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Rational expectations in urban economics

Berliant, Marcus; Yu, Chia-Ming - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 2, pp. 197-208

Canonical analysis of the classical general equilibrium model demonstrates the existence of an open and dense subset of standard economies that possess fully-revealing rational expectations equilibria. This paper shows that the analogous result is not true in urban economies under appropriate...

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Labour Specialization and City Formation

Berliant, Marcus; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper explores the formation of cities through labour specialization, gains to trade, a fixed cost for the transportation network, imperfect competition between firms, and the commuting costs of consumers. The model uses a very general setting, allowing a multidimensional location space and...

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Labor Differentiation and Agglomeration in General Equilibrium

Berliant, Marcus; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The aim of this paper is to explore the structure of cities as a function of labor differentiation, gains to trade, a fixed cost for constructing the transportation network, a variable cost of commodity transport, and the commuting costs of consumers. Firms use different types of labor to...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Danube Axis (Bratislava, Štúrovo, Komárno), Slovak Republic

Bossche, Marten van den; Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Shanghai, China

Hong, Zhen; Merk, Olaf; Nan, Zhao; Li, Jing; Mingying, Xu; … - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Shanghai, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to...

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The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities: The Case of Hong Kong, China

Merk, Olaf; Li, Jing - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Hong Kong, an analysis of the impact of the port on the territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed...

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The influence of state policy and proximity to medical services on health outcomes

Li, Jing - In: Journal of Urban Economics 80 (2014) C, pp. 97-109

agglomeration economies being effective in contributing, at least in part, to the productivity of treating patients. …

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Intermediate input sharing in the hospital service industry

Li, Jing - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 6, pp. 888-902

first question examines the existence of agglomeration economies in the hospital service industry. The second considers … that agglomeration economies exist in the hospital service industry and are generated in part through the sharing of … “Chinitz” effect identified elsewhere in the literature. Third, the agglomeration effect attenuates geographically. …

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