State minimum wages and business location: Evidence from a refined border approach

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-117

  Rohlin, Shawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Business location; Minimum wage; Spatial differencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349312924     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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