The Silver Lining of Industrial Decline: Rust Belt Manufacturing's Impact on Particulates

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The Silver Lining of Industrial Decline: Rust Belt Manufacturing's Impact on Particulates

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Kahn, M.E.

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Matthew Kahn

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Reduced industrial activity leads to improve local air quality. Using plant level micro data from the Census of Manufacturers, I explore how county particulate levels vary for counties that feature different manufacturing activity levels and that differ with respect to manufacturing's capital vintage, plant size and SIC industry classification.

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Paper provided by Columbia University, Department of Economics in its series Discussion Papers with number 1996_12.

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Date of creation: 1996
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