Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining" The Roles of Trade, Regulation, Productivity, and Preferences

Joseph Shapiro and Reed Walker

No 1982R, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers from Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University

Abstract: Between 1990 and 2008, air pollution emissions from U.S. manufacturing fell by 60 percent despite a substantial increase in manufacturing output. We show that these emissions reductions are primarily driven by within-product changes in emissions intensity rather than changes in output or in the composition of products produced. We then develop and estimate a quantitative model linking trade with the environment to better understand the economic forces driving these changes. Our estimates suggest that the implicit pollution tax that manufacturers face doubled between 1990 and 2008. These changes in environmental regulation, rather than changes in productivity and trade, account for most of the emissions reductions.

Keywords: Cap-and-trade; Market-based instruments; NOx Budget Program; Pollution; Productivity; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F18 F64 H23 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67 pages
Date: 2015-01, Revised 2016-09
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