Growth in Cities

Glaeser, Edward L.; Kallal, Hédi; Scheinkman, José A.; Shleifer, Andrei

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“…An alternative approach is to simply specify the production function in terms of labor only, which is the procedure that Glaeser et al (1992) follow. For a more recent study along these lines, see Bishop and Gripaios (2010).…”

Section: Production Functions and External Economies To Scale: Some Tmentioning

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Problems with Regional Production Functions and Estimates of Agglomeration Economies: A Caveat Emptor for Regional Scientists

Felipe

McCombie

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in ABSTRACTOver the last 20 years or so, mainstream economists have become more interested in spatial economics and have introduced largely neoclassical economic concepts and tools to explain phenomena that were previously the preserve of economic geographers. One of these concepts is the aggregate production function, which is also central to much of regional growth theory. However, as Franklin Fisher, inter alios, has shown, the conditions necessary to aggregate microproduction functions into an aggregate production function are so stringent that in all probability the aggregate production function does not exist. This paper shows that the good statistical fits commonly found empirically are solely due to the use of value data and an underlying accounting identity. The result is that the estimates obtained cannot be regarded as providing evidence of the underlying technological structure of the spatial economy, including the aggregate elasticity of substitution, the degree of returns to scale, and the rate of technical progress.

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Section: Production Functions and External Economies To Scale: Some Tmentioning

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Problems with Regional Production Functions and Estimates of Agglomeration Economies: A Caveat Emptor for Regional Scientists

Felipe

McCombie

2012

SSRN Journal

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“…Glaeser et al, [21], Miracky [22], and Henderson et al [23] find that industrial environments of 10, 17 and even 30 years ago causally affect location decisions and patterns today. The consumption of public goods has also been shown to be a determining factor of consumer agglomeration [24,25].…”

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Equilibrium and Optimum City Size with the Presence of Pollution

Dewan¹

2011

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This paper attempts to find the equilibrium and the optimum size of a monocentric open city that produces a constant return to scale good and a group of differentiated goods and services (increasing return to scale goods and services), where the production of goods and services causes negative externalities (pollution). The model in this paper also assumes the presence of positive externalities of agglomeration (agglomeration economies). As it is an open city, there will be too much agglomeration in the absence of any penalty on the polluters. The results of this paper show that if the city dwellers value environmental quality the market outcomes are sub-optimal. Therefore, a tax scheme is necessary for the correct level of agglomeration or the optimum size of the city. The optimal tax rate in the differentiated goods and services sector depends on the emission intensity of output, consumer preference for product diversity, demand for labour (or level of output), and the wage rate; and that in the constant return to scale good sector depends on the emission intensity of output, average labour productivity, and the wage rate.

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“…Selon Glaeser et al (1991), ce serait ce type de transfert plutôt que la présence de grappes qui contribuerait au développement économi-que. Que l'un ou l'autre mécanisme soit approprié, le Québec tire un plus grand avantage d'un investissement donné en capital humain financé par l'Etat que les autres régions du Canada.…”

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La croissance économique et les compétences gouvernementales du Québec

Vaillancourt

2009

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RÉSUMÉ -L'objet de ce texte est tout d'abord de passer en revue des écrits récents en économie de la croissance et de la compétitivité pour identifier les facteurs qui semblent jouer un rôle clé dans le succès économique des nations. Ceci fait, il examine le lien entre ces facteurs et les compétences gouvernementales pour ensuite établir lesquelles de celles-ci, étant donné la spécificité du Québec en Amérique du Nord, devraient être du ressort du Québec. Étant donné les contraintes internationales (GATT, libre-échange, etc.), le partage souhaité ou nécessaire de certains pouvoirs avec le Canada, les écrits récents sur les déterminants du succès et de la croissance économique et sur le fédéralis-me et la situation particulière du Québec, société francophone en Amérique du Nord, nous croyons que ce sont les compétences rattachées au capital humain, particulièrement celles portant sur la langue, l'éducation, la formation et l'immigration qui sont les plus importantes pour le Québec.ABSTRACT -Economie Growth and the Powers ofthe Québec Government. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the récent writings in the field of growth économies to identify key factors in explaining the success or growth of nations. That done, we examine the link between thèse factors and the division of powers in Canada to establish, which ones should be held by Québec given its distinctiveness in North America. Given international constraints (GATT, free trade, etc.), the desired or required sharing of some powers with Canada, récent writings on the déterminants of success and growth and on federalism, and the place of Québec as a francophone society in North America, we believe that powers impacting on human capital such as those touching on language, éducation, training and immigration are the most important ones for Québec to control. * La première version de ce texte fut préparée à la demande du Secrétariat des commissions parlementaires sur l'avenir constitutionnel du Québec. L'auteur remercie Yves Leduc pour son assistance de recherche et Richard Carrier, Gilles Grenier et trois arbitres anonymes pour leurs commentaires sur cette première version.

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Growth in Cities

Cited by 684 publications

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Problems with Regional Production Functions and Estimates of Agglomeration Economies: A Caveat Emptor for Regional Scientists

Problems with Regional Production Functions and Estimates of Agglomeration Economies: A Caveat Emptor for Regional Scientists

Equilibrium and Optimum City Size with the Presence of Pollution

La croissance économique et les compétences gouvernementales du Québec

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