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This paper proposes a simple theory of a system of cities that decomposes the determinants of the city size distribution into three main components: efficiency, amenities, and frictions. Higher efficiency and better amenities lead to larger cities, but also to greater frictions through...
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existence of agglomeration economies, which exist when productivity rises with density, but estimating the magnitude of those …
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China strongly restricts rural-rural, urban-urban, and rural-urban migration. The result which this paper documents is … areas the paper estimates a city productivity relationship, based on city GDP numbers for 1990-97. The effects of access …, educational attainment, FDI, and public infrastructure on productivity are estimated. Worker productivity is shown to be an …
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This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three types of micro-foundations, based on sharing, matching, and learning mechanisms. For each of these three categories, we develop one or more core models in detail and discuss the...
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productivity sort across city sizes and select into exporting. The model allows us to study the geographic implications of trade … raises not only the aggregate productivity of the economy but also its aggregate export intensity, by allowing more firms to …
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offers no direct evidence of how productivity gains from agglomeration compare with higher costs of production. This paper … aims to shed light on the balance between local productivity and local costs in science. Using a novel dataset, we estimate … scientists in each area. We then compare these costs with estimates of the corresponding productivity benefits of more scientist …
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Compared to the federal government, the average citizen in the U.S. has far greater interaction with city governments, including policing, health services, zoning laws, utilities, schooling, and transportation. At the regional level, it is city governments that provide the infrastructure and...
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We present hedonic general-equilibrium estimates of quality-of-life and productivity differences across Canada …
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localized spillover effects of the new parks on local incumbent firm productivity, the growth of retail activity close to the …
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Urban economics has traditionally viewed cities as having advantages in production and disadvantages in consumption. We argue that the role of urban density in facilitating consumption is extremely important and understudied. As firms become more mobile, the success of cities hinges more and...
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