全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP9074 The Impact of Urban Enterprise Zones on Establishments' Location Decisions: Evidence from French ZFUs

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9074
	DP9074 The Impact of Urban Enterprise Zones on Establishments' Location Decisions: Evidence from French ZFUs
	Thierry Mayer; Florian Mayneris; Loriane Py
发表日期	2012-08-05
出版年	2012
语种	英语
摘要	In this paper, we study the impact of a French enterprise zones program---the ``Zones Franches Urbaines'' (ZFUs) policy---on establishments' location decisions. Our empirical analysis is based on a micro-geographic dataset which provides exhaustive information on the location of establishments in France over the period 2000-2007 at the census block level. We use a difference in difference approach combining spatial and time differencing. We also do triple difference estimations, using the fact that targeted urban areas have been selected in different waves over time. Finally, we exploit a discontinuity in the eligibility criteria of the policy as an exogenous source of variation to estimate the impact of the treatment. Our results show that the French ZFU policy has a positive and sizable impact on location choices. However, we also find that the policy mostly generates displacement effects, in particular through relocation of firms from the un-treated to the treated part within municipalities. Finally, the impact is shown to be highly heterogeneous across zones, firms and industries. The overall cost of moving establishments within municipalities is relatively high.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Enterprise zones Firm location
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9074
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537907
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thierry Mayer,Florian Mayneris,Loriane Py. DP9074 The Impact of Urban Enterprise Zones on Establishments' Location Decisions: Evidence from French ZFUs. 2012.