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Anticipatory effects of rail upgrades : Auckland's Western Line
Grimes, Arthur L.; Young, Chris - 2010
We examine effects of urban passenger rail upgrades to Auckland's Western Line, including double tracking, station development, and related urban renewal projects. The results are used to assess anticipated net benefits of the developments. The rail-related upgrades are expected to be completed...
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The determinants of agglomeration redux
Behrens, Kristian; Brown, W. Mark; Bougna, Théophile - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete
. Declining localization is associated with import competition, particularly from low wage countries, increasing transportation …
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Accessibility of German agglomerations : an approach with non-physical connectivity
Bentlage, Michael; Lüthi, Stefan; Thierstein, Alain - 2010
establishes complex network economies in which knowledge-intensive firms are linked together in both physical and non … airports and within the corridors between the airport and the city. The shift to the emerging network economy puts a special … argues that there is a strong theoretical interplay between network economies and agglomeration economies. On empirical …
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Agglomeration economies, competitiveness and entrepreneurial performance
Komlósi, Éva; Páger, Balázs - 2015
This paper aims to elaborate the role of agglomeration effects on countries' competitiveness and entrepreneurial performance. Our research contributes to the understanding of the relationship that exists between a country's urban system characterized by spatial agglomeration (concentration) or...
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Does manure management regulation work against agglomeration economies? : evidence from French hog production
Gaigné, Carl; Le Gallo, Julie; Larue, Solène; … - 2010
management regulation restricting manure application per acre may weaken productivity gains arising from the agglomeration … manure management regulation does not work against the spatial concentration of hog production, but boosts the role played by …
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Urban spatial structure and economic growth in Spanish metropolitan areas : 1992-2008
Alamá, Luisa; Roig-Casanova, Marta; Forte, Anabel; … - 2011
There is a large literature on the existence of agglomeration economies, as shown in the surveys by Moomaw (1983) or Gerking (1993). The benefits of these economies arise from multiple sources, but some negative externalities might also emerge. Within the hierarchical urban system, cities at...
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Agglomeration with the pros and cons of labor heterogeneity
Ihara, Ryusuke - 2011
Using a simple two-region model with the positive and negative effects of labor heterogeneity, we investigate the agglomeration pattern of entrepreneurs and the commuting pattern of heterogeneous workers. Labor heterogeneity is a source of productivity for e.g. high-tech industries as well as is...
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Second-best cost-benefit analysis with a microfoundation of urban agglomeration
Kanemoto, Yoshitsugu - 2011
monopolistic competition with differentiated products provides a micro-foundation of agglomeration economies. Introducing the rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548147
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Agglomeration, congestion, and regional unemployment disparities
Zierahn, Ulrich - 2011
Regional labor markets are characterized by huge disparities of unemployment rates. Models of the New Economic Geography explain how disparities of regional goods markets endogenously arise but usually assume full employment. This paper discusses regional unemployment disparities by introducing...
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Services, comparative advantage and agglomeration of economic activity : a Ricardo-Marshall model
Pflüger, Michael; Tabuchi, Takatoshi - 2014 - This version: February 28, 2014, preliminary
The last one and a half centuries have witnessed dramatic changes in the world economy. The service (tertiary) sector, which at the beginning of the 20th century was of little importance relative to agriculture and manufacturing, has become the dominant sector today, accounting for 80% and more...
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