Income sorting: Measurement and decomposition
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The measurement of income sorting across the jurisdictions and the attribution of sorting to governmental differences is addressed. Measurement error and differences between transitory and permanent income bias variance decompositions sorting estimates downward by approximately 50 percent.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2005
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The effect of rent control on commute times
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The impact of rent control on commute times including the spatial dimension of the consequences of rent control is studied. It is found that lack of household mobility may be the reason behind longer commutes.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2005
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Zipf zipped
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The empirical writings on Zipf's law for cities are quantitatively analyzed. The evaluation highlights that as opposed to Zipf's law, the cities are more equally distributed.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2005
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