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Choosing a place to live and a workplace

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Huberto M. Ennis (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Santiago M. Pinto (West Virginia University)
Alberto Porto (National University of La Plata)

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Abstract

We study how fiscal policies and commuting costs determine the geographical distribution of workers and households in an economy. We characterize equilibrium outcomes in a simple two-region model with commuting costs, local public goods, and local infrastructure. We also provide a short survey of the related economic literature that discusses other important factors driving the localization decisions of agents. Finally, we argue that the issues raise in this paper play a significant role in the geographic distribution of economic activity in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area of Argentina.

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Article provided by Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata in its journal Económica.

Volume (Year): LII (2006)
Issue (Month): 1-2 (January-December)
Pages: 15-51
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Keywords: Commuting; local public goods; suburbanization; local infrastructure;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R12 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations

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