Constructing Jurisdictional Advantage

October 26, 2004


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Table of Contents

Constructing Jurisdictional Advantage

Location Matters for Firms

Policy Question: How to Best Promote Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Jurisdictional Strategy

City-Industry Specialization

Figure 3: Hollywood California (circa 1928)

Figure 4: New York City Women’s Garment Production

The Role of Firms in Jurisdictional Advantage

Jurisdictional Strategies

Representative Quartiles of Industrial Cluster Wages

Alternatives to Shaping Jurisdictions

Concluding Remarks about Jurisdictional Advantage

 

Author: Maryann P. Feldman, Professor of Business Economics, Rotman School of Management University of Toronto