TRADE AND CIRCUSES - EXPLAINING URBAN GIANTS

被引：363

作者：

ADES, AF ^{[1
]}

GLAESER, EL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138

来源：

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 1995年 / 110卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.2307/2118515

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Using theory, case studies, and cross-country evidence, we investigate the factors behind the concentration of a nation's urban population in a single city. High tariffs, high costs of internal trade, and low levels of international trade increase the degree of concentration. Even more clearly, politics (such as the degree of instability) determines urban primacy. Dictatorships have central cities that are, on average, 50 percent larger than their democratic counterparts. Using information about the timing of city growth, and a series of instruments, we conclude that the predominant causality is from political factors to urban concentration, not from concentration to political change.

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页码：195 / 227

页数：33