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Working Papers

2024

1. A First Exploration of the Water Use Data from the 2017 Economic Census
   CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

2023

2. Documenting the 1973 and 1978 Surveys of Water Use in Manufacturing (SWUM)
   CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

2019

3. Addressing Data Gaps: Four New Lines of Inquiry in the 2017 Economic Census
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)

2015

4. Water Use and Conservation in Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Microdata
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   See also Journal Article Water Use and Conservation in Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Microdata, Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2013

5. Do Environmental Regulations Disproportionately Affect Small Businesses? Evidence from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures Survey
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (43)
   Also in NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2013) View citations (44)
   See also Journal Article Do environmental regulations disproportionately affect small businesses? Evidence from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures survey, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2013) View citations (37) (2013)

2011

6. Local Environmental Regulation and Plant-Level Productivity
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (50)
   See also Journal Article Local environmental regulation and plant-level productivity, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (56) (2011)
7. Newly Recovered Microdata on U.S. Manufacturing Plants from the 1950s and 1960s: Some Early Glimpses
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (3)

2010

8. On Spatial Heterogeneity in Environmental Compliance Costs
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article On Spatial Heterogeneity in Environmental Compliance Costs, Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2011) View citations (11) (2011)

2009

9. County Coding in the Annual Survey of Manufactures of the 1950s
   CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (1)
10. U.S. Trade in Toxics: The Case of Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2008

11. The Green Industry: An Examination of Environmental Products Manufacturing
    NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency View citations (14)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2008) View citations (15)

2007

12. Issues and Challenges in Measuring Environmental Expenditures by U.S. Manufacturing: The Redevelopment of the PACE Survey
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (3)
    Also in NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) View citations (4)

2005

13. Micro and Macro Data Integration: The Case of Capital
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (41)
    See also Chapter Micro and Macro Data Integration: The Case of Capital, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (29) (2006)

2004

14. A Change of PACE: Comparing the 1994 and 1999 Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures Surveys
    NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2004) View citations (11)

2003

15. Pollution Abatement Expenditure by U.S. Manufacturing Plants: Do Community Characteristics Matter?
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Pollution Abatement Expenditure by U.S. Manufacturing Plants: Do Community Characteristics Matter?, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2003) View citations (13) (2003)

2001

16. Air Pollution Abatement Costs Under the Clean Air Act: Evidence from the PACE Survey
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Air pollution abatement costs under the Clean Air Act: evidence from the PACE survey, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2005) View citations (66) (2005)

1999

17. Costs of Air Quality Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (1999) View citations (7)
    See also Chapter Costs of Air Quality Regulation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (20) (2001)

1997

18. Effects of Air Quality Regulation on in Polluting Industries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Water Use and Conservation in Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Microdata
   Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2016, 30, (12), 4185-4200 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Water Use and Conservation in Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Microdata, Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2013

2. Do environmental regulations disproportionately affect small businesses? Evidence from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures survey
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013, 66, (3), 523-538 View citations (37)
   See also Working Paper Do Environmental Regulations Disproportionately Affect Small Businesses? Evidence from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures Survey, Working Papers (2013) View citations (43) (2013)

2011

3. Local environmental regulation and plant-level productivity
   Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (12), 2516-2522 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper Local Environmental Regulation and Plant-Level Productivity, Working Papers (2011) View citations (50) (2011)
4. On Spatial Heterogeneity in Environmental Compliance Costs
   Land Economics, 2011, 87, (1), 28-44 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper On Spatial Heterogeneity in Environmental Compliance Costs, Working Papers (2010) View citations (1) (2010)

2009

5. Environmental Products Manufacturing: A Look inside the Green Industry
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, 9, (1), 25 View citations (41)

2005

6. Air pollution abatement costs under the Clean Air Act: evidence from the PACE survey
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2005, 50, (1), 144-169 View citations (66)
   See also Working Paper Air Pollution Abatement Costs Under the Clean Air Act: Evidence from the PACE Survey, Working Papers (2001) View citations (7) (2001)

2003

7. Pollution Abatement Expenditure by U.S. Manufacturing Plants: Do Community Characteristics Matter?
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2003, 3, (2), 1-23 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Pollution Abatement Expenditure by U.S. Manufacturing Plants: Do Community Characteristics Matter?, Working Papers (2003) View citations (14) (2003)

2000

8. Effects of Air Quality Regulations on Polluting Industries
   Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (2), 379-421 View citations (315)
9. Political Economy of City Sizes and Formation
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2000, 48, (3), 453-484 View citations (79)

Chapters

2006

1. Micro and Macro Data Integration: The Case of Capital
   A chapter in A New Architecture for the US National Accounts, 2006, pp 541-610 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper Micro and Macro Data Integration: The Case of Capital, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2005) View citations (41) (2005)

2001

2. Costs of Air Quality Regulation
   A chapter in Behavioral and Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy, 2001, pp 159-186 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Costs of Air Quality Regulation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (46) (1999)