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City Size and Economic Development

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Bjorvatn, K.

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This paper studies city size in a developing country. The country consists of two regions, a city producing a manufactured good and a rural area producing an agricultural good. Manufacturing can take place either formal or informal sector, the formal sector being characterized by increasing returns to scale production located in a central business district, while the informal sector uses constant returns to scale technology, production being decentralized.

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Paper provided by Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration- in its series Papers with number 4/96.

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Length: 23 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:fth:norgee:4/96

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Keywords: CITIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MIGRATION; TRADE;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
O14 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O17 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
O18 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses

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