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Author: | Holmes, T. |
Title: | The effect of state policies on the location of manufacturing |
Journal: | Journal of Political Economy
1998 : AUG, VOL. 106:4, p. 667-705 |
Index terms: | POLITICAL ECONOMY LOCATION PROBLEM MANUFACTURING |
Language: | eng |
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. Do the probusiness policies pursued by some states attract manufacturing to these states - the paper poses the question. |
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