Degrees

• Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University, 1984
• M.A. in Economics, Harvard University, 1979
• B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, Dartmouth College, 1977

Affiliated Department

Economics

Scholarly and creative works

• Article in Refereed Journal

  When do Firms Shift Production Across States to Avoid Environmental Regulation?

  Land Economics
  March

  2024
  Wayne B. Gray, Ronald Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Preventing Construction Deaths: The Role of Public Policies

  Regulation and Governance
  July

  2023

  Vol. 17

  Issue #3
  Wayne B. Gray, John Mendeloff
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Documenting the 1973 and 1978 Surveys of Water Use in Manufacturing (SWUM)

  August

  Issue #Census Technical Note CES-TN-2023-14
  U.S. Census Bureau – Center for Economic Studies
  Randy A. Becker, Jordan Burt, Wayne B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Environmental Regulation and Labor Demand – What Does the Evidence Tell Us?

  Annual Review of Resource Economics
  Fall

  2023
  Wayne B. Gray, Ronald Shadbegian, Ann Wolverton
• Article in Refereed Journal

  How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?

  Environmental and Resource Economics
  November

  2022

  Issue #83(3)
  Brendan Casey, Wayne B. Gray, Joshua Linn, Richard Morgenstern
• Chapters In Books

  Oxford Encyclopedia of Environmental Economics
  Chapter: Economics of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

  Published by Oxford University Press

  2022
  Wayne B. Gray, Ronald Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The re-occurrence of violations in occupational safety and health administration inspections

  Regulation & Governance
  October 2021

  2021

  Vol. 15

  Issue #4
  John Mendeloff, Wayne B. Gray, Philip Armour, Frank Neuhauser
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  NBER-CES Manufacturing Industry Database

  March
  Wayne B. Gray, Randy Becker, Jordan Marvakov
• Presentations

  THE IMPACT OF EPA’S CLUSTER RULE ON PLANT LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY

  AERE Virtual Conference

  Virtual
  Jun

  2020
  Sponsored by Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  Yue Gao, Wayne B. Gray
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness?

  NBER working paper

  january

  Issue #WP 26629
  NBER
  Brendan J. Casey, Wayne B. Gray, Joshua Linn, Richard Morgenstern
• Presentations

  The Impact of State Renewable Portfolio Standards on Electric Utilities` Stock Returns

  2019 Summer Conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

  Lake Tahoe, Nevada
  2019-05-30

  2019
  Sponsored by Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  Wayne B. Gray, Tao Tao
• Presentations

  Introduction to the Boston Federal Statistical Research Data Center

  International Seminar on Microdata Develoment and Application

  Beijing, China
  2019-11-21

  2019
  Sponsored by Tsinghua University
  Wayne B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The Impacts of Lower Natural Gas Prices on Jobs in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector

  Energy Journal
  2019/09//

  2019

  Vol. 40

  Issue #5
  Wayne Gray, Joshua Linn, Richard Morgenstern
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Carbon tax competitiveness concerns: Assessing a best practices carbon credit

  National Tax Journal
  2017

  Vol. 70

  Issue #2
  W. B. Gray, G. E. Metcalf
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Do EPA regulations affect labor demand? Evidence from the pulp and paper industry

  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  2014

  Vol. 68

  Issue #1
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian, C. Wang, M. Meral
• Article in Refereed Journal

  A new estimate of the impact of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injury rates, 1998-2005

  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
  2012

  Vol. 55

  Issue #11
  A. M. Haviland, R. M. Burns, W. B. Gray, T. Ruder, J. Mendeloff
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The effectiveness of environmental monitoring and enforcement: A review of the empirical evidence

  Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
  2011

  Vol. 5

  Issue #1
  W. B. Gray, J. P. Shimshack
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The Pennsylvania certified safety committee program: An evaluation of participation and effects on work injury rates

  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
  2010

  Vol. 53

  Issue #8
  H. Liu, R. M. Burns, A. G. Schaefer, T. Ruder, C. Nelson, A. M. Haviland, W. B. Gray, J. Mendeloff
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The role of inspection sequence in compliance with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standards: Interpretations and implications

  Regulation and Governance
  2010

  Vol. 4

  Issue #1
  K. Ko, J. Mendeloff, W. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  What kinds of injuries do OSHA inspections prevent?

  Journal of Safety Research
  2010

  Vol. 41

  Issue #4
  A. Haviland, R. Burns, W. Gray, T. Ruder, J. Mendeloff
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Agency structure and firm culture: OSHA, EPA, and the steel industry

  Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
  2007

  Vol. 23

  Issue #3
  M. E. Deily, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Are farmland preservation program easement restrictions capitalized into farmland prices? What can a propensity score matching analysis tell us?

  Review of Agricultural Economics
  2007

  Vol. 29

  Issue #3
  L. Lynch, W. Gray, J. Geoghegan
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The environmental performance of polluting plants: A spatial analysis

  Journal of Regional Science
  2007

  Vol. 47

  Issue #1
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Assessing multi-dimensional performance: Environmental and economic outcomes

  Journal of Productivity Analysis
  2006

  Vol. 26

  Issue #3
  R. J. Shadbegian, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Inside the black box: How do OSHA inspections lead to reductions in workplace injuries?

  Law and Policy
  2005

  Vol. 27

  Issue #2
  J. Mendeloff, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Pollution abatement expenditures and plant-level productivity: A production function approach

  Ecological Economics
  2005

  Vol. 54

  Issue #2-3
  R. J. Shadbegian, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The declining effects of OSHA inspections on manufacturing injuries, 1979-1998

  Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  2005

  Vol. 58

  Issue #4
  W. B. Gray, J. M. Mendeloff
• Article in Refereed Journal

  When and why do plants comply? Paper mills in the 1980s

  Law and Policy
  2005

  Vol. 27

  Issue #2
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  ‘Optimal’ pollution abatement – Whose benefits matter, and how much?

  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  2004

  Vol. 47

  Issue #3
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Plant vintage, technology, and environmental regulation

  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  2003

  Vol. 46

  Issue #3
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  What determines environmental performance at paper mills? the roles of abatement spending, regulation, and efficiency

  Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy
  2003

  Vol. 3

  Issue #1
  R. J. Shadbegian, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Environmental regulation, investment timing, and technology choice

  Journal of Industrial Economics
  1998

  Vol. 46

  Issue #2
  W. B. Gray, R. J. Shadbegian
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Can government facilitate cooperation? An informational model of OSHA enforcement

  American Journal of Political Science
  1997

  Vol. 41

  Issue #3
  J. T. Scholz, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Compliance and enforcement: Air pollution regulation in the U.S. steel industry

  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  1996

  Vol. 31

  Issue #1
  W. B. Gray, M. E. Deily
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Analyzing the Equity and Efficiency of OSHA Enforcement

  Law \& Policy
  1991

  Vol. 13

  Issue #3
  W. B. GRAY, J. T. SCHOLZ
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Enforcement of pollution regulations in a declining industry

  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  1991

  Vol. 21

  Issue #3
  M. E. Deily, W. B. Gray
• Article in Refereed Journal

  OSHA enforcement and workplace injuries: A behavioral approach to risk assessment

  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
  1990

  Vol. 3

  Issue #3
  J. T. Scholz, W. B. Gray

Awards and grants

• Contribution of State Consultations to Preventing Fatalities in Construction

  NIOSH – CPWR

  Jun. 1, 2023 – May. 31, 2024

• Assessing Public Policy Intervention on Construction Fatality Rates

  NIOSH

  Aug. 1, 2019 – Feb. 28, 2020