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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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Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away From Cities?

Ghani, Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into rural locations, while the informal sector is moving from rural to urban...

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The Impact of Trade on Labor Market Dynamics

Caliendo, Lorenzo; Dvorkin, Maximiliano; Parro, Fernando - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We develop a dynamic labor search model where production and consumption take place in spatially distinct labor markets with varying exposure to domestic and international trade. The model recognizes the role of labor mobility frictions, goods mobility frictions, geographic factors, and...

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The Impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the U.S. Economy

Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Sarte, Pierre Daniel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

We study the impact of intersectoral and interregional trade linkages in propagating disaggregated productivity changes to the rest of the economy. Using regional and industry data we obtain the aggregate, regional and sectoral elasticities of measured TFP, GDP, and employment to regional 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...

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Tax Benefits to Housing and Inefficiencies in Location and Consumption

Albouy, David; Hanson, Andrew - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Tax benefits to owner-occupied housing provide incentives for housing consumption, offsetting weaker disincentives of the property tax. These benefits also help counter the penalty federal taxes impose on households who work in productive high-wage areas, but reinforce incentives to consume...

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The Comparative Advantage of Cities

Davis, Donald R.; Dingel, Jonathan I. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

What determines the distributions of skills, occupations, and industries across cities? We develop a theory to jointly address these fundamental questions about the spatial organization of economies. Our model incorporates a system of cities, their internal urban structures, and a...

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Market Size, Trade, and Productivity

Melitz, Marc J.; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

We develop a monopolistically competitive model of trade with firm heterogeneity - in terms of productivity differences - and endogenous differences in the 'toughness' of competition across markets - in terms of the number and average productivity of competing firms. We analyze how these...

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Local Revenue Hills: Evidence from Four U.S. Cities

Haughwout, Andrew F.; Craig, Steven G.; Inman, Robert P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

We provide estimates of the impact and long-run elasticities of tax base with respect to tax rates for four large U.S. cities: Houston (property taxation), Minneapolis (property taxation), New York City (property, general sales, and income taxation), and Philadelphia (property, gross receipts,...

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Micro-Foundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies

Puga, Diego; Duranton, Giles - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three … precise characterisation of some of the main theoretical underpinnings of urban agglomeration economies, to discuss modelling … issues that arise when working with these tools, and to compare different sources of agglomeration economies in terms of the …

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