The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders
利用州边界数据，发现从反商业州进入亲商业州时，制造业活动会大幅、突然增加，表明州政策影响产业选址。
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.