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The impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions: evidence from developing countries
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the … different for upper, middle, and low- income countries, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact on emissions for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264421
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Brown growth, green growth, and the efficiency of urbanization
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2012
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time ('green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291550
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Growth, foreign direct investment and urban concentrations: unbundling spatial lags
Poelhekke, Steven; van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2008
Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276225
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Urban squatting with rent-seeking organizers
Brueckner, Jan K. - 2012
This paper extends a new line of research on urban squatting that focuses on the role of the squatter organizer. The model replaces the benevolent organizer from previous studies with a collection of competing, rent-seeking squatter organizers, a structure that may offer a realistic picture of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288251
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Rush Hours and Urbanization
Seidel, Tobias - 2019
We use a spatial general equilibrium model with potential commuting of workers between their place of work and their place of residence to analyze the effects of rush hours on the spatial allocation of employment and population, average labor productivity and the housing market. Abolishing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872067
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What's in a Name? Initial Geography and German Urban Development
Nguyen, Duc A.; Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2023
Place names, or toponyms, provide insight into the initial geographical characteristics of settlements. We present a unique dataset of 3,705 German toponyms that includes the date of the first historical record mentioning the settlement and the date it was granted city rights. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356325
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Voting on Urban Land Development
Wrede, Matthias - 2020
In this paper, we analyze several local referendums on land development and land-use regulation in the City of Erlangen (Germany) in the period between 2011 and 2018. To identify the positive influence of the travel distance on approval for the development of land, we employ a two-way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844203
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A Threshold Model of Urban Development
Vesperoni, Alberto - 2019
through accessible data sets. Our predictions include an U-shaped relationship between the well-known measures of urbanization … and urban primacy, a hypothesis that we test empirically using World Bank data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892257
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Land Scarcity and Urban Density within Cities
Krause, Melanie; Seidel, André - 2021
This paper studies how limitations on land suitable for development affect within-city variation in urban density and its three components: crowding, residential coverage, and building height. We use the high variation in geographical obstacles − such as steep land slopes and the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243249
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Property Rights to the World's (Linear) Ocean Fisheries in Customary International Law
Barrett, Scott - 2023
I model the ocean as an array of lines set within a two-dimensional frame, and show how the Exclusive Economic Zone emerged as an equilibrium in customary international law. I find that custom codifies the efficient Nash equilibrium of enclosure for nearshore fisheries. For highly migratory and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346184