Plants' Entry and Exit in Swedish Municipalities

Posted: 16 Jan 2002

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Kurt Brannas

Umeå University - Department of Economics

Elisabet Berglund

Umeå University - Department of Economics

Abstract

Plants' entry and exit behaviour in Swedish municipalities are studied within a fixed-effect, integer-valued autoregressive model. Based on eight industrial sectors, 1985--1993, and all municipalities, models are estimated by a generalized method of moment estimator. Influences on entry and exit are systematic and spatially variable. Responses to explanatory variables differ between sectors. Average income, local unemployment and higher education are found to be important determinants of both entry and exit.

Keywords: Industrial sector, Integer-Valued Autoregression, panel data, GMM estimation

JEL Classification: C32, C33, C35, L11, R12

Suggested Citation

Brannas, Kurt and Berglund, Elisabet, Plants' Entry and Exit in Swedish Municipalities. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=297163

Kurt Brannas

Umeå University - Department of Economics ( email )

Umea University
Department of Economics
SE-90187 Umea
Sweden
+46-90-786 6101 (Phone)
+46-90-772302 (Fax)

Elisabet Berglund (Contact Author)

Umeå University - Department of Economics ( email )

Umeå University
Umea, SE - 90187
Sweden

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