Statistical Determinants of the Population of a Nation's Largest City

Cola, Lee De

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“…Studies of urban primacy in developing countries have found that a country's largest city is larger if it is the capital, holding a variety of country-level economic, institutional, and infrastructure variables constant (Ades and Glaeser 1995;De Cola 1984;Henderson 2002;Moomaw and Shatter 1996). Furthermore, Ades and Glaeser (1995, pp.…”

Section: Empirical Evidence For Enhanced Growth In Capital Citiesmentioning

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Capital cities: a special case in urban development

Turner

2009

Ann Reg Sci

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Section: Empirical Evidence For Enhanced Growth In Capital Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Capital cities: a special case in urban development

Turner

2009

Ann Reg Sci

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“…Williamson (1965), Kamerschen (1969), El-Shaks (1972), Whiton and Shishido (1981) and DeCola (1984) find evidence for the inverted U-curve between urban concentration and economic development. Kamerschen (1969) uses data for 80 countries and the share of the largest city in percent of the four largest cities as a measure of concentration.…”

Section: Empirical Evidence For the Inverted U-curvementioning

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The Determinants of Urban Concentration

Junius

1997

SSRN Journal

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“…In addition to trade policies, institutional perspectives have prompted some to suggest that moving a capital city would disrupt primacy (De Cola 1984;Moomaw and Alwosabi 2004;Mutlu 1989;Rossman 2018). Of the few studies that looked at this, the results were mixed.…”

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Impact of Political Annexation on Urban Primacy: A natural experiment on Mexico City testing the institutional origins of primacy

Wilkinson

McKenzie

Bolleter

2022

jrcp

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Institutional theories of urban primacy suggest centralized urbanization can be decentralized through political reform. Despite this potential, rectifying primacy and its attendant inefficiencies attracts sporadic interest. Perhaps this is because the disruption of primacy is rarely observed, rendering the potential of decentralization a nebulous concept. Missing cities are a defining feature of primacy yet rarely figure in empirical cost-benefit analyses. To explore this dimension, we examine the history of urbanization in a large country renowned for primacy before and after it was invaded and divided into two countries. In the invaded part of the country, we observe the disruption of primacy following the transformation of political institutions, highlighting the importance of addressing institutions in the redress of urban primacy.

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Statistical Determinants of the Population of a Nation's Largest City

Cited by 12 publications

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Capital cities: a special case in urban development

Capital cities: a special case in urban development

The Determinants of Urban Concentration

Impact of Political Annexation on Urban Primacy: A natural experiment on Mexico City testing the institutional origins of primacy

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