Efficient Resource Allocation in a Multinucleated City

Mills' programming model of efficient resource allocation in an urban area is extended to include multiple nuclei and intermediate goods. The new model is a decomposable linear program in which the primary resource value of the city plus transportation costs are minimized subject to a prescribed bill of final demands for the city and to land constraints consisting of cells in a areal grid. Shadow prices on land emerge in the dual problem.

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Year of publication:	1972
Authors:	Hartwick, John M. ; Hartwick, Philip G.
Publisher:	Kingston (Ontario) : Queen's University, Department of Economics

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Series:	Queen's Economics Department Working Paper ; 86
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/189071 [Handle] RePEC:qed:wpaper:86 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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