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Growth in Cities

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  • Edward L. Glaeser
  • Hedi D. Kallal
  • Jose A. Scheinkman
  • Andrei Shleifer

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Recent theories of economic growth, including Romer (1986), Porter (1989) and Jacobs (1969), have stressed the role of technological spillovers in generating growth. Because such knowledge spillovers are particularly effective in cities, where communication between people is more extensive, data on the growth of industries in different cities allows us to test some of these theories. Using a new data set on the growth of large industries in 170 U.S. cities between 1956 and 1987, we find that local competition and urban variety, but not regional specialization, encourage employment growth in industries. The evidence suggests that important knowledge spillovers might be between, rather than within industries, consistent with the theories of Jacobs (1969).

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Date of creation: Jul 1991
Publication status: published as Journal of Political Economy, December 1992
Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:3787
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  • Glaeser, Edward Ludwig & Kallal, Hedi D. & Scheinkman, Jose A. & Shleifer, Andrei, 1992. "Growth in Cities," Scholarly Articles 3451309, Harvard University Department of Economics.

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  1. The Growth of Cities: A Formal Model
    by Peter Klein in Organizations and Markets on 2007-04-24 02:10:07
  2. Ed Glaeser's "Triumph of the City" is Published!
    by Matthew E. Kahn in Environmental and Urban Economics on 2011-02-10 15:15:00
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