Trade and Institutions: Explaining Urban Giants

Fabien Candau () and Tchapo Gbandi
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Tchapo Gbandi: CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

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Abstract: By analyzing the population growth at the top of the urban hierarchy, we test two hypothesis explaining the rise of mega-cities: trade and political institutions. We nd that democratic institutions are the main factor behind the concentration of a nation's urban population in the main city. Contrary to the literature, we nd that extractive institutions reduce the size of the biggest city.

Keywords: Democracy; Urban Primacy; Market Access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-12
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Published in Journal of Institutional Economics, 2019, 15 (6), pp.1017-1035. ⟨10.1017/S1744137419000328⟩

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DOI: 10.1017/S1744137419000328

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