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Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We provide an integrated treatment of the theoretical literature on urban land use inspired by the monocentric model, including extensions that deal with multiple endogenous business centres, various dimensions of heterogeneity, and durable housing. After presenting the theory and distilling its...

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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...

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The growth of cities

Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

city model, fewer roads and restrictions on housing supply hinder urban growth. The fact that housing is durable also has …

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Decomposing the Growth in Residential Land in the United States

Overman, Henry G; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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%...

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European Regional Policies in Light of Recent Location Theories

Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

, and especially of transport infrastructure improvements, in such an environment. …

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The Impacts of Urban Public Transportation: Evidence from the Paris Region

Mayer, Thierry; Trevien, Corentin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Evaluating the impact of transport infrastructure meets a major challenge since rail lines are not randomly located. We …

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Geographic Access Rules and Investments

Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We analyze competition between vertically integrated infrastructure operators that provide access in different …

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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance

Bernard, Andrew B.; Moxnes, Andreas; Saito, Yukiko U. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...

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A Framework for Cross-Country Comparisons of Public Infrastructure Constraints on Firm Growth

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How should a policy-maker prioritize interventions to improve the public infrastructure with which firms operate and … public input character of physical infrastructure and institutions, and uses an O-ring production function to model the … impact of poor quality infrastructure on output. Using survey data from over 72,000 firms in 95 countries, we verify the …

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Joint Ventures as a Commitment Device Against Lobbies

Berardi, Nicoletta; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

into joint ventures is especially relevant in the context of infrastructure projects in developing countries, though other …

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