City Analytics : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 1

interest in studying city competitiveness has skyrocketed in the past few years, although the topic itself is far from new. Mayors and city leaders have long worried about the obstacles to job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth that plague their cities. The objective of this paper is to...

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Main Authors:	Fikri, Kenan, Zhu, T. Juni
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	CAPITALS LIVING STANDARDS FORECASTS NATIONAL OUTPUT CITY SIZE URBANIZATION PRODUCTION SAL CITY URBAN SERVICES COEFFICIENTS NATIONAL ECONOMY STRUCTURAL CHANGE DISPOSABLE INCOME NATIONAL ECONOMIES INCOME ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION GDP PER CAPITA DIFFERENTIALS EXPORTS REVENUES ECONOMIC STRUCTURE EMPLOYMENT IN CITIES MAYORS WELFARE GROSS VALUE DISTRIBUTION VARIABLES CORRELATION COEFFICIENT TAX INPUTS CITIES TOWNS WEALTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURES TRENDS SUBNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORRELATION ANALYSES INFLUENCE CITY RESIDENTS PER CAPITA INCOME METROPOLITAN AREAS INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE PRODUCTIVITY CITY DEVELOPMENT EXTERNALITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CRITERIA BUSINESS SERVICES URBAN TRANSITION MARKETS REVENUE STREAMS MAYOR PUBLIC FINANCE CITY SIZES CITY PERFORMANCE INCOME LEVELS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TAX REVENUES DIVIDENDS URBAN COMPETITIVENESS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC SPECIALIZATION NATURAL RESOURCES AVERAGING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT WEALTH CREATION ECONOMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURE HUMAN CAPITAL VALUE ADDED CITY LEADERS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE CAPITAL WAGES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES TRANSPARENCY FINANCIAL CRISIS UTILITIES VALUE COMPETITIVENESS BENCHMARKING POLICY MAKERS CREDIT LARGE CITIES PATENTS SECONDARY CITIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL INCOME AGRICULTURE ECONOMY EXPENDITURES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT CITY ECONOMIES URBAN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS TOWN QUALITY OF LIFE MARKET TOWNS CITY COMPETITIVENESS REGRESSION ANALYSIS GOVERNANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CITY PRODUCTIVITY TRADE FISCAL AUTONOMY GDP GOODS THEORY SUBNATIONAL REGIONS CORRELATION ANALYSIS ECONOMIES OF SCALE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER GROWTH RATE INVESTMENT CITY PROFILES POVERTY DECENTRALIZATION REVENUE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMUNITY URBAN ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR ECONOMICS RESEARCH SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INDUSTRIAL” SECTOR OUTCOMES EASE OF DOING BUSINESS URBANIZATION PROCESS FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GROWTH POTENTIAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25658521/city-analytics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23569

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Summary:	interest in studying city competitiveness has skyrocketed in the past few years, although the topic itself is far from new. Mayors and city leaders have long worried about the obstacles to job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth that plague their cities. The objective of this paper is to present key findings from the quantitative analysis of the drivers of competitiveness in cites around the world.

City Analytics : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 1

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