The Law Of Urban Growth And The Local Public Sector

John Hartwick ()

No 1304, Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: We set out a city as a price-taking exporter and importer with its own local structure (housing (land per household) and a local pure public good are produced endogenously). We improve labor efficiency in the export sector, observe a jump in the local wage, and trace the impact, particularly on production of the public good. In one case the population, output of the public good, and residential density expand (the law of urban growth) and in another, population, output of the public good and density contract.

Keywords: small; open city; urban public sector; law of urban growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F43 H40 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2013-05
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