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Part 1 Productivity and production functions: effects of selectedchanges in the institutional and human environment upon output per unit ofinput, Edward F. Denison; public regulations and the slowdown in productivitygrowth, Gregory B. Christiansen and Robert H. Haveman; the cost of regulation- OSHA, EPA and the productivity slowdown, Wayne B. Gray; environmentalregulations and productivity growth - the case of fossil-fuelled powergenerators, Frank M. Gollop and Mark J. Roberts; pollution abatement costs,regulation and plant-level productivity, Wayne B. Gray and Ronald J.Shadbegian; the impact of pollution abatement investment on productivitychange - an empirical comparison of the US, Germany and Canada, Klaus Conradand Catherine J. Morrison; environmental regulation and productivity - anapplication to Swedish pulp and paper mills, Runar Brannlund et al. Part 2Plant location: the effects of environmental regulation on business locationin the United States, Timothy J. Bartik; environmental regulations andmanufacturer's location choices - evidence from the census of manufacturers,Arik Levinson; effects of air quality regulation on polluting industries,Randy Becker and Vernon Henderson. Part 3 Macroeconomic and generalequilibrium effects: environmental regulation and US economic growth, Dale W.Jorgenson and Peter J. Wilcoxen; social cost of environmental qualityregulations - a general equilibrium analysis, Michael Hazilla and Raymond J.Kopp. Part 4 Trade and competitiveness: economic growth, internationalcompetitiveness and environmental protection - R&D and innovation strategieswith the WARM model, Carlo Carraro and Marzio Galeotti; do stringentenvironmental regulations reduce the international competitiveness ofenvironmentally sensitive goods? a global perspective, Xinpeng Xu; industrialpollution abatement - the impact on balance of trade, H. David Robinson. Part5 Miscellaneous effects: plant closings - enforcement of pollution regulationin a declining industry, Mary E. Deily and Wayne B. Gray; investment -environmental regulation, investment timing and technology choice, Wayne B.Gray and Ronald J. Shadbegian; capital turnover - differential environmentalregulation - effects on electric utility capital turnover and emissions,Robert H. Nelson and Tom Tietenberg; the effect of environmental regulationon optimal plant size and factor shares, B. Peter Pashigian. Part 6 Porterhypothesis: towards a new conception of the environment-competitivenessrelationship, Michael E. Porter and Claas van der Linde; tighteningenvironmental standards - the benefit-cost or the no-cost paradigm?, KarenPalmer et al.