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Political Economy of City Sizes and Formation

Year: 2001

Type: preprint

Abstract: There are two paradigms of city formation and size-the competitive model of large-scale land developers operating in national land markets and the self-organization model of agglomeration. This paper examines the effects of local politics, urban classes, and restrictions in national land markets on city size and formation. It starts by introducing local politics into the two paradigms. Then it turns to a growth situation, where land developers initiate new settlements, but existing cities are either self-organized or governed locally. The paper also examines the politics of local no-growth movements and of governance of specially favored mega-cities.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: J. Vernon Henderson, Randy A. Becker

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, United States Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Governance

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3121810596

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