Abbreviated Journal Title
Rev. Econ. Stat.
Keywords
AIR-QUALITY REGULATIONS; COUNT DATA MODELS; CAUSAL; BIAS; Economics; Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Abstract
This study examines the effects of air quality regulation on economic activity. Anecdotal evidence and some recent empirical studies suggest that an inverse relationship exists between the stringency of environmental regulations and new plant formations. Using a unique county-level data set for New York State from 1980 to 1990, we revisit this conjecture using a seminonparametric method based on propensity score matching. Our empirical estimates suggest that pollution-intensive plants are responding to environmental regulations; more importantly, we find that traditional parametric methods used in previous studies may dramatically understate the impact of more stringent regulations.
Journal Title
Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume
85
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
944
Last Page
952
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0034-6535
Recommended Citation
List, John A.; Millimet, Daniel L.; Fredriksson, Per G.; and McHone, W. Warren, "Effects of environmental regulations on manufacturing plant births: Evidence from a propensity score matching estimator" (2003). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 3898.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/3898
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