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On the Spatial Economic Impact of Global Warming

Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We propose a dynamic spatial theory to analyze the geographic impact of climate change. Agricultural and manufacturing … affects the spatial distribution of economic activity, trade, migration, growth, and welfare. We assess quantitatively the … impact of migration and trade restrictions, energy taxes, and innovation subsidies. …

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Human Capital and Macroeconomic Growth: Austria and Germany 1960-1992

Koman, Reinhard; Marin, Dalia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

In an influential paper Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) argue that evidence on the international disparity in levels of per-capita income and rates of growth is consistent with a standard Solow model, once it has been augmented to include human capital as an accumulable factor. In a study on...

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Iceland on the Outskirts of Europe: The Common Property Resource Problem

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

permits in Icelandic waters could conceivably remove the main current obstacle to EC membership for Iceland. This reform would …

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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanization in Britain,...

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Roads and Innovation

Agrawal, Ajay; Galasso, Alberto; Oettl, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the interplay between transportation infrastructure, knowledge flows, and innovation. Exploiting historical … transportation infrastructure may spur regional growth above and beyond the more commonly discussed agglomeration economies that are …

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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity

Redding, Stephen J.; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the … general equilibrium implications of transportation infrastructure improvements within and between locations for wages … effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on economic development, paying particular attention to the use of …

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The growth of cities

Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of answers. Within an integrated framework, this chapter reviews key theories with implications for urban growth. It then...

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Urban Growth and Transportation

Duranton, Gilles; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We estimate the effects of major roads and public transit on the growth of major cities in the US between 1980 and 2000. We find that a 10% increase in a city’s stock of roads causes about a 2% increase in its population and employment and a small decrease in its share of poor households over...

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Intermediaries, transport costs and interlinked transactions

Lefèvre, Mélanie; Tharakan, Joe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Transport costs play a key role in agricultural markets in developing countries and are one of the causes of poverty amongst farmers that are geographically isolated. Another characteristic of agricultural markets is that they often involve interlinked transactions. However, the existing...

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Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia

Guriev, Sergei; Vakulenko, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995 …-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In …

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