Measuring Firm Activity from Outer Space

We thank Roland Hodler, Luis Martinez, and Stelios Michalopoulos for their comments. We would also like to thank seminar participants at the University of Exeter, TARC, University of Vigo, and the participants at the Urban Economic Association 2021 North American Meeting, the IIPF 2020 Annual Congress, and the NTA 2020 Annual meeting for their helpful suggestions. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Utah State University Center for Growth and Opportunity. We would also like to thank Felix Kintru, Collin Butterfield, Erin Smith, Gabriel Adams, Ellie McDonald, McKlayne Marshall, Whitney Yardley, David Mann, Jamison Jones, Abraham Alhomadi, Samuel Berry, Caleb Smith, and Hayden Clegg who helped in hand-collecting the data. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.