Data description.

<p>The number of firms in each city is obtained by matching firms’ GPS coordinates with city boundaries. Cities that have fewer than 20 firms are excluded from our sample, including: Sofia in 2019, Bekasi, Seberang Perai, Ecatepec, Benin City, Kazan in 2019, Toamasina, Tianjin, Basrah, Fez in 2013, Krakov in 2013, Samarqand in 2013, Rajshahi. Sofia, Kazan, Fez, Krakov and Samarqand. The total number of cities in the list is larger than the total number of distinct cities surveyed in WBES because some cities were surveyed more than once in different years and they were double counted because different firms were surveyed in different years.</p> <p>(DOCX)</p>