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Ease vs. noise : on the conflicting effects of transportation infrastructure
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Nitsch, Volker; Wendland, Nicolai - 2016 - Version: August, 2016
Many transport technologies cause a gnot]in]my] backyard (NIMBY) reaction of locals in that they often oppose the nearby location of necessary infrastructure despite benefiting from greater mobility. We employ quasi] experimental research methods to disentangle the offsetting noise and...
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Trade and the spatial distribution of transport infrastructure
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Tarasov, Alexander - 2015 - This version: November 2015
The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that reflects a desire to unlock the welfare gains from regional economic integration. Yet, despite being one of the oldest government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous...
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Government-directed urban growth, firm entry, and industrial land prices in Chinese cities
Brueckner, Jan K.; Liu, Wenhua; Xiao, Wei; Zhang, Junfu - 2022
We examine the effect of a large-scale administrative reorganization in China, where counties are annexed into cities …
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Connective financing Chinese infrastructure projects and the diffusion of economic activity in developing countries
Bluhm, Richard; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Parks, Bradley - 2020
This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity. Leveraging a new global dataset of geo-located Chinese government-financed projects over the period from 2000 to 2014 together with measures of spatial inequality based on...
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A spatial analysis of inward FDI and rural-urban wage inequality : evidence from China
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2020
with respect to entry modes and sectoral distribution. On the basis of a panel dataset covering 30 provinces in China from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211131
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Foreign direct investment and regional inequality : a panel data analysis
Lessmann, Christian - 2012 - This version: November 2012
Chinese case is analyzed as an introductory example. FDI has increased regional inequalities in China after the economic …
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Unemployment, growth and speed of transition in China
Fidrmuc, Jan; Huang, Shuo - 2013
We investigate the relationship between unemployment and growth in China. We find considerable differences in the … China, furthermore, appears to be close to the level associated with optimal speed of transition. …
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Spatial concentration of manufacturing firms in China
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Zhao, Zhao - 2014 - This version, June 2014
firms in China. Using a unique and detailed dataset on manufacturing firms in China, we are able to follow the changes in … location patterns of firms between 2002 and 2008. Our analysis shows that firms in China are more localized than in the UK or … state-owned firms. Our findings are consistent with the notion that China is increasingly liberalizing its economy, enabling …
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Optimal commodity taxation when land and structures must be taxed at the same rate
Aura, Saku (contributor); Davidoff, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
We show that the optimal property tax rate rises with the ratio of land rents to structure and land development costs. California’s high ratio of income to property tax revenue and the distribution of Federal housing subsidies thus appear geographically misplaced. Proportional taxation of...
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Competition, land prices, and city size
Kichko, Sergey - 2019
Larger cities typically give rise to two opposite effects: tougher competition among firms and higher production costs. Using an urban model with substitutability of production factors and pro-competitive effects, I study the response of the market outcome to city size, land-use regulations, and...
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