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The Economics of Density : Evidence from the Berlin Wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. - 2014

residential externalities. We show that the model with the estimated agglomeration parameters can account both qualitatively and …

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A World of Cities : The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2013

poverty and weak governance reduce the ability to address the negative externalities that come with density. This paper models … down. For large cities with weak governments, draconian policies may be the only way to curb negative externalities … to reduce negative externalities is less costly when city populations are low or institutions are strong, but that public …

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The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity : Nature, History, and the Role of Trade

Henderson, J. Vernon - 2016

We study the distribution of economic activity, as proxied by lights at night, across 250,000 grid cells of average area 560 square kilometers. We first document that nearly half of the variation can be explained by a parsimonious set of physical geography attributes. A full set of country...

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The Economics of Cities : From Theory to Data

Redding, Stephen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Economic activity is highly unevenly distributed within cities, as reflected in the concentration of economic functions in specific locations, such as finance in the Square Mile in London. The extent to which this concentration reflects natural advantages versus agglomeration forces is central...

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Land Use Controls and the Provision of Education

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2012

Considerable prior analysis has gone into the study of zoning restrictions on locational choice and on fiscal burdens. The prior work on zoning - particularly fiscal or exclusionary zoning - has provided both inconclusive theoretical results and quite inconsistent empirical support of the...

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Environmental Tax Interactions When Pollution Affects Health or Productivity

Williams, Roberton C. - 2000

Numerous recent studies have indicated that interactions with a tax-distorted labor market increase the cost of pollution regulation. However, these studies have made restrictive assumptions regarding individual preferences and have ignored key links between pollution, human health, and labor...

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Consumption Externalities and Diffusion in Pharmaceutical Markets : Antiulcer Drugs

Berndt, Ernst R. - 2000

We examine the role of consumption externalities in the demand for pharmaceuticals at both the brand level and over a … equations describing the dynamic adjustment process. We find that consumption externalities influence both valuations and rates …

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Tax Externalities of Equity Mutual Funds

Shoven, John B. - 2000

capital gain position of the fund. This paper's simulations show that these externalities are important determinants of the …

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External Treatment Effects and Program Implementation Bias

Philipson, Tomas J. - 2000

This paper discusses the definition and identification of external treatment effects and experimental designs capable of detecting these effects. External effects occur when the outcome of a given individual is affected by the treatment assignments of other individuals. The paper argues that...

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Coveting Thy Neighbor's Manuafacturing : The Dilemma of State Income Apportionment

Goolsbee, Austan - 1998

externalities on other states in that the effects of the apportionment formula on aggregate employment is zero. Every job gained …

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