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There's been some robust discussion about the Hsieh-Moretti result recently. These tweets link to some of it: https://twitter.com/otis_reid/status/1725610847072879030


Thanks, I recall there being some debate about the magnitude of the effect, but if recall correctly, some authors argued the problem was even worse than Hsieh-Moretti thought originally?

Whatever the actual percentage, it makes intuitive sense a spatial misallocation of labor and capital will hurt economic growth.


You might be thinking of this earlier correction, which made their effect larger. https://www.econlib.org/a-correction-on-housing-regulation/




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