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Wu, Alfred M. - 2018

In the literature on urban studies, the size distribution of cities has been attributed to a random growth process where transportation externalities, congestion costs, and capital formation all play a crucial role. However, the classic economics models do not fully capture the impact of...

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Assessing polycentric urban systems in the OECD : country, regional and metropolitan perspectives

Brezzi, Monica; Veneri, Paolo - 2014

Contemporary urban systems in OECD countries are structured around functional regions, which often overcome established city boundaries. Reading space in terms of functional regions allows assessing changes in urban hierarchies and spatial structures, including the polycentricity of urban...

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Fiscal Decentralization, Equalization, and Intra-Provincial Inequality in China

Liu, Yongzheng - 2016

Using a nationwide county-level panel dataset for the years 1995-2009, this paper conducts the first analysis in the literature to examine the impacts of fiscal decentralization and fiscal equalization, both measured at the sub-provincial level, on intra-provincial inequality in China. While...

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Next Train to the Polycentric City : The Effect of Railroads on Subcenter Formation

Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel - 2016

Recent evidence reveals that transportation's improvements within metropolitan areas have a clear effect on population and job decentralization processes. Yet, very little has been said on how these improvements affect the spatial organization of the economic activity in the suburbs. This paper...

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Next Train to the Polycentric City : The Effect of Railroads on Subcenter Formation

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Human capital and regional growth in Switzerland

Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2010

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Human capital and regional growth in Switzerland

Polasek, Wolfgang; Schwarzbauer, Wolfgang; Sellner, Richard - 2010

This paper develops a regional production function model for Swiss cantons that incorporates human capital together with spatial effects. Within a spatial panel framework we find that controlling for time effects the spatial spillover effect becomes insignificant. Our results are sensitive with...

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Planning for the future : a land-use and transport interaction model for Switzerland : conference paper at 54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August 2014

Bodenmann, Balz R.; Sanchez, Breogan; Bode, J.; Zeiler, … - 2014

answer these questions, different scenarios have been simulated including all 3000 municipalities in Switzerland using the … for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT) at ETH Zurich, regioConcept (Switzerland) and ESMO (Slovakia). The models in FaLC … for Switzerland focusses basically on three scenarios: - Effects of road network modification - Effects of company taxes …

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In search of creative champions in high-tech spaces : a spatial application of Strategic Performance Management

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

The business performance of firms in the creative high-tech sector shows much variation. This paper examines whether the geographical location of such business firms influences the performance of these firms. The overarching analysis framework of this paper emerges from the recently developed...

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Determinants of Farm Size and Stocking Rate in Namibian Commercial Cattle Farming

Engler, John-Oliver - 2018

Utilizing a data set of 399 Namibian commercial cattle farmers, we provide a detailed empirical analysis of farm management under highly variable rainfall. Particularly, we provide an econometric analysis of what personal characteristics of the farmer, environmental characteristics, and...

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