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Local amenities are an important factor in the location choice of households. Heterogeneity in preferences of households tends to sort households over different locations which satisfy best their preferences given their constraints. In this paper, we analyze the effect of cultural heritage on...
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This paper focuses on the income distribution of households in Barcelona Metropolitan Area. For this purpose we use the Monocentric model. As the basic model does not have direct implications for this distribution, we survey the extensions of the model that have been used in empirical...
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features are taken into account in a full spatial general equilibrium simulation approach calibrated to an average German city …
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utility functions, this model applies the revealed preference theory. In his original paper, Turnbull established several … propositions that made his model consistent with the main results obtained in urban economics (for instance that the prices … simple because we demonstrated that the GARP axiom used in the revealed preference theory is equivalent to a simple equation …
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We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...
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Among different determinants, amenities play a major role in the location of tourism activities. In Tourism Economics … will be analysed. In a second part, using a micro-economic model of hotel entry inspired by urban economics literature, we …
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This paper explores the problems associated with the location choice of newly created establishments at the aggregate level. Much work has been done in this domain, however, several issues arise when analyzing involved phenomena, which scholars have yet to fully explore: 1) addressing the excess...
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Reproducing the socio-spatial structure of cities is one of the challenges facing the standard urban economics model of …
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According to Oswald's hypothesis homeowners experience more problems in finding a new job after becoming unemployed because their moving costs are higher than those of renters. Empirical research has revealed that this effect is counteracted by the job search behavior of unemployed homeowners:...
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This paper evaluates the effect of the French enterprise zone program on residents of these deprived neighborhoods. A second contribution is the evaluation of the composition effects in the zones and of externalities on the neighbors of the enterprise zones. The third contribution is the...
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