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Positive externalities of congestion, human capital, and socio-economic factors: A case study of chronic illness in Japan.

yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper explores, using Japanese panel data for the years 1988-2002, how externalities from congestion and human capital influence deaths caused by chronic illnesses. Major findings through fixed effects 2SLS estimation were as follows: (1) the number of deaths were smaller in more...

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A Living Cost Index for SMSAs

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1985

A number of recent studies have been concerned with the determinants of either housing cost differentials or overall living cost differentials among SMSAs. Given the obvious significance of such differentials, the purpose of this research note is to develop a geographically comparable...

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Positive externalities of congestion on health: A case study of chronic illness in Japan for the period 1988–2009.

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper explores, using Japanese panel data for the years 1988–2009, how externalities from congestion and human capital influence deaths caused by chronic illnesses. Major findings through fixed effects 2SLS estimation were as follows: (1) during the first-half period 1988-98, the number...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021702

Spatial Econometric Analysis Of Urban Expansion According To Residential Density Profile In The District Of Tunis

Ayadi, Mohamed; Ben said, Foued - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Urban expansion of the city of Tunis, source of distortion of inter-zones balance between housing supply and employment, does only increase daily mobility and increases pressure on public transportation in terms of traffic, on transportation infrastructure in terms of congestion and on the...

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An Exploratory Note on Interstate Living-Cost Differentials

Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1985

This exploratory study seeks to identify factors that systematically influence interstate living-cost differentials. Living costs refer to the average cost of living for a four-person family in each of the 50 states. For the year 1977, the living cost level is found to be an increasing function...

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Urbanization as a way of saving our planet from overpopulation

Shcherbakova, Nadezda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper explores whether biological mechanisms, induced by the overpopulation of a territory, exert essential influence on cities' growth, and whether the level of economic development of a country is significant, when biological mechanisms are in operation. To answer these questions, four...

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Shifting cultivation and forest pressure in Cameroon

Ickowitz, Amy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Shifting cultivation is often blamed as a principal cause of deforestation in tropical Africa. It is claimed that the practice is unsustainable because shortened fallow lengths result in soils too degraded to support forest vegetation. The decline in fallow lengths is often attributed to...

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The Climatic Origins of the Neolithic Revolution: Theory and Evidence

Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopoulos, Stelios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of …-gatherer societies towards farming. The theory is tested using both cross-country and cross-archaeological site data on the emergence of … farming. Consistent with the theory, the empirical analysis demonstrates that, conditional on biogeographic endowments …

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Empirical Evidence of Population Concentration in Spain, 1900-2001

Goerlich, Francisco José; Mas, Matilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This short paper examines the evolution of the population density in Spain during the 20th century. Using a homogeneous database of the population at a municipal level – elaborated from the eleven censuses carried out between 1900 and 2001– the paper looks at the general characteristics of...

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Geography, population density, and per-capita income gaps across US states and Canadian provinces

Lagerlöf, Nils-Petter; Basher, Syed A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

We explain per-capita income gaps across US states and Canadian provinces by the following chain of causation. Geography determined where Europeans originally settled: in Northeastern USA, along those segments of the Atlantic coast where the climate was neither too hot (the US South), nor too...

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