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Modéliser la suburbanisation . Succès et limites de la microéconomie urbaine
BOITEUX-ORAIN, Céline; HURIOT, Jean-Marie - Laboratoire d'Économie de Dijon (LEDI), Université de … - 2001
jours. / History of population and employment suburbanization, mainly in the United States, suggests three characteristics … of the phenomenon. 1/ Suburbanization results in urban sprawl in such a way that population and employment increase more … rapidly in the periphery than in the center. 2/ Suburbanization leads to the emergence of new activity centers in the …
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In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers
Borowiecki, Karol Jan; Kavetsos, Georgios - Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi, Syddansk … - 2015
We investigate the impact of peer competition on longevity using a unique historical data set of 144 prominent music composers born in the 19th century. We approximate for peer competition measuring (a) the number or (b) the share of composers located in the same area and time, (c) the time...
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Agglomeration Economies in Classical Music
BOROWIECKI, Karol Jan - Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin - 2013
This study investigates agglomeration effects for classical music production in a wide range of cities for a global sample of composers born between 1750 and 1899. Theory suggests a trade-off between agglomeration economies (peer effects) and diseconomies (peer crowding). I test this hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691833
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Agglomeration Economies in Classical Music
Borowiecki, Karol Jan - Association for Cultural Economics International - ACEI - 2013
This study investigates agglomeration effects for classical music production in a wide range of cities for a global sample of composers born between 1750 and 1899. Theory suggests a trade-off between agglomeration economies (peer effects) and diseconomies (peer crowding). I test this hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693522
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The historical anatomy of a contact zone
Raj, Kapil - In: The Indian Economic & Social History Review 48 (2011) 1, pp. 55-82
Founded in 1690 as an entrepôt by the English East India Company, Calcutta has been at the intersection of a number of heterogeneous long- and short-range networks of trade, finance, diplomacy, law, crafts and learning. This article explores the history of the first century of its existence...
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Agglomeration Economies in Classical Music
Borowiecki, Karol J. - Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi, Syddansk … - 2013
This study investigates agglomeration effects for classical music production in a wide range of cities for a global sample of composers born between 1750 and 1899. Theory suggests a trade-off between agglomeration economies (peer effects) and diseconomies (peer crowding). I test this hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818950
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Agglomeration Economies in Classical Music
Borowiecki, Karol J. - European Historical Economics Society - EHES - 2013
This study investigates agglomeration effects for classical music production in a wide range of cities for a global sample of composers born between 1750 and 1899. Theory suggests a trade-off between agglomeration economies (peer effects) and diseconomies (peer crowding). I test this hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010710623
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A Conception Of, And Experiments With “Heterotopia” As A Condition Of Stable, Unpurposive, Everyday Movement
Bankovskaya, Svetlana - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
The paper is based on the outcomes and inferences from the experiment with urban heterotopia found on the Manezhnaya square in Moscow. The main point of the experimental design (ethnomethodological in its intent) is to explore in vivo the heterotopical properties of the urban environment as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098916
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From ‘Sunshine City’ to a Landscape of Disaster
Musemwa, Muchaparara - In: Journal of Developing Societies 26 (2010) 2, pp. 165-206
Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city, has now joined the growing list of cities and ‘mega cities’ of the global South, which are now confronted by an ever-growing crisis precipitated by the deficient provision of basic services such as water and housing. Emblematic of these...
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Villages in the City: Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity in Rurality and Urbanity in Bangalore, India
Nagendra, Harini; Unnikrishnan, Hita; Sen, Sreerupa - In: Land 3 (2013) 1, pp. 1-18
Urban-rural distinctions are particularly challenging in the context of fast growing cities in the developing world. Through an example of the Indian city of Bangalore, we demonstrate the case for development of more continuous approaches of urban representation that are needed in many parts of...
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