Amenities are regarded as increasingly important to the location decis
ions of certain types of firm, Yet they are often ignored in economic
development research because of the assumption that they attract only
workers, and that this workforce, in turn, attracts firms, This paper
argues for a reduced form model of the impact of amenities on corporat
e location, When testing such a model at the intra-metropolitan scale,
it will be necessary to measure amenities not only at the potential w
orksite, but also where employees are likely to live, This paper tests
such a firm location model using a sample of municipalities in northe
rn New Jersey, Results support the hypothesis that firms evaluate cert
ain amenities with respect to the likely residential locations of thei
r employees.