Trade and Circuses: Explaining Urban Giants

Beaulieu, J. Joseph; Glaeser, Edward L.

doi:10.3386/w4715

Cited by 230 publications

(346 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

309

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Although the de…nitions of metropolitan areas di¤er by country, the United Nations database of urban agglomerations includes both central cities and suburbs, and provides a universal de…nition of metropolitan areas. 1 The data sources are listed in Appendix 1.…”

Section: Postwar Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I collected these 1 According to World Urbanization Prospects (http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=6), the term "urban agglomeration" refers to the de facto population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries. It usually incorporates the population in a city or town plus that in the suburban areas lying outside of but adjacent to the city boundaries.…”

Section: Postwar Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Historical trends of agglomeration to the capital region and new economic geography

Tabuchi

2014

Regional Science and Urban Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Postwar Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Postwar Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Historical trends of agglomeration to the capital region and new economic geography

Tabuchi

2014

Regional Science and Urban Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…All of them are positive and highly significant, 12 and also show the correct magnitude. The highest estimated coefficient in all cases is for the capital status factor, and the altitude factor coefficients decrease evenly with increased height above sea level towards the mountains.…”

Section: Geography Versus Historymentioning

confidence: 88%

“…13 Consequently, the population concentration would not have been as acute as our findings show if we had been able to live in a virtual world and remove ourselves from the geographical and historical characteristics represented by the conditioning variables considered. 12 The significance, not shown here, is obtained from the heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors [36]. This significance increases over time and the lowest t-ratio values are obtained in 1900.…”

Section: Geography Versus Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the inland areas became increasingly depopulated, the coastal strip grew more densely populated. Madrid, the country's capital, is the most notable exception in this process of population dispersion towards the coast, although this is not in any way surprising since national capitals have always had their own demographic dynamic [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Drivers of Agglomeration: Geography vs History

Gisbert¹,

Mas²

2009

TOUSJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper focuses on the influence of two classical drivers of population agglomeration: geography and history. Geography is identified by two co-ordinates: coastal position and altitude. The prominence of history is also captured by two characteristics: the initial size of the municipalities, and their status as the administrative centre of the area. In first instance we examine localization patterns, at a small geographical scale, according to these characteristics and present empirical evidence of the progressive population concentration along the coast, on the plains and in the regional (provincial) capitals; a process that has not finished in the present days. Next, we show that both drivers of population agglomeration, geography and history, are relevant for Spain and that they show an increasing explanatory power in accounting for population concentration. From a quantitative point of view the capital status factor shows the most prominent role. An exercise of conditional convergence shows that, even in the absence of these factors, we would have seen a significant amount of population concentration but at a smaller rate. Our reference is the census population data for Spanish municipalities for the period 1900-2001. Given the important changes in municipality structure, the eleven censuses have been homogenised according to the municipal structure of the 2001 Census.

show abstract

The impact of trade openness on urbanization: Empirical evidence from BRICS economies

Chhabra

Giri

Kumar

2021

Journal of Public Affairs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study investigates the impact of trade openness on urbanization in BRICS countries, covering data from 1991 to 2017. The study uses instrument variable approach and two‐system least square method for the empirical analysis. Based on the empirical results, the study confirms the positive and significant link between trade openness and urbanization as per the New Growth Theory. The results show that the cities having more access to global trade links tend to be highly urbanized. The findings also suggest that the increasing urban concentration affects the export and import positively and enhances trade openness. However, the urban population concentration turns out to be affected negatively by trade openness in the centrally located regions. The agriculture commodity trade is found to be positively affected by the increased openness and GDP of BRICS economies. Finally, the findings suggested that trade openness plays a substantial role in promoting urban concentration in these five emerging market economies.

show abstract

Trade and Circuses: Explaining Urban Giants

Cited by 230 publications

References 3 publications

Historical trends of agglomeration to the capital region and new economic geography

Historical trends of agglomeration to the capital region and new economic geography

Drivers of Agglomeration: Geography vs History

The impact of trade openness on urbanization: Empirical evidence from BRICS economies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About