期刊名称：HIER Discussion Paper Series / Harvard Institute of Economic Research
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
出版社：Harvard Institute of Economic Research
摘要：Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chintz (1961). Abundant workers in relevant occupations also strongly predict entry. These forces plus city and industry fixed efforts explain between sixty and eighty percent of manufacturing entry. We use spatial distributions of natural cost advantages to address partially endogeneity concerns
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