Assessing the Effects of Policy Competition on Industry Location Patterns and Economic Growth

本课题研究区域政策竞争对产业和研发区位格局的影响。项目第一阶段完成了国家工会劳工取向和议价能力对区位格局、经济增长和国民福利影响的理论分析。研究结果已在一次会议上发表，并提交给一家杂志进行审查。该项目的第二阶段工作正在进行中，其理论框架考虑了国家研发补贴竞争对创新区位模式、经济增长和国民福利的影响。一组中间结果已在学术会议上提出，一组完整的结果将很快在讨论文件中提出。

This research project studies how regional policy competition influences the geographic location patterns of industry and R&D.The first stage of the project has completed a theoretical analysis of the effects of national union labor orientation and bargaining power on location patterns, economics growth, and national welfare. The results have been presented at a conference and submitted to a journal for review.Work is progressing on the second stage of the project, with a theoretical framework that considers the implications of national R&D subsidy competition for innovation location patterns, economic growth, and national welfare. An intermediate set of results has been presented at an academic conference, and a complete set of results will soon be presented in a discussion paper.