Eine integrierte und nachhaltige Mobilitätsentwicklung stellt die Verkehrspolitik auch zukünftig vor zentrale Herausforderungen. Vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels und der Verknappung fossiler Energieträger wird es auch in Zukunft notwendig sein, Strategien und Konzepte zu entwickeln, die...

Intra-city density heavily influences both economic activity and the amenities that neighborhoods can offer. In this paper, we examine the persistence of intra-urban density, specifically by analyzing Los Angeles streetcars' long-run impact on urban form. Streetcars had their heyday in the...

This paper investigates an equilibrium search model in which search frictions are increasing with the distance to a city's central business district, allowing for on-the-job search and endogenous wage formation and land allocation. The findings suggest that the decentralized market results in a...

We develop a simple partial-equilibrium model of endogenous city structure formation. No production externalities are at work, the only two forces shaping the spatial configurations of the city being love for variety (on the consumer side) and seeking for a better access to the market (on the...