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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766379
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598768
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083617
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote … a generalised version of a tractable firm selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in … larger cities left-truncates the productivity distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279326
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Inter-regional and International Trade: Seventy Years After Ohlin
Behrens, Kristian; Gaigné, Carl; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We study the impact of falling trade costs and falling national transport costs on the economic geography of countries involved in an integration process. Two regions between which labour is mobile form each country, but there is no international factor mobility. Commodities can be traded both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667127
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The productivity advantages of large cities: Distinguishing agglomeration from firm selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Firms are more productive on average in larger cities. Two explanations have been offered: agglomeration economies … selection model and a standard model of agglomeration. Stronger selection in larger cities left-truncates the productivity … distribution whereas stronger agglomeration right-shifts and dilates the distribution. We assess the relative importance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791878
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Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection, and Polarisation
Behrens, Kristian; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
agglomeration economies. This paper provides a microeconomically founded model of vertical city differentiation in which the latter … two mechanisms (`agglomeration' and `selection') operate simultaneously. Our model is both rich and tractable enough to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792517
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Survival of the fittest in cities: agglomeration, selection, and polarisation
Behrens, Kristian; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
agglomeration economies. This paper provides a microeconomically founded model of vertical city differentiation in which the latter … two mechanisms (`agglomeration' and `selection') operate simultaneously. Our model is both rich and tractable enough to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745770
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Agglomeration theory with heterogeneous agents
Behrens, Kristian; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This chapter surveys recent developments in agglomeration theory within a unifying framework. We highlight how … locational fundamentals, agglomeration economies, the spatial sorting of heterogeneous agents, and selection effects affect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084057
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - HAL - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739064