Replication data for: Regulating Mismeasured Pollution: Implications of Firm Heterogeneity for Environmental Policy

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Project Description

Summary: This paper provides the first estimates of within-industry heterogeneity in energy and CO2 productivity for the entire US manufacturing sector. We measure energy and CO2 productivity as output per dollar energy input or per ton CO2 emitted. Three findings emerge. First, within narrowly defined industries, heterogeneity in energy and CO2 productivity across plants is enormous. Second, heterogeneity in energy and CO2 productivity exceeds heterogeneity in most other productivity measures, like labor or total factor productivity. Third, heterogeneity in energy and CO2 productivity has important implications for environmental policies targeting industries rather than plants, including technology standards and carbon border adjustments.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: [Productivity, Energy, Environmental policy, Firm heterogeneity]

JEL Classification:
      D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
      Q52 Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
      Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
      Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
      Q58 Environmental Economics: Government Policy

Geographic Coverage: United States

Universe: Manufacturing plants in the US

Data Type(s): [survey data, administrative records data, census/enumeration data]

Methodology

Data Source: US Census Bureau: Census of Manufacturers and Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey

Unit(s) of Observation: Establishment,

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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