water quality policy.” PNAS 116:12 (2019): 5262-5269.
- List, J. A., McHone, W. W., and Millimet, D. L. “Effects of air quality regulation on the destination choice of relocating plants.” Oxford Economic Papers 55:4 (2003): 657–78.
- Popp, D. “International innovation and diffusion of air pollution control technologies: The effects of NOx and SO2 regulation in the US, Japan, and Germany.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 51:1 (2006): 46–71.