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In diesem Papier wird untersucht, welche Auswirkungen die Verfügbarkeit von Infrastruktur auf die unternehmerische Investitionsentscheidung hat. Dabei ist unterstellt, dass Infrastruktur zum einen Input in der Produktionsfunktion ist und zum anderen die Höhe der Anpassungskosten beeinflusst....
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and wages move in the same direction under neo-classical assumptions, agglomeration economies in production, congestion in … congestion in production or the agglomeration in consumption models. The micro-economics of such consumption … thus suggest that consumption-oriented agglomeration and congestion should receive more attention in the future. …
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Urbanization economies - the effects on productivity and utility created endogenously by larger cities - are a fundamental component of both the economic geography of modern societies and the perpetuation of innovation and economic growth at a national level. Cities account for vast majorities...
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I propose a novel way of identifying peer group effects by employing a regressiondiscontinuity design that makes use of the assignment mechanism of students into classes in Brazilian primary schools. I estimate a significant negative effect for students close to the cut-off point from being in...
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growth also goes hand in hand with formation of slums and congestion. We thus argue that there is a role for public policies. …
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This paper develops a two-sector R&D-based growth model with congestion effects from increasing urban population … from the modern to the traditional sector and Engel's law holds. In turn, urban congestion effects cause a productivity … allocation depends on the strength of urban congestion effects. …
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Models are presented for the optimal location of hubs in airline networks, that take into consideration the congestion …
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In this paper we address the issue of locating hierarchical facilities in the presence of congestion. Two hierarchical …
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We explore the properties of various types of public and private pricing on a
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study, slacks and congestion have been used as the complementaries of the efficiency analyses. Therefore, the results …
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