Kopecky, Karen A.; Suen, Richard M. H. - In: International Economic Review 51 (2010) 4, pp. 1003-1037
Suburbanization in the United States between 1910 and 1970 was concurrent with the diffusion of the automobile. A circular city model is developed in order to access quantitatively the contribution of automobiles and rising incomes to suburbanization. The model incorporates a number of driving...