Consumer city

Edward L. Glaeser, Jed Kolko, and Albert Saiz
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jed Kolko (), Edward Ludwig Glaeser () and Albert Saiz ()

Journal of Economic Geography, 2001, vol. 1, issue 1, pages 27-50

Abstract: Urban economics has traditionally viewed cities as having advantages in production and disadvantages in consumption. We argue that the role of urban density in facilitating consumption is extremely important and understudied. As firms become more mobile, the success of cities hinges more and more on cities' role as centres of consumption. Empirically, we find that high amenity cities have grown faster than low amenity cities. Urban rents have gone up faster than urban wages, suggesting that the demand for living in cities has risen for reasons beyond rising wages. The rise of reverse commuting suggests the same consumer city phenomena.l Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 2001
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