Urban Vibrancy and Corporate Growth

We thank Andres Almazan, Aydoğan Altı, Cesare Fracassi, Luigi Zingales (discussant), and seminar participants at Hong Kong University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; NBER Corporate Finance Meetings (2012); Renmin University; Rice University; Southern Methodist University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Michigan; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Oklahoma; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Austin, and University of Washington for helpful feedback. All errors are ours. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.