Identifying agglomeration spillovers: Evidence from winners and losers of large plant openings

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 536-598

  Greenstone, Michael ^a   Hornbeck, Richard ^b   Moretti, Enrico ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77953845882     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653714     Document Type: Article

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