The effects of air quality regulations on the location decisions of pollution-intensive manufacturing plants

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Simon Condliffe
O. Ashton Morgan
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[1] University of Delaware,Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, College of Human Services, Education, and Public Policy
[2] Appalachian State University,Department of Economics
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Regulatory policies; Environmental regulations; Interjurisdictional competition; R38; Q28; H73;
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This research examines the effects of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) on the location decisions of pollution-intensive manufacturing plants. We develop a panel data set to analyze plant births of polluting manufacturers over time as a function county-level attainment status of the federal standard for ozone pollution. We find that more stringent county-level environmental regulations impact pollution-intensive capital flows through deterring new plant births. We also find that the impact of stricter regulations varies by pollution-intensity of manufacturers, with results suggesting that federal guidelines have a greater impact on high pollution intensive manufacturers than more moderate polluters.
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