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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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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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When Do Firms Shift Production Across States to Avoid Environmental Regulation?

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

This paper examines whether a firm's 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...

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Environmental Regulation, Investment Timing, and Technology Choice

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1997

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What Determines Environmental Performance at Paper Mills? The Roles of Abatement Spending, Regulation, and Efficiency

Shadbegian, Ronald J; Gray, Wayne B - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2003

This paper examines the determinants of environmental performance at paper mills, measured by air pollution emissions per unit of output. We consider differences across plants in air pollution abatement expenditures, local regulatory stringency, and productive efficiency. Emissions are...

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Why Some Firms Export

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

This paper presents a dynamic model of the export decision by a profit-maximizing firm. Using a panelofU.S.manufacturing plants, we test for the role of plant characteristics, spillovers from neighboring exporters, entry costs and government export promotion expenditures. Entry and exit in the...

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