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Measuring firm activity from outer space
- Abstract:
- To understand how global firm networks operate, we need consistent information on their activities, unbiased by their reporting choices. In this paper, we collect a novel dataset on the light factories emit at night for a large sample of car manufacturing plants. We show that nightlight data can measure activity at such a granular level, using annual firm financial data and high-frequency data related to Covid-19 pandemic production shocks.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/jeg/lbag021
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Journal of Economic Geography More from this journal
- Article number:
- lbag021
- Publication date:
- 2026-04-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2026-02-16
- DOI:
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1468-2710
- ISSN:
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1468-2702
- Language:
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English
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3976738
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2026-04-23
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