MASS LAYOFFS, MANUFACTURING AND STATE BUSINESS CLIMATES: DOES STATE POLICY MATTER?

Christopher Surfield and C. Surender Reddy

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2016, vol. 34, issue 4, 630-645

Abstract: type="main" xml:id="coep12157-abs-0001"> This study provides the first estimates on the relationship between state public policies and job losses in the manufacturing sector. In addition, spatial model estimation is adopted to identify any effect that state policies may have on the adopting state as well as upon neighboring states. We find evidence that favorable ratings regarding some elements of a state's business climate coincide with a lower incidence of job loss. This relationship holds beyond the adopting state and is correlated with lower job losses in contiguous states. (JEL J50, J60, M50)

Date: 2016
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