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The Zipf's law and the effects of free trade: The case of Guatemala

Orellana Aragón, Jorge Alberto; dos Santos Queiroz, Vívian - In: EconomiA 15 (2014) 1, pp. 82-99

The aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of trade policy changes on the order of the size of cities and … concluded that major cities reduced their growth and that small and medium-sized cities grew at a faster rate than big cities …

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Creative Differences? Measuring Creative Economy Employment in the US and UK Using Microdata

Kemeny, Tom; Nathan, Max; O'Brien, Dave - 2018

Using high-quality administrative microdata spanning 2011-2013, this paper develops new routines to compare creative economies using the creative trident framework, and applies them to the UK and US national and regional contexts. We find the UK creative economy is larger in workforce shares,...

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The Effects of Flood Insurance on Housing Markets

Indaco, Agustín; Ortega, Francesc; Taspinar, Süleyman - 2018

We analyze the role of flood insurance on the housing markets of coastal cities. To do so we have assembled a parcel …

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Incubators, Accelerators and Regional Economic Development

Madaleno, Margarida; Nathan, Max; Overman, Henry; … - 2018

A growing wave of co-location programmes promises to boost growth for entrepreneurs and young firms. Despite great public and policy interest we have little idea whether such programmes are effective. This paper categorises accelerators and incubators within a larger family of co-location...

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German industry returning to cities

Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 46/47, pp. 467-473

Is the German manufacturing industry, which has been leaving cities for less densely populated areas since World War II … centers. To tap cities' growth potential, not only must the influx of risk capital, knowledge, and skilled workers be secured …

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Herausforderungen für bestehende Industrieunternehmen am Beispiel Berlin

Löckener, Ralf; Gornig, Martin - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 47, pp. 1021-1027

Die Berliner Wirtschaft hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren dynamisch entwickelt, die Industrie hat an diesem Wachstum aber kaum partizipiert. Das Engagement großer Industrieunternehmen lief zuletzt eher darauf hinaus, die Potentiale Berlins für die Entwicklung neuer Geschäftsmodelle und...

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Anzeichen für eine Reurbanisierung der Industrie

Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 47, pp. 1006-1011

Wird das verarbeitende Gewerbe, das seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg die Städte zugunsten weniger verdichteter Räume verlassen hat, in die Innenstädte zurückgelockt? Dieser Bericht analysiert das industrielle Gründungsgeschehen der Jahre 2012 bis 2016, aus dem sich die Standortpräferenzen neuer...

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Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans, Or Just Give Residents Checks?

Glaeser, Edward L - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2005) 4

Should government rebuild New Orleans? Edward Glaeser asks whether the residents would be better off with $200,000 in their pockets than to have $200 billion spent on infrastructure: shouldn't we be insuring the people, not the place? New Orleans has been declining and its people mired in...

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Crisis of Multilateralism and Cities’ Helping Hand

Szpak, Agnieszka - In: New Global Studies 16 (2021) 3, pp. 301-323

Abstract This essay shows how cities are stepping into the role of nation-states and are efficiently cooperating with … other cities, not only bilaterally but also multilaterally. There are clear symptoms of the crisis of multilateralism that … have led cities to attempt to save or fix the multilateral system and solve global problems, notably the current COVID-19 …

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Does inflation vary between cities?

Clark, Gordon L.. - 1984

-series models. It is concluded in this paper that, although inflation does vary, if only slightly, between cities and with respect … cities?', Environment and Planning A, 16(4), 513-527. [Available at http://www.envplan.com/A.html]. …

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