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Employment Sub-Centers in a Megacity from a Developing Country: The Case of the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Barros Antunes Campos, Rodger
  • Squarize Chagas, André Luis

    (Departamento de Economia, Universidade de São Paulo)

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Theoretical models concerned with multiple centers were brought into the debate on sprawling urban employment. However, empirical methods that identify central places are not a specific aspect in the specialized literature. Then, the purpose of this paper is to identify and characterize the urban employment subcenters (Small Business Districts, SBD) in the Municipality of São Paulo by using a new methodology approach. We propose a two-step methodology: 1) Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and 2) Spatial Hedonic Prices Model. As a result, we found seven regions that can be considered SBD. These regions are able to impact housing prices as predicted by polycentric theoretical models.

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  • Barros Antunes Campos, Rodger & Squarize Chagas, André Luis, 2019. "Employment Sub-Centers in a Megacity from a Developing Country: The Case of the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil," TD NEREUS 5-2019, Núcleo de Economia Regional e Urbana da Universidade de São Paulo (NEREUS).
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    urban economics; center business district (CBD); subcenter business district (SBD); spatial econometrics;
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    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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