Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1289:
Commuting, Externalities, and the Geographical Sizes of Metropolitan Areas
Eckhardt Bode
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.
Keywords: urban economics, commuting, agglomeration economies, land price gradient, urban fringe, Germany; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: C21,; C52,; R14; (follow links to similar papers)
32 pages, August 2006
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