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Cities and Ideas
Packalen, Mikko; Bhattacharya, Jay - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Faster technological progress has long been considered a key potential benefit of agglomeration. Physical proximity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159889
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The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall
Redding, Stephen James; Sturm, Daniel M.; Ahlfeldt, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper develops a quantitative model of internal city structure that features agglomeration and dispersion forces … estimate agglomeration and dispersion forces, we use data on thousands of city blocks in Berlin for 1936, 1986 and 2006 and … residential externalities. We show that the model with the estimated agglomeration parameters can account both qualitatively and …
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Trade and the Topography of the Spatial Economy
Allen, Treb; Arkolakis, Costas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We develop a versatile general equilibrium framework to determine the spatial distribution of economic activity on any surface with (nearly) any geography. Combining the gravity structure of trade with labor mobility, we provide conditions for the existence, uniqueness, and stability of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821985
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The Slow Decline of East Germany
Uhlig, Harald - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Fifteen years after German reunification, the facts about slow regional convergence have born out the prediction of Barro (1991), except that migration out of East Germany has not slowed down. I document that in particular the 18-29 year old are leaving East Germany, and that the emigration has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089073
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Spatial Development
Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Desmet, Klaus - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We present a theory of spatial development. Manufacturing and services firms located in a continuous geographic area choose each period how much to innovate. Firms trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is a spatial endogenous growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027078
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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000
Redding, Stephen James; Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
agglomeration over time towards an increased emphasis on human interaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603700
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Migration, Congestion Externalities, and the Evaluation of Spatial Investments
Dinkelman, Taryn; Schulhofer-Wohl, Sam - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
The direct benefits of infrastructure in developing countries can be large, but if new infrastructure induces in-migration, congestion of other local publicly provided goods may offset the direct benefits. Using the example of rural household electrification in South Africa, we demonstrate the...
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Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China
Iyer, Lakshmi; Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Zhao, Xiaoxue - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper studies the policy determinants of economic transition and estimates the demand for labor in the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector accounts for more than a quarter of the overall...
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Airports and Urban Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Policy Experiment
Blonigen, Bruce A.; Cristea, Anca D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
While significant work has been done to examine the determinants of regional development, there is little evidence on the contribution of air services toward this outcome. This paper exploits the unexpected market changes induced by the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act to bring new evidence on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796640
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The Gradients of Power: Evidence from the Chinese Housing Market
Fang, Hanming; Zhou, Li-An; Gu, Quanlin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Using a large, unique dataset on the Chinese housing market, we propose to measure corruption using the price differences paid by bureaucrat buyers and non-bureaucrat buyers in the housing market. We find that the housing price paid by bureaucrat buyers is on average 1.05 percentage points lower...
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