Urban colossus: why is New York America's largest city?

Edward Glaeser

Economic Policy Review, 2005, issue Dec, No v.11 no.2, 7-24

Abstract: This article was presented at a conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in April 2005, \\"Urban Dynamics in New York City.\\" The goal of the conference was threefold: to examine the historical transformations of the engine-of-growth industries in New York and distill the main determinants of the city's historical dominance as well as the challenges to its continued success; to study the nature and evolution of immigration flows into New York; and to analyze recent trends in a range of socioeconomic outcomes, both for the general population and recent immigrants more specifically.

Keywords: Federal Reserve District, 2nd; Urban economics; Economic conditions - New York (N.Y.) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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