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Agglomeration index : towards a new measure of urban concentration
Uchida, Hirotsugu; Nelson, Andrew - 2010
A common challenge in analyzing urbanization is the data. The United Nations (UN) compiles information on urbanization … conduct a cross-country analysis or determine the aggregate urbanization status of the regions (such as Asia or Latin America … index. -- agglomeration index ; urbanization ; accessibility map ; cost surface …
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Urban Growth Shadows
Cuberes, David - 2019
Does a location's growth benefit or suffer from being geographically close to large economic centers? Spatial proximity may lead to competition and hurt growth, but it may also generate positive spillovers and enhance growth. Using data on U.S. counties and metro areas for the period 1840-2017,...
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The IOC's midas touch : Summer Olympics and city growth
Nitsch, Volker; Wendland, Nicolai - 2013
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009785998
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The IOC's Midas Touch : Summer Olympics and City Growth
Nitsch, Volker - 2013
Hosting a mega-event is a costly activity of short duration. Still, cities frequently compete to become host of all types of events. This paper examines the effect of staging the largest and most important sporting event in the world, the Summer Olympic Games, on the host city. Applying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076734
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Long-Range Growth : Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
Campante, Filipe R. - 2016
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which give rise to a discontinuity in connectedness between cities at a distance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978375
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Long-Range Growth : Economic Development in the Global Network of Air Links
Campante, Filipe R. - 2016
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal effects, we exploit variation due to regulatory and technological constraints which give rise to a discontinuity in connectedness between cities at a distance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982869
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The urbanization, development, environment, and inequality nexus : stylized facts and empirical relationships
Liddle, Brantley - 2017
This paper summarizes and expands the state-of-the-art understanding of the urbanization, development, environment, and … inequality nexus. Economic growth/development, urbanization, and energy/electricity consumption are all highly correlated. While … urbanization may be more evidence of economic progress than a catalyst for economic growth, there is some evidence that poor …
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The skyscraper revolution : global economic development and land savings
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Baum-Snow, Nathaniel; Jedwab, Remi - 2023
Tall buildings are central to facilitating sustainable urbanization and growth in cities worldwide. We estimate average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433980
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The Determinants of Urban Concentration
Junius, Karsten - 1999
Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These...
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Agglomeration, Urban Growth and Infrastructure in Global Climate Policy : A Dynamic CGE Approach
Grazi, Fabio - 2015
This paper presents an integrated model of urban agglomeration economies within a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of global economic activity, energy use and carbon emissions to explore the theoretical and empirical nature of the interdependence of cities and the world economy in a...
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