| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6987 |
| DP6987 Democratization and Growth | |
| Elias Papaioannou; Gregorios Siourounis | |
| 发表日期 | 2008-10-23 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Empirical studies consistently report that labour productivity and TFP rise with city size. The reason is that cities attract the most productive agents, select the best of them, and make the selected ones even more productive via various agglomeration economies. This paper provides a microeconomically founded model of vertical city differentiation in which the latter two mechanisms (`agglomeration' and `selection') operate simultaneously. Our model is both rich and tractable enough to allow for a detailed investigation of when cities emerge, what determines their size, and how they interact through the channels of trade. We then uncover stylised facts and suggestive econometric evidence that are consistent with the most distinctive equilibrium features of our model. We show, in particular, that larger cities are both more productive and more unequal (`polarised'), that inter-city trade is associated with higher income inequalities, and that the proximity of large urban centres inhibits the development of nearby cities. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; International Trade and Regional Economics ; Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | Agglomeration Entrepreneur heterogeneity Firm selection Income inequalities Urban systems Urbanization |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6987 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535842 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Elias Papaioannou,Gregorios Siourounis. DP6987 Democratization and Growth. 2008. |
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