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Conflict, Climate and Cells: A Disaggregated Analysis

Harari, Mariaflavia; La Ferrara, Eliana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

spatial variation in crop cover, to construct an original measure of shocks that are relevant for agricultural production … cultivated in the cell have a sizeable and persistent effect on conflict incidence. We also use state-of-the-art spatial … econometric techniques to test for the presence of temporal and spatial spillovers in conflict, and we find both to be sizeable …

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Learning to be an Entrepreneur

Guiso, Luigi; Schivardi, Fabiano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Is entrepreneurial talent entirely innate or do people learn to become entrepreneurs? We extend Lucas's (1978) model of entrepreneurship to allow for the possibility that entrepreneurial talents may be acquired by watching other entrepreneurs in action. This model implies that areas with a...

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Location of R&D and High-Tech Production by Vertically-Integrated Multinationals

Ekholm, Karolina; Hakkala, Katariina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We develop a two-country general equilibrium model where firms make separate choices about the location of R&D and high-tech production. There are two agglomeration forces: R&D spillovers and backward linkages associated with high-tech production. The latter tends to attract production to the...

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Urbanisation and Migration Externalities in China

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We evaluate the role that cities play on individual productivity in China. First, we show that location explains a large share of nominal wage disparities. Second, even after controlling for individual and firms characteristics and instrumenting city characteristics, the estimated elasticity 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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Learning by working in big cities

de la Roca, Jorge; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities. We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more …

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What Explains the Location of Industry in Britain, 1871-1931

Crafts, Nicholas; Mulatu, Abay - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Where transport costs were falling, were the new economic geography forces for industry agglomeration and dispersion at work in the movement of industry in pre-1931 Britain? This Paper examines the issue empirically using a general model that nests the Heckscher-Ohlin factor endowment with new...

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Assessing agglomeration economies in a spatial framework with endogenous regressors

Artis, Michael J; Miguélez, Ernest; Moreno, Rosina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

assess the relative importance of agglomeration and other assets, controlling both for endogeneity and for spatial … our estimates of its effect are dramatically reduced when spatial dependence and other hitherto omitted variables proxying …

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Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials?

Brülhart, Marius; Jametti, Mario; Schmidheiny, Kurt - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Low corporate taxes can help attract new firms. This is the main mechanism underpinning the standard 'race-to-the-bottom' view of tax competition. A recent theoretical literature has qualified this view by formalizing the argument that agglomeration forces can reduce firms' sensitivity to tax...

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City Size Distributions as a Consequence of the Growth Process

Duranton, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The size distribution of cities in many countries follows some broadly regular patterns. Any good theory of city size distributions should (i) be able to account for this regularity, but also (ii) rely on a plausible economic mechanism and (iii) be consistent with other fundamental features of...

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