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Urban spatial structure and economic growth in Spanish metropolitan areas : 1992-2008
Alamá, Luisa; Roig-Casanova, Marta; Forte, Anabel; … - 2011
There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or … associated with higher productivity levels. In this context, this paper explores the links between urban spatial structure and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527324
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Agglomeration, inequality and economic growth : cross-section and panel data analysis
Castells Quintana, David; Royuela, Vicente - 2012
also uneven across space, it also seems relevant to wonder about the effects of the geographic agglomeration of economic … activity. Moreover, it seems relevant to consider not only the levels of inequality and agglomeration, but also their change … specifications and introducing different measures for agglomeration at country level, especially urbanization and urban concentration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515023
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Frontiers of the New Economic Geography
Fujita, Masahisa; Mori, Tomoya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
This paper presents an overview of recent development in the new economic geography (NEG), and discusses possible directions of its future development. Since there already exist several surveys on this topic, we focus on the selected features of the NEG which are important yet have attracted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816505
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Regional integration and economic development : an empirical approach
Dion, David-Pascal - 2004
trade integration on productivity. For this purpose we address the link between trade and productivity thanks to knowledge … thus both new ideas and their diffusion. We observe that a country's productivity depends on its own R&D efforts as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366570
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Trade, growth and geography : a synthetic approach
Dion, David-Pascal - 2004
Economic integration affects economic development through two main channels: growth and localization of the economic activities. The theories of endogenous growth and economic geography enable us to understand these mechanisms. We study in this paper their similarities and specificities before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366571
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Patterns in US urban growth (1790-2000)
González-Val, Rafael; Lanaspa-Santolaria, Luis Fernando - 2013
This paper reconsiders the evolution of the growth of American cities since 1790 in light of new theories of urban growth. Our null hypothesis for long-term growth is random growth. We obtain evidence supporting random growth against the alternative of mean reversion (convergence) in city sizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581479
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Do geographical agglomeration, growth and equity conflict?
Dupont, Vincent - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 86 (2007) 2, pp. 193-213
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003736562
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How does urbanization affect the economy and the environment? : policy challenges and research needs
Wu, JunJie; Oueslati, Walid - In: International review of environmental and resource economics 10 (2016) 1, pp. 1-35
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011629704
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Impact of urban agglomeration on economic growth of cities
Khan, Zahid Ullah; Awan, Masood Sarwar - In: Review of economics and development studies 3 (2017) 2, pp. 167-181
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941647
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Urban Agglomeration and Economic Growth
Giersch, Herbert - 1995
Urban Agglomeration and Economic Growth is the fifth volume in the series of books emanating from the activities of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520020