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Colonial origins of agglomeration: Evidence from Malayan rail stations

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how historical rail stations condition long‐run development using Colonial Malaya as a laboratory. By constructing novel historical data on rail stations, agglomeration centres, tin mines, and rubber plantations dating back a century and matching contemporary data on economic activity at the 1‐km cell level, we find that ...
Yit Wey Liew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agglomeration Elasticities in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyses the relationship between firms’ multi-factor productivity and the effective employment density of the areas where they operate. Quantifying these agglomeration elasticities is of central importance in the evaluation of the wider ...
Daniel J. Graham, David C. Maré
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The influence and spatial spillover effects of producer services agglomeration on urban green development in China.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Based on the analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of producer services agglomeration and urban green development efficiency in China, this study measures the influence and spatial spillover effects of producer services agglomeration ...
Weimin Gong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Industry Agglomeration on Land Use Efficiency: Insights from China's Yangtze River Delta [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
This study investigates the impact of industrial agglomeration on land use intensification in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) urban agglomeration. Utilizing spatial econometric models, we conduct an empirical analysis of the clustering phenomena in manufacturing and producer services.
arxiv  

The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
wiley   +1 more source

External Benefits of Brownfield Redevelopment: An Applied Urban General Equilibrium Analysis [PDF]

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This paper models external benefits of the transformation of an inner city industrial site into a residential area in an urban general equilibrium framework Does brownfield redevelopment warrant government support?
Niels Vermeer, Wouter Vermeulen
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Multiple Scales of Income Inequality: A Longitudinal Analysis of Swedish Regions

open access: yesGeographical Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The subject of inequality and its geographical dimensions has seen a surge of interest in recent years. However, existing work tends to study inequality through single spatial scales, even though processes driving inequality operate at and across multiple scales.
Andreas Erlström   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EU Enlargement and the Internal Geography of Countries [PDF]

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This paper focuses on the relation between trade openness and the location of economicactivity in a country. The problematic lies in the context of the EU enlargement process and ofits impact on the location of economic activity inside each of the ...
Matthieu Crozet, Pamina Koenig
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