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The effect of county non-attainment status on the product mix of plants in the pulp, paper, and paperboard industries

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  • Aaron A. Elrod
  • Arun S. Malik

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This paper examines the effect of ground-level ozone county non-attainment status on the product-mix decisions of plants in the pulp, paper, and paperboard industries. Plants located in non-attainment counties face more stringent standards than plants located in attainment counties. These standards may plausibly induce firms to reduce output of pollution-intensive products (products that lead to ozone-forming emissions of volatile organic compounds) or drop some of these products entirely. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find evidence that plants in non-attainment counties (treatment group) are more likely to drop pollution-intensive products relative to non-pollution-intensive products compared to plants in attainment counties (control group).

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  • Aaron A. Elrod & Arun S. Malik, 2019. "The effect of county non-attainment status on the product mix of plants in the pulp, paper, and paperboard industries," Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(3), pages 283-300, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:teepxx:v:8:y:2019:i:3:p:283-300
    DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2019.1569561
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    1. Marc St‐Pierre & Aaron A. Elrod, 2022. "The perverse effect of environmental regulation on emissions: The role of product‐mix changes," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 24(1), pages 197-235, February.

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