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Microfoundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three types of … characterization of some of the main theoretical underpinnings of urban agglomeration economies, to discuss modeling issues that arise … when working with these tools, and to compare different sources of agglomeration economies in terms of the aggregate urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791489
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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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Urban land use
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We provide an integrated treatment of the theoretical literature on urban land use inspired by the monocentric model, including extensions that deal with multiple endogenous business centres, various dimensions of heterogeneity, and durable housing. After presenting the theory and distilling its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096093
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The Growth of Cities
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - In: Handbook of Economic Growth
important effects on the evolution of cities. In recent decades, cities with better amenities have grown faster. Agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010869044
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THE GROWTH OF CITIES
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) - 2013
important effects on the evolution of cities. In recent decades, cities with better amenities have grown faster. Agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701993
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The growth of cities
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
important effects on the evolution of cities. In recent decades, cities with better amenities have grown faster. Agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084574
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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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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