Abstract
This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry in the US. 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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 667-705 |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| Journal | Journal of Political Economy |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 1998 |