Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235797 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] REGION [ISSN:] 2409-5370 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] European Regional Science Association (ERSA) [Place:] Louvain-la-Neuve [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 97-109
Publisher: 
European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve
Abstract: 
While the positive effect of market access (MA) on population and economic growth has shown to be robust, the results in the literature were obtained in a context of population growth. This article examines the impact that MA has on a system of cities that has suffered a negative population shock. An extended version of the Brezis and Krugman (1997) model of life cycle of cities predicts that a system of cities experiencing population loss will see a relative reorganization of its population from small to larger cities, increasing population concentration. Accordingly, cities with higher MA will lose relatively more. We confirm these predictions using multiple definitions of MA with a comprehensive sample of cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a region with declining population growth since 1990.
Subjects: 
Market access
urban decline
demographic transition
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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