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From Neighborhoods to Nations : The Economics of Social Interactions /
Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations - determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. "From Neighborhoods to Nations" synthesizes the recent e...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 From Urban Externalities to Urban Interactions; 1.2 Economies of Cities and New Economic Geography; 1.3 Urban Structure and Growth; 1.4 Urban Interactions, Politics, and Urban Design; 1.5 Moving Forward; Chapter 2 Social Interactions: Theory and Empirics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A Simple Linear Model; 2.3 Endogenous Social Structure; 2.4 Nonlinear Models; 2.5 Why Experimental Data Can Help; 2.6 Endogenous Social Structure Revisited: Dynamics; 2.7 Econometrics of Social Interactions in Social Networks.
- 2.8 Spatial Econometrics Models as Social Interactions Models2.9 Social Learning in Urban Settings; 2.10 Conclusions; 2.11 Highlights of the Literature and Further Study; 2.12 Appendix: Basic Facts of Graph and Network Theory for Social Network Modeling; 2.13 Appendix: Survey of Micro Data Sources with Rich Contextual Information; Chapter 3 Location Decisions of Individuals and Social Interactions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Aspatial Models of Location with Social Interactions; 3.3 An Exact Solution for Hedonic Prices in a Model of Sorting.
- 3.4 A Discrete Location Problem with Endogenous and Contextual Effects3.5 Endogenous Neighborhood Choice and Contextual Effects in Housing Decisions; 3.6 Spatial Clustering and Demographic Characteristics: Schelling's Models; 3.7 Hierarchical Models of Community Choice with Social Interactions; 3.8 Conclusion; 3.9 Appendices; Chapter 4 Location Decisions of Firms and Social Interactions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Models of Location of Firms; 4.3 Location of Firms under Uncertainty; 4.4 Testing for Agglomeration; 4.5 Other Approaches to Studying Agglomeration Economies.
- 4.6 Empirical Evidence on Urbanization (Jacobs) Externalities: A Look from the Total Factor Productivity of Firms4.7 The Role of Inputs and Geography in Location Decisions of Firms; 4.8 Economic Geography Models for Firms' Location Decisions; 4.9 Risk Pooling by Firms in the Urban Economy; 4.10 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Social Interactions and Urban Spatial Equilibrium; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Urban Spatial Equilibrium with Social Interactions; 5.3 Location Decisions of Firms in Urban Space; 5.4 Monocentric versus Polycentric Models of the Urban Economy.
- 5.5 The Lucas-Rossi-Hansberg Models of Urban Spatial Structure with Productive Externalities5.6 Neighborhood Effects and the Geometry of the Canonical Urban Model; 5.7 Transmission of Job-Related Information and Urban Equilibrium; 5.8 Choice of Job Matching and Spatial Structure; 5.9 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Social Interactions and Human Capital Spillovers; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Spatial Equilibrium; 6.3 Spatial Interactions and Spatial Economic Activity; 6.4 The Urban Wage Premium and Spatial Equilibrium; 6.5 Social Interactions and Human Capital Accumulation.