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Persistence and Path Dependence in the Spatial Economy

Allen, Treb - 2020

How much of the spatial distribution of economic activity today is determined by history rather than by geographic fundamentals? And if history matters for the distribution, does it also affect overall efficiency? This paper develops a tractable theoretical and empirical framework that aims to...

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The Rise of American Ingenuity : Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age

Akcigit, Ufuk - 2017

We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking historical U.S. patents to state and county-level aggregates and matching inventors to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940. We identify a causal relationship between patented inventions and...

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Growth in Regions

Gennaioli, Nicola - 2013

convergence within and across countries. Regional growth is shaped by similar factors as national growth, such as geography and … human capital. Regional convergence is about 2.5% per year, not more than 1% per year faster than convergence between … countries. Regional convergence is faster in richer countries, and countries with better capital markets. A calibration of a …

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The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility : Evidence from World War II

Garin, Andrew; Rothbaum, Jonathan L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper studies the long-run effects of government-led construction of manufacturing plants on the regions where they were built and on individuals from those regions. Specifically, we examine publicly financed plants built in dispersed locations outside of major urban centers for security...

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Place-Based Economic Development and Long-Run Firm Employment and Sales : Evidence from American Indian Reservations

Aguilar, Joseph A.; Akee, Randall; Mykerezi, Elton - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine how one of the largest U.S. place-based economic development programs, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988, with annual revenues in excess of \$40 billion, affects local firm total employment and sales through direct channels and through IGRA's effects on adjacent...

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Spatial Structural Change

Eckert, Fabian; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Between 1880 and 1920, the US agricultural employment share fell from 50% to 25%. However, despite aggregate demand shifting away from their sector of specialization, rural labor markets saw faster wage growth and industrialization than non-agricultural parts of the US. We propose a spatial...

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Ethnic Remoteness Reduces the Peace Dividend from Trade Access

Desmet, Klaus; Gomes, Joseph Flavian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper shows that ethnically remote locations do not reap the full peace dividend from increased market access. Exploiting the staggered implementation of the US-initiated Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and using high-resolution data on ethnic composition and violent conflict for...

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Sprouting Cities : How Rural America Industrialized

Eckert, Fabian; Juneau, John; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the joint process of urbanization and industrialization in the US economy between 1880 and 1940. We show that only a small share of aggregate industrialization is accounted for by the relocation of workers from remote rural areas to industrial hubs like Chicago or New York City....

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Industrial Clusters in the Long Run : Evidence from Million-Rouble Plants in China

Heblich, Stephan; Seror, Marlon; Xu, Hao; Zylberberg, Yanos - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We identify negative spillovers exerted by large, successful manufacturing plants on other local production facilities in China. A short-lived alliance between the U.S.S.R. and China led to the construction of 150 "Million-Rouble plants" in the 1950s. Our identification strategy exploits the...

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The Wandering Scholars : Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization

Lerner, Joshua; Manley, Henry J.; Stein, Carolyn; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

University-based scientific research has long been argued to be a central source of commercial innovation and economic growth. Yet at the same time, there have been long-held concerns that many university-based discoveries never realize their potential social benefits. Looking across...

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