Environmental Regulation and Location of Hog Production
By USDA, Economic Research Service - Environmental regulation, and the added costs generally associated with compliance, are considerations often factored into the choice of a business location. It has been hypothesized that geographic variation in environmental regulations and enforcement can induce a migration of industries across state or country boundaries to "pollution havens" where compliance costs associated with environmental regulations are lower. This article discusses some of the reasons for heightened
interest in the links between stringency of environmental regulation and location of the U.S. swine industry.
24 May 2001
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