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Wayne B. Gray holds the John T. Croteau Chair in Economics. He's taught at Clark since 1984, when he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Professor Gray is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Federal Statistical Research Data Center. His research focuses on regulatory effectiveness and the economic consequences of government regulation of environmental and workplace hazards. He has studied regulation's impact on employment, productivity, investment and plant location, primarily using plant-level manufacturing data, as well as demonstrating improvements in workplace safety and health, regulatory compliance and pollution emissions. His current projects include one that examines the factors driving differences across states in construction workplace fatalities and another using differences in the distribution of greenhouse gas emissions across plants within an industry to predict the impact of proposed regulations on that industry.
Professor Gray regularly teaches PhD courses in Applied Econometrics (Econ 366) and Environmental Spatial Analysis (Econ 359). He also teaches Labor Economics (Econ 222/322) and runs the Economics honors thesis course (Econ 297).Degrees
- Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University, 1984
- M.A. in Economics, Harvard University, 1979
- B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1977
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When do Firms Shift Production Across States to Avoid Environmental Regulation?
Land Economics
March
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2024
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Documenting the 1973 and 1978 Surveys of Water Use in Manufacturing (SWUM)
August
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2023
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Issue #Census Technical Note CES-TN-2023-14
U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies
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Preventing Construction Deaths: The Role of Public Policies
Regulation and Governance
July
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2023
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Vol. 17
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Issue #3
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Environmental Regulation and Labor Demand – What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Annual Review of Resource Economics
Fall
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2023
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How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?
Environmental and Resource Economics
November
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2022
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Issue #83(3)
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Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics
Chapter: Economics of Environmental Compliance and EnforcementPublished by Oxford University Press
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2022
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The re-occurrence of violations in occupational safety and health administration inspections
Regulation & Governance
October 2021
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2021
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Vol. 15
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Issue #4
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NBER-CES Manufacturing Industry Database
March
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2021
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THE IMPACT OF EPA’S CLUSTER RULE ON PLANT LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY
AERE Virtual Conference
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Virtual
Jun
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2020
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How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?
NBER working paper
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2020
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Issue #WP 26629
NBER
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Cambridge, MA
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Introduction to the Boston Federal Statistical Research Data Center
International Seminar on Microdata Develoment and Application
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Beijing, China
2019-11-21
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2019
Sponsored by Tsinghua University
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The Impact of State Renewable Portfolio Standards on Electric Utilities` Stock Returns
2019 Summer Conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
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Lake Tahoe, Nevada
2019-05-30
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2019
Sponsored by Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
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The Impacts of Lower Natural Gas Prices on Jobs in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector
Energy Journal
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2019
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Vol. 40
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Carbon tax competitiveness concerns: Assessing a best practices carbon credit
National Tax Journal
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2017
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Vol. 70
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Do EPA regulations affect labor demand? Evidence from the pulp and paper industry
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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2014
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Vol. 68
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A new estimate of the impact of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injury rates, 1998-2005
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
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2012
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Vol. 55
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The effectiveness of environmental monitoring and enforcement: A review of the empirical evidence
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
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2011
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Vol. 5
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What kinds of injuries do OSHA inspections prevent?
Journal of Safety Research
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2010
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Vol. 41
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The role of inspection sequence in compliance with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards: Interpretations and implications
Regulation and Governance
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2010
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Vol. 4
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The Pennsylvania certified safety committee program: An evaluation of participation and effects on work injury rates
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
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2010
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Vol. 53
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The environmental performance of polluting plants: A spatial analysis
Journal of Regional Science
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2007
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Vol. 47
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Are farmland preservation program easement restrictions capitalized into farmland prices? What can a propensity score matching analysis tell us?
Review of Agricultural Economics
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2007
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Vol. 29
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Agency structure and firm culture: OSHA, EPA, and the steel industry
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
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2007
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Vol. 23
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Assessing multi-dimensional performance: Environmental and economic outcomes
Journal of Productivity Analysis
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2006
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Vol. 26
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When and why do plants comply? Paper mills in the 1980s
Law and Policy
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2005
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Vol. 27
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The declining effects of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injuries, 1979-1998
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
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2005
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Vol. 58
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Pollution abatement expenditures and plant-level productivity: A production function approach
Ecological Economics
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2005
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Vol. 54
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Inside the black box: How do OSHA inspections lead to reductions in workplace injuries?
Law and Policy
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2005
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Vol. 27
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'Optimal' pollution abatement - Whose benefits matter, and how much?
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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2004
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Vol. 47
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What determines environmental performance at paper mills? the roles of abatement spending, regulation, and efficiency
Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy
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2003
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Vol. 3
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Plant vintage, technology, and environmental regulation
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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2003
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Vol. 46
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Environmental regulation, investment timing, and technology choice
Journal of Industrial Economics
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1998
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Vol. 46
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Can government facilitate cooperation? An informational model of OSHA enforcement
American Journal of Political Science
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1997
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Vol. 41
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Compliance and enforcement: Air pollution regulation in the U.S. steel industry
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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1996
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Vol. 31
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Enforcement of pollution regulations in a declining industry
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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1991
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Vol. 21
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Analyzing the Equity and Efficiency of OSHA Enforcement
Law \& Policy
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1991
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Vol. 13
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OSHA enforcement and workplace injuries: A behavioral approach to risk assessment
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
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1990
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Vol. 3
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Awards & Grants
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Contribution of State Consultations to Preventing Fatalities in Construction
NIOSH - CPWR
Jun. 1, 2023 - May. 31, 2024
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Assessing Public Policy Intervention on Construction Fatality Rates
NIOSH
Aug. 1, 2019 - Feb. 28, 2020
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Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
Clark University
2017
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Clark University
2016
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