Dean, Thomas J.; Brown, Robert L.; Stango, Victor Environmental regulation as a barrier to the formation of small manufacturing establishments: a longitudinal examination. (English) Zbl 1057.91508 J. Environ. Econ. Manage. 40, No. 1, 56-75 (2000). Summary: This paper estimates the effect of environmental regulations on the formation of small manufacturing establishments. Examining new business formations across 170 manufacturing industries over a ten-year span suggested that a greater intensity of environmental regulation is associated with fewer small business formations. There were no effects on the formation of large establishments, implying that environmental regulations put small entrants at a unit cost disadvantage. This finding is consistent with our arguments for compliance asymmetries, enforcement asymmetries, and statutory asymmetries. MSC: 91B76 Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) Keywords:environmental; regulation; entry; barrier; manufacturing; small business PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{T. J. Dean} et al., J. Environ. Econ. Manage. 40, No. 1, 56--75 (2000; Zbl 1057.91508) Full Text: DOI