Quality of Life, Firm Productivity, and the Value of Amenities across Canadian Cities

David Albouy, Fernando Leibovici, Casey Warman

NBER Working Paper No. 18103
Issued in May 2012

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Please contact at the Department of Economics, 611 Tappan St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220 or albouy@umich.edu. We would like to thank Kevin Milligan, James Milway, Daniel Parent, and participants of seminars at McGill University, Queens University, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Victoria and attendees at the 2009 Canadian Economics Association and Western Economics Association Annual Meetings for their help, input, and advice. All mistakes are our own. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). While the research and analysis are based on data from Statistics Canada, this paper represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Statistics Canada, nor does it necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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