factor productivity (TFP) levels. We find that among surviving polluting plants, stricter air quality regulations are … productivity, though effects are also evident among particulates and sulfur dioxide emitters. Carbon monoxide regulations, on the … for polluting plants in regulated areas. This corresponds to an annual economic cost from the regulation of manufacturing …

Environmental regulation can interact with agricultural markets to produce underappreciated competitiveness and leakage …

Does competition spur productivity? And if so, how does it do so? These have long been regarded as central questions in …

on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD …’s Product Market Regulation indicator for Costa Rica shows that there is ample room to improve regulations. Costa Rica … in turn increases the purchasing power of low-income households and reduces poverty. By raising productivity, stronger …