Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These...

The share of the largest city in the total urban population - the so called primacy ratio - differs substantially across countries. One hypothesis in the literature is that economic development first increases and subsequently decreases primacy. The alternative hypothesis is that cities grow in...