A Spatial Knowledge Economy

被引:161
作者
Davis, Donald R. [1 ,2 ]
Dingel, Jonathan I. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Econ, 420 W 118 St, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Chicago, Booth Sch Business, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
关键词
CITIES; GROWTH; EXTERNALITIES; DISPARITIES; SPILLOVERS; INEQUALITY; SEARCH;
D O I
10.1257/aer.20130249
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Leading empiricists and theorists of cities have recently argued that the generation and exchange of ideas must play a more central role in the analysis of cities. This paper develops the first system of cities model with costly idea exchange as the agglomeration force. The model replicates a broad set of established facts about the cross section of cities. It provides the first spatial equilibrium theory of why skill premia are higher in larger cities and how variation in these premia emerges from symmetric fundamentals.
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页码:153 / 170
页数:18
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