This paper surveys recent evidence on the determinants of (national and/or foreign)
industrial location. We find that the basic analytical framework has remained essentially …

Using census microdata on multistate firms and their organizational forms, we estimate the
impact of state taxes on business activity. For C corporations, employment and the number …

Urban China's high level of ambient air pollution lowers quality of life and raises mortality
risk. China's wealthy can purchase private products such as portable room air filters that …

This paper examines the impacts of economic institutions, including property rights
protection and contract enforcement, on the location choice of foreign direct investment …

We examine whether discretionary government grants influence where domestic and
multinational firms locate new plants, and how the presence of agglomeration externalities …

The recent surge of investors׳ interest for African land has triggered the debate about the
drivers and effects of the so-called land grabbing. After a review of the relationship between …

County-level location patterns of INC 5000 companies provide one map of American
entrepreneurship and innovativeness, and understanding the local factors associated with …

Recent theoretical work in economic geography has shown that agglomeration forces can
mitigate 'race‐to‐the‐bottom'tax competition, by partly or fully offsetting firms' sensitivity to tax …

We study the impact of local taxation on the location and growth of firms. Our empirical
methodology pairs establishments across jurisdictional boundaries to estimate the impact of …

Within research on world cities, much attention has been paid to advanced producer
services (APS) and their role within both global urban hierarchies and network formation …