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The Growth of U.S. Cities

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This paper reviews recent empirical research on the growth of US cities. Several key drivers of urban growth have been identified: roads, amenities, human capital, entrepreneurship and agglomeration effects, housing supply constraints, and industry shocks. The implications of these findings for local economic development policies are also discussed.

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  • Gilles Duranton, 2013. "The Growth of U.S. Cities," Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, Armand Colin, vol. 0(5), pages 857-876.
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    agglomeration economies; amenities; land use; transportation; urbangrowth;
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    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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