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Amundsen, Eirik Schrøder; Jensen, Frank - 2016

This paper considers the problem of a water management authority faced with the threat of a drought that hits at an uncertain date. Three management policies are investigated: i) a laissez-faire (open-access) policy of automatic adjustment through a zero marginal private net benefit condition,...

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A tale of two roads : groundwater depletion in the North China Plain

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Deng, Xiangzheng; Gong, Yazhen; … - 2023

. In addition, there is greater depletion of the groundwater in wells near the two highways relative to wells located …

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Urbanization and economic development : a tale of two barriers

Bond, Eric W.; Riezman, Raymond Glenn; Wang, Ping - 2016

n this paper we determine the main driving forces underlying the structural transformation and urbanization process in … barriers played in China's growth and urbanization. We find that the primary drivers for real per capita GDP growth are … migration cost reduction and skill accumulation. While trade liberalization is important for urbanization during the transition …

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Banking and industrialization

Heblich, Stephan; Trew, Alex - 2015

We exploit employment data from 10,528 parishes across nineteenth century England and Wales and find that a one standard deviation increase in finance employment increases the annualized growth rate of secondary labour by 0.8 percentage points. An endogenous growth model with finance and...

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The crisis and regional resilience in Europe : on the importance of urbanization and specialization

Steven, Brakman; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2014 - This version:, March 2014

to shocks, the degree of urbanization and specialization. We take the Great Recession, the economic and financial crisis … period, we find that the degree and nature of regional urbanization and specialization are important drivers of the …

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Urbanization and growth : why did the splendor of the Italian cities in the sixteenth century not lead to transition?

Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2014

explain why urbanization did not drive the economy to sustained growth. Our main contribution, validated by an estimated VAR … productivity. The analysis provides a picture of a trapped economy where urbanization was unable to trigger a persistent process of …

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Biological differences between late 19th and early 20th century urban and rural residence

Carson, Scott Alan - 2020

Communities urbanize when the net benefits to urbanization exceed rural areas. Body mass, height, and weight are …

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Pandemics, places, and populations : evidence from the Black Death

Jedwab, Remi; Johnson, Noel D.; Koyama, Mark - 2019

The Black Death killed 40% of Europe's population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history of mankind. Despite its historical importance, little is known about its spatial effects and the effects of pandemics more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides...

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Rush hours and urbanization

Seidel, Tobias; Wickerath, Jan - 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...

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Late 19th and early 20th century urban net nutrition by gender and race

Carson, Scott Alan - 2023

Individuals urbanize when the net benefits to urbanization exceed rural living conditions. Body mass, height, and … urban females, and urban females may not have been affected as much as males by urbanization. …

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