1972-1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures, we estimate the effects of air quality regulations on manufacturing plants' total … for polluting plants in regulated areas. This corresponds to an annual economic cost from the regulation of manufacturing … plants of roughly $21 billion, about 8.8 percent of manufacturing sector profits in this period …

This paper examines the causes of manufacturing plant deaths within and across industries in the U.S. from 1977 …-1997. The effects of international competition from low wage countries, exporting, ownership structure, product diversity … increased competition from low-income countries, especially for low-wage, labor-intensive plants within those industries …

voters who are aligned with pro-FTA political candidates. We find that import competition plays a role in explaining votes …

host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …

innovation competition using the geography of Chinese internet penetration and Chinese import data. Increases in the ability of … rate, consistent with increased intellectual property competition …

at which they upgrade the quality of their products. We analyze the effect of import competition on quality upgrading …

competition between the two channels, the paper uses a two step approach. First, it fits hedonic regressions for the prices paid …