Local industrial conditions and entrepreneurship
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Author
Contributions
- Kerr, William R. (William Robert) - Contributor
- Harvard Business School - Contributor
Publication
2008 - Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
13,000 words, Guess
Page Count
52 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number422212298
- Open LibraryOL50127002M
Description
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chinitz (1961). Abundant workers in relevant occupations also strongly predict entry. These forces plus city and industry fixed effects explain between sixty and eighty percent of manufacturing entry. We use spatial distributions of natural cost advantages to address partially endogeneity concerns.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 09-055
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