Journal of Political Economy Vol. 106 No. 4 1998
The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders
Abstract
This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry. The paper classifies a state as probusiness if it has a right‐to‐work law and antibusiness if it does not. The paper finds that, on average, there is a large, abrupt increase in manufacturing activity when one crosses a state border from an antibusiness state into a probusiness state.
- DOI
- 10.1086/250026
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 667-705
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref bibtex:phds-export.bib