Arbeitspapier
Shops and the city
We report three findings: (1) Using evidence from chain bankruptcies and data on 12-18 million establishments per year, we show that large retailers produce significant positive spillovers. (2) Local governments respond to the size of these externalities. When a town's boundaries allow it to capture a larger share of retail spillovers, it is more likely to offer retail subsidies. (3) These subsidies crowd out private-sector mechanisms that also subsidize large retailers, such as shopping malls. These facts provide powerful evidence of the Coase theorem at work and highlight a concern for local development policies even when externalities can be targeted.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: AEI Economics Working Paper ; No. 2014-03
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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subsidies
retail
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Veuger, Stan
Shoag, Daniel
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
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Washington, DC
- (wann)
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Veuger, Stan
- Shoag, Daniel
- American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Entstanden
- 2016