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| Author: | Snyder, L. D. Miller, N. H. Stavins, R. N. |
| Title: | The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing |
| Journal: | American Economic Review
2003 : MAY, VOL. 93:2, p. 431-435 |
| Index terms: | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHEMICAL INDUSTRY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors study the effect of regulation on technological change in the chlorine manufacturing industry by focusing on the diffusion of membrane-cell technology, widely viewed as environmentally superior to both mercury-cell and diaphragm-cell technologies. The authors examine econometrically two aspects of diffusion (adoption and exit behavior) to assess the effects of environmental regulation. Employing plant- level data on technology choice, economic variables, and regulatory variables from 1976 to 2001, they examine these adoption and exit decisions with a hazard model, considering the effects of both direct regulation of chlorine manufacturing and regulation of downstream users of chlorine. |
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