Environmental Regulation and the Spatial Structure of the U.S. Dairy Sector
研究环境规制如何影响美国乳制品生产的空间分布，发现更严格规制的县会失去奶牛存栏，而生产水平存在显著的空间相关性。
Substantial public scrutiny about adverse environmental impacts of the dairy sector has resulted in increased environmental regulations. A behavioral model of location and production is developed to examine the impacts of environmental regulations, traditional location factors, and agglomeration economies on the spatial structure and geographical location of dairy production. The results show that counties in the states with more stringent environmental regulations tend to lose dairy inventories to those with less stringent policies. There are substantially meaningful spatial patterns of dairy production. Current dairy production levels are positively correlated while changes in production levels are negatively correlated across counties.