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Pollution Abatement Costs, Regulation And Plant-Level Productivity

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1994

We analyze the connection between productivity, pollution abatement expenditures, and other measures of environmental regulation for plants in three industries (paper, oil, and steel). We examine data from 1979 to 1990, considering both total factor productivity levels and growth rates. Plants...

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Plants and productivity in international trade

Bernard, Andrew B; Eaton, Jonathan; Jensen, J. Bradford; … - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2000

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EXPORTERS, SKILL UPGRADING AND THE WAGE GAP*

Jensen, Bradford J; Bernard, Andrew B - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1994

technology are determinants of within plant skill-upgrading but not of the aggregate wage gap rise. …

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Exporting and Productivity: The Importance of Reallocation

Bernard, Andrew B; Jensen, J Bradford - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

Exporting is often touted as a way to increase economic growth. This paper examines whether exporting has played any role in increasing productivity growth in U.S. manufacturing. While exporting plants have substantially higher productivity levels, there is no evidence that exporting increases...

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Who Dies? International Trade, Market Structure, and Industrial Restructuring

Bernard, Andrew B; Jensen, J Bradford - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

This paper examines the role of changing factor endowments in the growth and decline of industries and regions. The implications of an endowment-based Heckscher-Ohlin trade model for plant entry and exit are tested on 20 years of data for the entire US manufacturing sector. The trade model...

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Plant Vintage, Technology, and Environmental Regulation

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using … annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills’ vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … include our technology, vintage, and renovation variables. Sample calculations of the impact of pollution abatement on …

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Environmental Regulation And Manufacturing Productivity At The Plant Level

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993

steel). We combine productivity data from the Longitudinal Research Database ( LRD ) with pollution abatement expenditures …

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Entry, Expansion, and Intensity in the U.S. Export Boom, 1987-1992

Bernard, Andrew B; Jensen, J Bradford - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

U.S. exports grew at a rate of 10.3% per year from 1987-1992, far faster than the economy as a whole and faster than in any other five year period since 1960. This paper examines the sources of the export boom considering the role of entry, firm expansion and export intensity. The preponderance...

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The Deaths of Manufacturing Plants

Jensen, J. Bradford; Bernard, Andrew B - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2002

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, productivity, geography, and plant characteristics are...

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Survival of the Best Fit: Competition from Low Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of U.S. Manufacturing Plants

Bernard, Andrew B; Jensen, J. Bradford; Schott, Peter K - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2002

We examine the relationship between import competition from low wage countries and the reallocation of US manufacturing from 1977 to 1997. Both employment and output growth are slower for plants that face higher levels of low wage import competition in their industry. As a result, US...

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