How Urban Concentration Affects Economic Growth

How Urban Concentration Affects Economic Growth

The author explores the issue of urban over-concentration econometrically, using data from a panel of 80 to 100 countries every 5 years from 1960 to 1995. He finds the following: 1) At any level of development there is indeed a best degree or natio...

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Main Author: Henderson, Vernon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CAPITAL MARKETS
CD
CITIES
CIVIL LIBERTIES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION RATES
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
CRIME
DECENTRALIZATION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXTERNALITIES
FREE MARKETS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEFFICIENCY
INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LAND MARKETS
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COSTS
NATIONAL POLICIES
OPTIMIZATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY OUTCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POPULATION GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRIVATE COSTS
PRODUCERS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
SAVINGS
SCALE EFFECTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
URBAN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CONCENTRATION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437750/urban-concentration-affects-economic-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18840

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/437750/urban-concentration-affects-economic-growth
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18840

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