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The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

This paper develops a quantitative model of city structure to separate agglomeration forces, dispersion forces and …

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The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M. - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2012

This paper develops a quantitative model of city structure to separate agglomeration forces, dispersion forces and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570489

The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This paper develops a quantitative model of city structure to separate agglomeration forces, dispersion forces and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126549

The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper develops a quantitative model of internal city structure that features agglomeration and dispersion forces … estimate agglomeration and dispersion forces, we use data on thousands of city blocks in Berlin for 1936, 1986 and 2006 and … residential externalities. We show that the model with the estimated agglomeration parameters can account both qualitatively and …

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Factor Endowments and Production in European Regions

Redding, Stephen J.; Vera-Martin, Mercedes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper analyses patterns of production across 14 industries in 45 regions from seven European countries since 1975. We estimate a structural equation derived directly from neoclassical trade theory that relates an industry’s share of a region’s GDP to factor endowments, relative prices...

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Rauch, Ferdinand; Michaels, Guy; Redding, Stephen J. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

agglomeration over time towards an increased emphasis on human interaction. …

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Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

agglomeration over time towards an increased emphasis on human interaction. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607590

Urbanization and Structural Transformation

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand; Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper presents new evidence on urbanization using sub-county data for the United States from 1880-2000 and municipality data for Brazil from 1970-2000. We show that the two central stylized features of population growth for cities - Gibrat's Law and a stable population distribution - are...

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The Economic Geography of Trade Production and Income: A Survey of Empirics

Overman, Henry G; Redding, Stephen J.; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper surveys the empirical literature on the economic geography of trade flows, factor prices, and the location of production. The discussion is structured around the empirical predictions of a canonical theoretical model. We review empirical evidence on the determinants of trade costs and...

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The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification

Redding, Stephen J.; Sturm, Daniel M. - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 5, pp. 1766-97

This paper exploits the division of Germany after the Second World War and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 as a natural experiment to provide evidence for the importance of market access for economic development. In line with a standard new economic geography model, we find...

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