Urbanization and economic development: a bias toward large cities?
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A study was undertaken to examine urbanization and economic development across countries. More specifically, it measures the determinants of the urban percentage, metropolitan concentration and primacy. Results show that the urban population percentage of a nation usually decreases with the importance of agriculture but rises with GDP per capita, industrialization, export orientation and even foreign assistance. The concentration of urban population in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants is likewise affected by industrialization and agricultural importance. Findings also reveal that primacy is minimized by GDP per capita, population and export orientation. Political factors also influence primacy, as indicated by a bias toward the capital city. No significant difference is observed between present-day urbanization in developing countries and urbanization in the past.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1996
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A determination of bid rents through bidding procedures
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An implicit assumption of land use theory is that potential renters are infinite and that bid rent equals the maximum rent that anyone would pay at a given location. The reality of markets is the number of renters is small, and it is necessary to create a bid rent theory to analyze this situation. Research into a finite renters market is conducted using a model in which the rent bid of land units varies among renters and land units. Rent profiles are derived from two bidding procedures: free-unit-size bidding and single-unit-size bidding Under free-unit-size bidding, the rent profile corresponds to the second-highest reservation rent offered, indicating that bid rent can be used as a relevant rent profile. Under single-unit-size bidding, a bid rent profile was derived that was analogous to the classical density model of bid rent.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1990
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Topographical constraints and urban land supply indexes
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A model based on a theory of a monocentric city with a perfectly competitive land market supplies a method for measuring the extent to which bodies of water limits land supply in urban areas. The amount of available land is the sum of weighted annular areas around the urban center, net of water, and is useful in studies of land, housing, and population density. The model takes into account the distinction between actual physical space and abstract urban land of empirical studies and requires only a map and population density gradient for calculations.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 1989
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