The argument for using amenities as an economic development tool appears to be a powerful one. Even if such a strategy failed to attract industry, constituents presumably would benefit. Outside of the survey literature, however, there is little hard evidence that firms actually react to "quality...

This article lays out two broad criteria for crafting a particular brain drain policy at the state level. The first, which we are calling “supply or demand,†asks whether a state experiencing brain drain is below average in high-tech labor demand or above average in high-tech labor...