A Dynamic Spatial Model of Rural-Urban Transformation with Public Goods

This paper develops a dynamic model that explains the pattern of population and production allocation in an economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population living in the c...

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Main Authors:	Biller, Dan, Andres, Luis, Cuberes, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES BENCHMARK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENTRALIZATION CITIES COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVISION OF LABOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INEFFICIENCY INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRATION LARGE POPULATION LOCATION DECISIONS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET FAILURES MIGRATION MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION NATURAL RESOURCE NUMBER OF WORKERS OPPORTUNITY COST OPTIMIZATION PACE OF URBANIZATION PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROGRESS PUBLIC GOOD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SAFETY SEARCH COSTS STATIC THEORY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGES
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A Dynamic Spatial Model of Rural-Urban Transformation with Public Goods

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