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Dynamic Urban Models: Agglomeration and Growth

Berliant, Marcus; Wang, Ping - EconWPA - 2004

Theoretical models of urban growth are surveyed in a common framework. Exogenous growth models, where growth in some capital stock as a function of investment is assumed, are examined first. Then endogenous growth models, where use of some factor by a firm increases the productivity of other...

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Urban growth and territorial dynamics in Spain (1985-2001): A spatial econometrics analysis

Márquez, José María Mella; Yrigoyen, Coro Chasco - EconWPA - 2004

The study of the territorial/regional development in Spain has nowadays a relatively long tradition, but from the point of view of cities development the number of studies and documents decreases drastically. This paper tries to improve the knowledge of the Spanish urban system. The aim of this...

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On the Distribution of City Sizes

Cordoba, Juan Carlos - EconWPA - 2003

The city size distribution of many countries is remarkably well approximated by a Pareto distribution. We study what constraints this regularity imposes on standard urban models. We find that under general conditions urban models must have (i) a balanced growth path and (ii) a Pareto...

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Testing the 'new economic geography': a comparative analysis based on EU regional data

Fingleton, Bernard - EconWPA - 2005

This paper evaluates 'new economic geography' theory by comparing it with a competing non-nested model derived from urban economics. Using bootstrap inference and the J-test, the paper shows that while NEG theory is supported by the data, it needs to be modified to achieve this, and it is not...

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Una Aproximación Microeconométrica a los Determinantes de la Elección del Modo de Transporte. (A Microeconometric Approach to the Determinants of Travel Mode Choice)

Garcia, Pablo M - EconWPA - 2005

The transportation system is a fundamental component of the urban economic development, with its generating feature of negative supply externalities standing out (and, as a result, of the satisfied demand for some kind of this supply’s structure) related to congestion and environmental...

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Hedonic Analysis of Housing Markets

Sheppard, Stephen - EconWPA - 1998

This chapter examines the hedonic analysis of housing markets. These techniques have been widely applied in studies of the demand for housing attributes and environmental amenities. The chapter discusses the theoretical foundation of such analysis, the use of hedonic estimates of demand for...

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Supply Side Structural Change

Cordoba, Juan C. - EconWPA - 2002

The interest rate and the rate of economic growth are often regarded as roughly constant as economies grow. Moreover, the agricultural sector and rural population typically shrink. We show that an otherwise standard growth model that includes a backward and an advanced sector can account for...

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Power Law Signature in Indonesian Population

Mulianta, Ivan; Situngkir, Hokky; Surya, Yohanes - EconWPA - 2004

The paper analyzes the spreading of population in Indonesia. The spreading of population in Indonesia is clustered in two regional terms, i.e.: kabupaten and kotamadya. It is interestingly found that the rank in all kabupaten respect to the population does not have fat tail properties, while in...

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Regional Convergence of Income and Labor Productivity in Mexico

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2005

Economic growth continues to be a major objective of state governments in Mexico. What role do firm location, openness … importantes para los gobiernos estatales en México. ¿Cuál es el papel de la localización de las empresas, la apertura, la … examina la competitividad de los estados en México mediante el uso de índices de localización. El estudio trata de cerrar la …

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Synchronization of the Mexican and the U.S. Economies: The Case of the Manufacturing Sector. Sincronización entre las economías de México y Estados Unidos: el caso del Sector Manuf...

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Ponce, Ramon A. Castillo; … - EconWPA - 2005

Es elevada la dependencia entre la industria maquiladora de exportación de México y el desempeño de la economía de … of Mexico and the United States with special reference to the manufacturing sector. The authors examine the dependency … between the assembly plant industry for export in Mexico and the performance of the economy of the United States. The authors …

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