Thomas J Holmes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas J Holmes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMES T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twin Cities Orthopedics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1934 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
An Alternative Theory of the Plant Size Distribution, with Geography and Intra- and International Trade
There is wide variation in the sizes of manufacturing plants, even within the most narrowly defined industry classifications. Standard theories attribute such size differences to productivity differences. This paper develops an alternative theory in which industries are made up of large plants producing standardized goods and small plants making custom or specialty goods. It uses confidential census data to estimate the parameters of the model. T…
Economies of Density versus Natural Advantage
We estimate the factors determining specialization of crop choice at the level of individual fields, distinguishing between the role of natural advantage (soil characteristics) and economies of density (scale economies achieved when farmers plant neighboring fields with the same crop). Using rich geographic data from North Dakota, including new data on crop choice collected by satellite, we estimate the analog of a social interactions econometric…
The Location of Sales Offices and the Attraction of Cities
This paper examines how manufacturers locate sales offices across cities. Sales office costs are assumed to have four components: a fixed cost, a frictional cost for out‐of‐town sales, a cost‐reducing knowledge spillover related to city size, and an idiosyncratic match quality for each firm‐city pair. A simple theoretical model is developed and is estimated using data from the Census of Wholesale Trade. The factors emphasized in the home market e…
Geographic concentration and establishment size
Big cities specialize in services rather than manufacturing. Big-city establishments in services are larger than the national average, whereas those in manufacturing are smaller. We propose an explanation of these and other related facts. The theory is developed in an economic geography model that is an alternative to the standard Dixit-Stiglitz structure. In our tractable structure, which has potentially wider ap-plication, firms have monopoly p…
Geographic Concentration and Establishment Scale
This paper shows that plants located in areas where an industry concentrates are larger, on average, than plants in the same industry outside such areas. In some sectors, such as manufacturing, the differences are substantial. The connection between size and concentration is stronger than what we would expect to find if plants were randomly distributed like darts on a dartboard
Localization of Industry and Vertical Disintegration
Theory suggests that vertical disintegration should be greater in areas where industries localize. This paper provides some evidence that this implication is true for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Purchased inputs as a percent of the value of output is used as a measure of vertical disintegration. To measure the localization of industry, for each manufacturing plant the amount of employment in neighboring plants in the same industry is determine…
How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important
The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing
This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry. The paper classifies a state as probusiness if it has a right‐to‐work law and antibusiness if it does not. The paper finds that, on average, there is a large, abrupt increase in manufacturing activity when one crosses a state border from an antibusiness state into a probusiness state
Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates
This article considers the problem of nonresponse in the Characteristics of Business Owners survey. It presents a novel approach for assessing the extent to which nonresponse is nonignorable. The method exploits the fact that all of the owners of multiowner firms were surveyed. The article uses information received from a responding owner to derive inferences about a nonresponding owner of the same firm. It provides evidence that nonrespondents a…
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The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing
This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry. The paper classifies a state as probusiness if it has a right‐to‐work law and antibusiness if it does not. The paper finds that, on average, there is a large, abrupt increase in manufacturing activity when one crosses a state border from an antibusiness state into a probusiness state
An Alternative Theory of the Plant Size Distribution, with Geography and Intra- and International Trade
There is wide variation in the sizes of manufacturing plants, even within the most narrowly defined industry classifications. Standard theories attribute such size differences to productivity differences. This paper develops an alternative theory in which industries are made up of large plants producing standardized goods and small plants making custom or specialty goods. It uses confidential census data to estimate the parameters of the model. T…
Geographic concentration and establishment size
Big cities specialize in services rather than manufacturing. Big-city establishments in services are larger than the national average, whereas those in manufacturing are smaller. We propose an explanation of these and other related facts. The theory is developed in an economic geography model that is an alternative to the standard Dixit-Stiglitz structure. In our tractable structure, which has potentially wider ap-plication, firms have monopoly p…
The Location of Sales Offices and the Attraction of Cities
This paper examines how manufacturers locate sales offices across cities. Sales office costs are assumed to have four components: a fixed cost, a frictional cost for out‐of‐town sales, a cost‐reducing knowledge spillover related to city size, and an idiosyncratic match quality for each firm‐city pair. A simple theoretical model is developed and is estimated using data from the Census of Wholesale Trade. The factors emphasized in the home market e…
How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important
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Cotton Mather's Manuductio ad Ministerium, Directions for a Candidate of the Ministry
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Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates
This article considers the problem of nonresponse in the Characteristics of Business Owners survey. It presents a novel approach for assessing the extent to which nonresponse is nonignorable. The method exploits the fact that all of the owners of multiowner firms were surveyed. The article uses information received from a responding owner to derive inferences about a nonresponding owner of the same firm. It provides evidence that nonrespondents a…
The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing
This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry. The paper classifies a state as probusiness if it has a right‐to‐work law and antibusiness if it does not. The paper finds that, on average, there is a large, abrupt increase in manufacturing activity when one crosses a state border from an antibusiness state into a probusiness state
Localization of Industry and Vertical Disintegration
Theory suggests that vertical disintegration should be greater in areas where industries localize. This paper provides some evidence that this implication is true for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Purchased inputs as a percent of the value of output is used as a measure of vertical disintegration. To measure the localization of industry, for each manufacturing plant the amount of employment in neighboring plants in the same industry is determine…
How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important
Geographic Concentration and Establishment Scale
This paper shows that plants located in areas where an industry concentrates are larger, on average, than plants in the same industry outside such areas. In some sectors, such as manufacturing, the differences are substantial. The connection between size and concentration is stronger than what we would expect to find if plants were randomly distributed like darts on a dartboard
Geographic concentration and establishment size
Big cities specialize in services rather than manufacturing. Big-city establishments in services are larger than the national average, whereas those in manufacturing are smaller. We propose an explanation of these and other related facts. The theory is developed in an economic geography model that is an alternative to the standard Dixit-Stiglitz structure. In our tractable structure, which has potentially wider ap-plication, firms have monopoly p…
The Location of Sales Offices and the Attraction of Cities
This paper examines how manufacturers locate sales offices across cities. Sales office costs are assumed to have four components: a fixed cost, a frictional cost for out‐of‐town sales, a cost‐reducing knowledge spillover related to city size, and an idiosyncratic match quality for each firm‐city pair. A simple theoretical model is developed and is estimated using data from the Census of Wholesale Trade. The factors emphasized in the home market e…
Economies of Density versus Natural Advantage
We estimate the factors determining specialization of crop choice at the level of individual fields, distinguishing between the role of natural advantage (soil characteristics) and economies of density (scale economies achieved when farmers plant neighboring fields with the same crop). Using rich geographic data from North Dakota, including new data on crop choice collected by satellite, we estimate the analog of a social interactions econometric…
An Alternative Theory of the Plant Size Distribution, with Geography and Intra- and International Trade
There is wide variation in the sizes of manufacturing plants, even within the most narrowly defined industry classifications. Standard theories attribute such size differences to productivity differences. This paper develops an alternative theory in which industries are made up of large plants producing standardized goods and small plants making custom or specialty goods. It uses confidential census data to estimate the parameters of the model. T…
Computer Science (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Global trade and economics (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Industrial organization (5 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works)