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Analysis Of The Effects Of Environmental Regulation On Pulp And Paper Industry Structure

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  • Gomez, Irma A.
  • Love, H. Alan
  • Burton, Diana M.

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Environmental regulations are hypothesized to have an impact on industry structure in manufacturing industries. A nonstationary Markov chain analysis shows that the capital expenditures required to meet environmental regulations is a statistically significant variable explaining increasing concentration of production capacity in the pulp and paper industry.

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  • Gomez, Irma A. & Love, H. Alan & Burton, Diana M., 1998. "Analysis Of The Effects Of Environmental Regulation On Pulp And Paper Industry Structure," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20938, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea98:20938
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20938
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