likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local … sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor stores is significantly increased in jurisdictions where sales tax … rates increase. We also find that manufacturing employment is significantly lowered in these jurisdictions. These results …

likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local … sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor stores is higher significantly in jurisdictions with higher sales tax … stores and shopping centers. We also find that the effect of local sales taxes on big box and anchor store retail employment …

We analyze the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Contrary to … countries. The negligible employment impact of domestic privatization results from effects on efficiency and scale that are … workers' fears, our fixed effect and random trend estimates imply little effect of domestic privatization, except for a slight …