Employment density functions are estimated for 62 large metropolitan areas. Estimated gradients are statistically significant for distance from the nearest subcenter as well as for distance from the traditional central business district. Lagrange Multiplier (LM) tests imply significant spatial...

In this paper, we examine whether taxes are an important determinant of economic development in a metropolitan area. We examine employment and population growth in the District of Columbia and eight surrounding suburbs in Virginia and Maryland over the period 1969-1994. We explain much of the...

We examine whether personal and business taxes are an important determinant of economic development in a metropolitan area. We estimate determinants of the location of private employment and populations across the D.C. metropolitan area over the period 1969-94. After controlling for jurisdiction...

This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on agglomeration economies and urban public infrastructure. Theory links the two concepts by positing that agglomeration economies exist when firms in an urban area share a public good as an input to production. One type of shareable...