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A theory of rational spatial agglomerations

Mossay, Pascal - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 2, pp. 385-394

We model the behavior of rational forward-looking agents in a spatial economy. The economic geography structure is built on Fujita et al. (1999)'s racetrack economy. Workers choose optimally what to consume at each period, as well as which spatial itinerary to follow in the geographical space....

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Trade, firm selection, and industrial agglomeration

Hsu, Wen-Tai; Wang, Ping - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 6, pp. 975-986

We develop a model of trade and agglomeration that incorporates trade in both intermediate goods and final goods and … characterize world equilibrium and establish the conditions under which industrial agglomeration arises as a stable equilibrium … effect becomes influential, trade liberalization can generate non-monotonic effects on industrial agglomeration. The …

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Optimal regulation on building size and city boundary: An effective second-best remedy for traffic congestion externality

Kono, Tatsuhito; Joshi, Kirti Kusum; Kato, Takeaki; … - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 4, pp. 619-630

This paper numerically evaluates the efficiency of regulations on building size and city size in a congested closed city by comparing welfare gain with that achieved under a first-best toll regime. Results show that whereas the urban growth boundary (UGB) is a poor substitute for the toll regime...

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Endogenous vehicle-type choices in a monocentric city

Kim, Jinwon - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 4, pp. 749-760

Motivated by several empirical studies showing a positive relationship between residential density and vehicle fuel efficiency chosen by the residents, this paper presents a modified monocentric city model with endogenous vehicle-typechoices. Consumers are assumed to explicitly consider driving...

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Urbanization and/or rural industrialization in China

Song, Huasheng; Thisse, Jacques-François; Zhu, Xiwei - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 1-2, pp. 126-134

agglomeration economies have been built in U. Farmers face three options: (i) working in the agricultural sector, (ii) setting up …

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Time is money: An empirical examination of the effects of regulatory delay on residential subdivision development

Wrenn, Douglas H.; Irwin, Elena G. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 51 (2015) C, pp. 25-36

Variation in regulatory costs over time and across different types of investment projects creates risk for developers who hold land. These so-called implicit costs, which arise as a result of regulatory delay in the land development process, are hypothesized to be potentially large, but...

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Zoning on the urban fringe: Results from a new approach to modeling land and housing markets

Magliocca, Nicholas; McConnell, Virginia; Walls, Margaret; … - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 (2012) 1-2, pp. 198-210

This paper uses an economic agent-based model of land use in a hypothetical urban fringe community to examine the effects of large-lot zoning on land conversion, land prices, and the spatial configuration and density of new development. The model incorporates the actions of heterogeneous housing...

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Geographically and temporally weighted likelihood regression: Exploring the spatiotemporal determinants of land use change

Wrenn, Douglas H.; Sam, Abdoul G. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 60-74

Urban areas possess complex spatial configurations. These patterns are produced by cumulative changes in land use and land cover as human and natural environments are influenced by market forces, policy, and changes in the natural landscape. To understand the mechanisms underlying these complex...

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Location and spatial clustering of artists

Andersson, Åke E.; Andersson, David Emanuel; … - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 47 (2014) C, pp. 128-137

Surveys of artists' location choices show that they disproportionately reside in large cities. This paper introduces a model that attempts to explain this urban preference. The model includes four factors: access to other artists; access to consumer demand; access to service jobs; and housing...

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Sources of productivity improvement in industrial clusters: The case of the prewar Japanese silk-reeling industry

Arimoto, Yutaka; Nakajima, Kentaro; Okazaki, Tetsuji - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 46 (2014) C, pp. 27-41

prewar Japan. Agglomeration improves the productivity of each plant through positive externalities which shift plant … distribution on the left. We find evidence of agglomeration effects that benefit less productive plants and selection effects in … studies that find positive agglomeration effects in the most productive firms, but no selection effects in cities (Combes et …

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