Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from Winners and Losers of Large Plant Openings

We quantify agglomeration spillovers by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among incumbent plants in “winning” counties that attracted a large manufacturing plant and “losing” counties that were the new plant's runner‐up choice. Winning and losing counties have similar trends...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Greenstone, Michael, Hornbeck, Richard, Moretti, Enrico
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: University of Chicago Press 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61725