Despite the widely acknowledged importance of infrastructure for economic growth, there has been relatively little research on how infrastructure affects the decisions of firms. Using data on Indian manufacturing firms, this paper provides evidence on how electricity prices affect a firm's...

Place-based policies may increase migration into eligible areas and, hence, affect their intended aim of reducing economic disparities. Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits an Indian place-based tax exemption policy, we find that there was an increase in migration for...