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Environmental regulation and U.S. states' technical inefficiency

  • Southern Methodist University

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Abstract

Using data on 48 states from 1982-1994, we estimate the impact of environmental regulation on technical inefficiency of U.S. states' manufacturing sector. The result indicates that environmental stringency has significant and positive impacts on U.S. states' technical inefficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)363-365
Number of pages3
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume100
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2008
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • Cobb-Douglas
  • Environmental regulation
  • Fixed effects
  • Stochastic frontier
  • Technical efficiency
  • Translog

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