Details about Marcus Berliant

Homepage:	https://economics.wustl.edu/people/marcus-berliant
Phone:	(314) 935-8486
Postal address:	Department of Economics Washington University Campus Box 1208 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 USA
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2003

Increasing returns to scale and perfect competition: The role of land
Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management View citations (3)

2001

Incentive compatible income taxation, individual revenue requirements and welfare
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (13)
Also in RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) (1990) View citations (10)
Income Taxes and Provision of Public Goods: Optima with Balanced Goverment Budgets
Papiers d'Economie MathÃ©matique et Applications, UniversitÃ© PanthÃ©on-Sorbonne (Paris 1) View citations (17)

2000

Production Externalities and Urban Configuration
Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics
See also Journal Article Production Externalities and Urban Configuration, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2002) View citations (109) (2002)
The Endogenous Formation of a City: Population Agglomeration and Marketplaces in a Location-Specific Production Economy
Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (52)
See also Journal Article The endogenous formation of a city: population agglomeration and marketplaces in a location-specific production economy, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (44) (2000)

1997

Increasing returns and perfect competition: The role of land
Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1997) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Increasing returns and perfect competition: the role of land, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (7) (2003)
Optimal budget balancing income tax mechanisms and the provision of public goods
Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research
Also in Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management (1997)
Sensitivity Analysis for Applied General Equilibrium Models in the Presence of Multiple Equilibria
GE, Growth, Math methods, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

1995

Labor Specialization and City Formation
LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (2)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (1)
On Revelation of Private Information in Stock Market Economies
Research Program in Finance Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley
See also Journal Article On the revelation of private information in stock market economies, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (1998) View citations (2) (1998)

1992

Existence of Equilibrium with Nonconvexities and Finitely Many Agents
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
See also Journal Article Existence of equilibrium with nonconvexities and finitely many agents, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (3) (1995)

1991

A Foundation of Location Theory: Exstence of Equilibrium, the Welfare Theorems and Core
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
See also Journal Article A foundation of location theory: existence of equilibrium, the welfare theorems, and core, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (14) (2004)
Horizontal and Vertical Equity: A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Results for the Federal Income Tax 1966- 1987
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
State and Federal Tax Equity: Estimates Before and After the Tax Reform Act of 1986
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article State and federal tax equity: Estimates before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1993) View citations (3) (1993)

1990

ALONSO'S DISCRETE POPULATION MODEL OF LAND USE: EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS AND COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Alonso's Discrete Population Model of Land Use: Efficient Allocations and Competitive Equilibria, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1992) View citations (48) (1992)
EQUAL SACRIFICE AND INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE INCOME TAXATION
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Equal sacrifice and incentive compatible income taxation, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1993) View citations (44) (1993)

1989

ENDOGENOUS FORMATION OF A CITY WITHOUT EXTERNALITIES OR MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)
ENDOGENOUS FROMATION OF A CITY WITH EXTERNALITIES OR MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

Market size, trade, and productivity reconsidered: poverty traps and the home market effect
Economic Theory Bulletin, 2025, 13, (1), 99-124
See also Working Paper Market size, trade, and productivity reconsidered: poverty traps and the home market effect, MPRA Paper (2024) (2024)

2024

Daily commuting
Research in Transportation Economics, 2024, 103, (C)
See also Working Paper Daily Commuting, MPRA Paper (2023) (2023)
Politics and income taxes: Progress and progressivity
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2024, 26, (4) View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Politics and income taxes: progress and progressivity, MPRA Paper (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2020

Preparing undergraduates for application to graduate school: Comments on Jones et al (2020)
The Journal of Economic Education, 2020, 51, (2), 206-208

2018

A scale‐free transportation network explains the city‐size distribution
Quantitative Economics, 2018, 9, (3), 1419-1451 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper A Scale-Free Transportation Network Explains the City-Size Distribution, MPRA Paper (2016) (2016)
Equilibrium commuting
Economic Theory, 2018, 65, (3), 609-627 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Equilibrium Commuting, MPRA Paper (2016) (2016)

2017

Beyond urban form: How Masahisa Fujita shapes us
International Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 13, (1), 5-28 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Beyond Urban Form: How Masahisa Fujita Shapes Us, KIER Working Papers (2016) (2016)
Introduction
International Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 13, (1), 3-3
Optimal income taxation with a stationarity constraint in a dynamic stochastic economy
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19, (3), 739-747 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Optimal Income Taxation with a Stationarity Constraint in a Dynamic Stochastic Economy, MPRA Paper (2016) (2016)

2015

Explaining the size distribution of cities: Extreme economies
Quantitative Economics, 2015, 6, (1), 153-187 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Explaining the Size Distribution of Cities: X-treme Economies, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
LOCATIONAL SIGNALING AND AGGLOMERATION
Journal of Regional Science, 2015, 55, (5), 757-773 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Locational signaling and agglomeration, MPRA Paper (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2014

LOCAL POLITICS AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND POLARIZATION
Journal of Regional Science, 2014, 54, (5), 806-827
Labor Differentiation and Agglomeration in General Equilibrium
International Regional Science Review, 2014, 37, (1), 36-65
See also Working Paper Labor Differentiation and Agglomeration in General Equilibrium, CEPR Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
Optimal Dynamic Nonlinear Income Taxes with No Commitment
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2014, 16, (2), 196-221 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Optimal Dynamic Nonlinear Income Taxes with No Commitment, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (16) (2011)
Taxing pollution: agglomeration and welfare consequences
Economic Theory, 2014, 55, (3), 665-704 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Taxing Pollution: Agglomeration and Welfare Consequences, MPRA Paper (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2013

Rational expectations in urban economics
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2013, 43, (2), 197-208 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Rational Expectations in Urban Economics, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2012

Culture and diversity in knowledge creation
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42, (4), 648-662 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper Culture and diversity in knowledge creation, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (38) (2012)

2011

The Dynamics of Knowledge Diversity and Economic Growth
Southern Economic Journal, 2011, 77, (4), 856-884 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Knowledge Diversity and Economic Growth, Discussion papers (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2010

Can information asymmetry cause stratification?
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2010, 40, (4), 196-209 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Can Information Asymmetry Cause Stratification?, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (8) (2010)
MISBEHAVIORAL URBAN ECONOMICS*
Journal of Regional Science, 2010, 50, (1), 93-101 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Misbehavioral urban economics, MPRA Paper (2009) (2009)

2009

Bifurcations in regional migration dynamics
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2009, 39, (6), 714-720 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Bifurcations in Regional Migration Dynamics, MPRA Paper (2009) View citations (12) (2009)
Dynamics of knowledge creation and transfer: The two person case
International Journal of Economic Theory, 2009, 5, (2), 155-179 View citations (39)
See also Working Paper Dynamics of knowledge creation and transfer: The two person case, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (3) (2007)
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City by Colin Gordon
Journal of Regional Science, 2009, 49, (5), 998-1000

2008

KNOWLEDGE CREATION AS A SQUARE DANCE ON THE HILBERT CUBE
International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (4), 1251-1295 View citations (102)
See also Working Paper Knowledge creation as a square dance on the Hilbert cube, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (8) (2007)
Urban growth and subcenter formation: A trolley ride from the Staples Center to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl
Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63, (2), 679-693 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper Urban growth and subcenter formation: A trolley ride from the Staples Center to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl, MPRA Paper (2007) (2007)
When worlds collide: Different comparative static predictions of continuous and discrete agent models with land
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2008, 38, (5), 438-444 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper When Worlds Collide: Different Comparative Static Predictions of Continuous and Discrete Agent Models with Land, MPRA Paper (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2007

EQUILIBRIUM AND THE CORE IN ALONSO'S DISCRETE POPULATION MODEL OF LAND USE
International Economic Review, 2007, 48, (1), 235-246 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Equilibrium and the Core in Alonso's Discrete Population Model of Land Use, Public Economics (2005) (2005)
Introduction to the special issue on optimal income taxation
International Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 3, (1), 1-3
Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2007, 37, (4), 466-471 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Prospects for a unified urban general equilibrium theory, MPRA Paper (2006) (2006)

2006

Budget Balancedness and Optimal Income Taxation
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2006, 8, (3), 409-451 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper Budget Balancedness and Optimal Income Taxation, Public Economics (2004) (2004)
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Volume 4: Cities and Geography
Journal of Economic Geography, 2006, 6, (1), 91-112 View citations (4)
Hedonism vs. nihilism: No arbitrage and tests of urban economic models
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, 36, (1), 118-131 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Hedonism vs. Nihilism: No Arbitrage and Tests of Urban Economic Models, Urban/Regional (2005) (2005)
Knowledge exchange, matching, and agglomeration
Journal of Urban Economics, 2006, 60, (1), 69-95 View citations (81)
See also Working Paper Knowledge Exchange, Matching, and Agglomeration, Urban/Regional (2006) (2006)
The indeterminacy of equilibrium city formation under monopolistic competition and increasing returns
Journal of Economic Theory, 2006, 131, (1), 101-133 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper The Indeterminacy of Equilibrium City Formation under Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns, Urban/Regional (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
Welfare analysis of the number and locations of local public facilities
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, 36, (2), 207-226 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Welfare Analysis of the Number and Locations of Local Public Facilities, Public Economics (2005) View citations (2) (2005)

2005

Salience: Agenda choices by competing candidates
Public Choice, 2005, 125, (1), 129-149 View citations (26)
See also Working Paper Salience: Agenda Choices by Competing Candidates, Game Theory and Information (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2004

A foundation of location theory: existence of equilibrium, the welfare theorems, and core
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2004, 40, (5), 593-618 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper A Foundation of Location Theory: Exstence of Equilibrium, the Welfare Theorems and Core, RCER Working Papers (1991) (1991)
Efficient Allocations in Club Economies
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2004, 6, (1), 43-63 View citations (2)

2003

Increasing returns and perfect competition: the role of land
Journal of Urban Economics, 2003, 54, (2), 339-367 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Increasing returns and perfect competition: The role of land, Other publications TiSEM (1997) (1997)
Possibility, Impossibility, and History in the Origins of the Marriage Tax
National Tax Journal, 2003, 56, (2), 303-17 View citations (5)

2002

Production Externalities and Urban Configuration
Journal of Economic Theory, 2002, 104, (2), 275-303 View citations (109)
See also Working Paper Production Externalities and Urban Configuration, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers (2000) (2000)

2001

Income Taxes and the Provision of Public Goods: Existence of an Optimum
Econometrica, 2001, 69, (3), 771-84 View citations (27)
Sensitivity analysis for applied general equilibrium models in the presence of multiple Walrasian equilibria
Economic Theory, 2002, 19, (3), 459-476

2000

On Models with an Uncongestible Public Good and a Continuum of Consumers
Journal of Urban Economics, 2000, 48, (3), 388-396 View citations (8)
On the Fairness Literature: Comment
Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (2), 479-484 View citations (1)
The endogenous formation of a city: population agglomeration and marketplaces in a location-specific production economy
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2000, 30, (3), 289-324 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper The Endogenous Formation of a City: Population Agglomeration and Marketplaces in a Location-Specific Production Economy, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (2000) View citations (52) (2000)

1998

On the revelation of private information in stock market economies
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1998, 30, (2), 241-256 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper On Revelation of Private Information in Stock Market Economies, Research Program in Finance Working Papers (1995) (1995)

1996

Incentives and income taxation: the implementation of individual revenue requirement functions
Ricerche Economiche, 1996, 50, (4), 389-400 View citations (18)

1995

Existence of equilibrium with nonconvexities and finitely many agents
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1995, 24, (1), 83-93 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Existence of Equilibrium with Nonconvexities and Finitely Many Agents, RCER Working Papers (1992) (1992)

1994

Regional science: The state of the art
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1994, 24, (5), 631-647 View citations (16)

1993

Endogenous formation of a city without agglomerative externalities or market imperfections: Marketplaces in a regional economy
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1993, 23, (1), 121-144 View citations (37)
Equal sacrifice and incentive compatible income taxation
Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 51, (2), 219-240 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper EQUAL SACRIFICE AND INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE INCOME TAXATION, RCER Working Papers (1990) View citations (5) (1990)
State and federal tax equity: Estimates before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1993, 12, (1), 9-43 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper State and Federal Tax Equity: Estimates Before and After the Tax Reform Act of 1986, RCER Working Papers (1991) View citations (2) (1991)

1992

Alonso's Discrete Population Model of Land Use: Efficient Allocations and Competitive Equilibria
International Economic Review, 1992, 33, (3), 535-66 View citations (48)
See also Working Paper ALONSO'S DISCRETE POPULATION MODEL OF LAND USE: EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS AND COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA, RCER Working Papers (1990) View citations (3) (1990)
Corrigendum
Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 58, (1), 112-113
On income taxation and the core
Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 56, (1), 121-141 View citations (14)
On the fair division of a heterogeneous commodity
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1992, 21, (3), 201-216 View citations (52)

1991

Comments on: 'On the foundations of land use theory: Discrete versus continuous populations' by Y. Asami, M. Fujita and T.E. Smith
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1991, 21, (4), 639-645 View citations (15)
On the continuum approach of spatial and some local public goods or product differentiation models: Some problems
Journal of Economic Theory, 1991, 55, (1), 95-120 View citations (23)

1990

Nonlinear supporting prices: The superadditive case
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1990, 19, (4), 357-367 View citations (3)
On welfare theory and urban economics
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1990, 20, (2), 245-261 View citations (18)
Supply and Equilibrium in an Economy with Land and Production
International Economic Review, 1990, 31, (4), 799-828 View citations (2)

1988

A foundation of location theory: Consumer preferences and demand
Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 44, (2), 336-353 View citations (8)

1986

A Utility Representation for a Preference Relation on a s-Algebra
Econometrica, 1986, 54, (2), 359-62 View citations (3)

1985

An equilibrium existence result for an economy with land
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1985, 14, (1), 53-56 View citations (10)
Equilibrium models with land: A criticism and an alternative
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1985, 15, (2), 325-340 View citations (32)
General competitive equilibrium of the spatial economy: Two Teasers
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1985, 15, (4), 585-590 View citations (1)

1984

A characterization of the demand for land
Journal of Economic Theory, 1984, 33, (2), 289-300 View citations (1)

Chapters

2005

Dynamic Urban Models: Agglomeration and Growth
A chapter in Urban Dynamics and Growth: Advances in Urban Economics, 2005, pp 533-581
See also Working Paper Dynamic Urban Models: Agglomeration and Growth, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (24) (2004)

1985

The Horizontal and Vertical Equity Characteristics of the Federal Individual Income Tax, 1966-1977
A chapter in Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being, 1985, pp 179-214 View citations (10)

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