Studying Firm Locations: Survey Responses vs. Econometric Models

摘要: Can economic development planners trust the information gleaned from surveys? What this paper does is to answer question compare a set of survey answers measured variables in order explore extent which are valid and reliable. We have 217 firms regarding reasons for choosing particular city Chicago suburbs, also statistical database on cities themselves, such as tax rates, highway access, distance airport, etc. With these two sets data, we can ask whether importance various factors reflect firm behavior. For example, “did establishments responded that access was important actually locate with good access?“