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Land use regulations and the dispersion of the IT Industry in the San Francisco Bay area

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Urban economists have recently found evidence that land use regulations prevent the efficient migration of workers among regions, generating losses in output. By contrast, there is a lack of work that directly considers the relationship between land use regulations and the geography of firms and industries. Since the 1980s, the IT industry has dispersed from its historical core, Silicon Valley, around the broader San Francisco Bay Area. This study finds that restrictive land use practices have limited IT firm creation in Silicon Valley, pushing the industry to less productive parts of the regional economy. Los economistas urbanos han encontrado pruebas recientemente de que las reglamentaciones sobre el uso de la tierra impiden la migración eficiente de trabajadores entre las regiones, lo que genera pérdidas de producción. En cambio, hay una carencia de estudios que consideren directamente la relación entre las regulaciones del uso de la tierra y la geografía de las empresas e industrias. Desde los años 80, la industria de la informática se ha dispersado desde su núcleo histórico en Silicon Valley al resto de la bahía de San Francisco. En este estudio se constata que las prácticas restrictivas de uso de la tierra han limitado la creación de empresas informáticas en Silicon Valley, lo que ha forzado a esta industria hacia partes menos productivas de la economía regional. 都市経済学の研究者らは、最近、土地利用規制により労働者の効率的な地域間移住が妨げられ、生産の損失が生み出されていることを示すエビデンスを見出している。その一方で、土地利用規制と企業と産業の地理との関連性を直接的に検討した研究は行われていない。IT産業は、1980年代より、かつての中心地であったシリコン・バレーからより広大なサンフランシスコのベイアリア周辺に拡散している。本研究から、土地利用規制の実施により、シリコン・バレーにおけるIT企業の創設が制限され、IT産業が地域経済の比較的生産性の低い部門に押しやられたと考えられる。

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  • Taner Osman, 2020. "Land use regulations and the dispersion of the IT Industry in the San Francisco Bay area," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(5), pages 1301-1316, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:99:y:2020:i:5:p:1301-1316
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12532
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