Greenstone, Michael; Hornbeck, Richard; Moretti, Enrico - In: Journal of Political Economy 118 (2010) 3, pp. 536-598
We quantify agglomeration spillovers by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among incumbent plants in "winning" counties that attracted a large manufacturing plant and "losing" counties that were the new plant's runner-up choice. Winning and losing counties have similar trends...