To study the distribution of economic activity across space and place-based policies, I develop a model of the location choice of new establishments incorporating monopsonistic labor markets, taxes, and spillovers. Estimates using German administrative data indicate that establishments prefer lower taxes and lower worker outside options which enable establishments to pay lower wages. The degree to which various types of productivity spillovers matter in the location decision varies between industries. I also quantify the effects of a counterfactual place-based policy and find that the response of a commuting zone to the place-based policy depends on the degree of labor market power in that commuting zone. More monopsonistic labor markets receive more benefit from the place-based policy.
We use cookies to provide you with an optimal website experience. This includes cookies that are necessary for the operation of the site as well as cookies that are only used for anonymous statistical purposes, for comfort settings or to display personalized content. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to allow. Please note that based on your settings, you may not be able to use all of the site's functions.
Cookie settings
These necessary cookies are required to activate the core functionality of the website. An opt-out from these technologies is not available.
In order to further improve our offer and our website, we collect anonymous data for statistics and analyses. With the help of these cookies we can, for example, determine the number of visitors and the effect of certain pages on our website and optimize our content.