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Decomposing the Growth in Residential Land in the United States
Overman, Henry; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus increases in the land area used by individual households. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.5%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017119
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Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States
Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus increases in the land area used by individual households. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.5%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745902
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Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States
Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus changes in residential land per household. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.7% while population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746285
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Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States
Overman, Henry G.; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2007
This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus increases in the land area used by individual households. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.5%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572548
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The spread of industry: spatial agglomeration in economic development
Puga, Diego; Venables, Anthony J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996
This paper describes the spread of industry from country to country as a region grows. All industrial sectors are initially agglomerated in one country, tied together by input-output links between firms. Growth expands industry more than other sectors, bidding up wages in the country in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746708
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THE GROWTH OF CITIES
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) - 2013
important effects on the evolution of cities. In recent decades, cities with better amenities have grown faster. Agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701993
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The productivity advantages of large cities: Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282439
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities : Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012
cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107198
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279326
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, PierrePhilippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2009
Firms are more productive on average in larger cities. Two explanations have been offered: agglomeration economies … selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in larger cities left truncates the productivity … distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right shifts and dilates the distribution. We assess the relative importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692886