Cross-sectional evolution of the U.S. city size distribution
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This study seeks to create a model of how city population is distributed and what causes some cities to grow larger than others. The model shows the causes of growth are similar in all cities but the impact of each cause varies by region.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2001
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Interactive property valuations
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Models of social interactions within residential neighborhoods is estimated by using data on neighborhood clusters for standard metropolitan areas in U.S. from the American Housing Survey for 1985 and 1989. Effects of social interactions in the form of reaction functions for homeownerEs valuation of their properties are examined.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2003
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Neighborhood income distributions
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The purely empirical aspect of the distribution of income within small neighborhoods is studied and is contrasted with the income distribution at higher level of aggregation, such as census tracts and metropolitan areas. Several parametric and non-parametric econometric tools to measure income sorting in US residential neighborhoods are employed.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2004
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