A productivity model of city crowdedness
By: Jordan Rappaport
Contributors: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Research Division
Series: RWP -- 06-06
Publisher: Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Kansas City [Mo.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: Population density varies widely across U.S. cities. A simple, static general equilibrium model suggests that moderate-sized differences in cities' total factor productivity can account for such variation. Nevertheless, the productivity required to sustain above-average population densities considerably exceeds estimates of the increase in productivity caused by such high density. In contrast, increasing returns to scale may be able to sustain multiple equilibria at below-average population densities.
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