Evidence of How Electronic Reporting and Automated Auditing Affects Regulatory Compliance and Environmental Performance

The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the National Bureau of Economic Research. No official Agency endorsement should be inferred. We thank EPA staff including Jeffrey Clark, John Dombrowski, Won Lee, and John Veresh for their assistance in obtaining and understanding the data used here. We also thank Dietrich Earnhart and Will Wheeler for helpful comments.