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Dots to Boxes: Do the Size and Shape of Spatial Units Jeopardize Economic Geography Estimations?
Briant, Anthony; Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792469
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The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper develops a quantitative model of internal city structure that features agglomeration and dispersion forces … estimate agglomeration and dispersion forces, we use data on thousands of city blocks in Berlin for 1936, 1986 and 2006 and … residential externalities. We show that the model with the estimated agglomeration parameters can account both qualitatively and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083978
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The Geography of Development: Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding
Desmet, Klaus; Nagy, David Krisztián; Rossi-Hansberg, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with different levels of migration frictions. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252617
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Trade and regional inequality
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367423
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City Size Distributions as a Consequence of the Growth Process
Duranton, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
consistent with other fundamental features of cities like the existence of agglomeration economies and crowding costs. Unlike the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791610
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The Rise and Fall of Spatial Inequalities in France: a Long-Run Perspective
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren; Thisse, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
also confirms the presence of strong agglomeration economies during the full time-period. Market potential during the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791882
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The Lifecycle of Regions
Audretsch, David B; Falck, Oliver; Feldman, Maryann P; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Major economic transitions, even when they are disruptive, do not occur instantaneously but rather occur over time, as regions within a country change at different rates. Accordingly, these dynamics may be reflected in a geographic lifecycle with different regions characterized by different...
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Transport Costs, Intermediate Goods and Localized Growth
Walz, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper presents a dynamic, two-region general equilibrium model in which inter-regional production and trade patterns are endogenously determined. Localized growth stems from geographical concentration of an industrial sector exhibiting permanent productivity increases. Geographical...
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Spatial Development
Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008566320
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Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China’s Economic Geography
Bosker, Maarten; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
China’s Hukou system poses severe restrictions on labor mobility. This paper assesses the consequences of relaxing these restrictions for China’s internal economic geography. We base our analysis on a new economic geography model. First, we obtain estimates of the important model parameters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784749