Local business ownership and local economic performance: evidence from US counties
利用美国县级数据，研究本地企业部门规模与地方经济绩效的关系，并按企业规模分解分析，发现小型本地企业比大型本地企业更显著地促进地方经济绩效。
Local business ownership and local economic performance: evidence from US counties. Regional Studies. A rich US county-level dataset is utilized to obtain a statistical characterization of the relationship between the size of the local-based business sector and local economic performance. The study also disaggregates the local businesses sector by establishment size. The results do not provide conclusive evidence that the size of the local businesses sector is positively and significantly associated with local economic performance. The disaggregated results show some evidence of a significant and positive association of smaller local businesses with local economic performance compared with larger local businesses.