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| Title: | | Commuting, externalities, and the geographical sizes of metropolitan areas  |
| Authors: | | Bode, Eckhardt |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1289 |
| Abstract: | | The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and using land prices to measure their aggregate effects, the approach estimates the geographical reach of commuting and urban externalities from a hierarchical system of gradient functions. The results for West German NUTS3 regions indicate that metropolitan areas may be larger than suggested by MSA classifications based on commuting only. Metropolitan subcenters are found to enlarge metropolitan areas significantly. |
| Subjects: | | Urban economics Commuting Agglomeration economies Land price gradient Urban fringe Germany |
| JEL: | | R14 C21 C52 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Economists Online Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW
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