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Urban evolutions: the fast, the slow, and the still

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City sizes in terms of fast, slow and still patterns of urbanization are described, citing instances from localities in France and the United States. The quality ladder model for growth determines fast industrial growth and employment data, slow mobility and stable urban populations in cities.

Author: Duranton, Gilles
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2007
United States, France, Economic aspects, Demographic aspects, United States economic conditions, Growth, Industrial development, Industrialization, Urbanization, Company growth

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Cumulative Investment and spillovers in the Formation of Technological Landscapes

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Product differentiation results from cumulative cost-reduction subject to spillovers which may be weak or strong. Differentiation stays and investments continue where spillovers are weak, but where they are strong, costs are less and less as standardization arise.

Author: Duranton, Gilles
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of Industrial Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0022-1821
Year: 2000
United Kingdom, Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Product Development, Statistical Data Included, Analysis, Evaluation, Investments, Quality control, Product differentiation

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Endogenous labor supply, growth and overlapping generations

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A new study uses an over-lapping generations model to investigate endogenous labor supply.

Author: Duranton, Gilles
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 2001
Research, Economic development, Labor supply, Labor force

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