This paper reviews the linkages between urbanization and economic development. It articulates the relationship between urban density and potential increases in productivity, through specialization, complementarities in production, through the diffusion of knowledge and mimicry, and simply through size and scale. The factors limiting the efficient sizes of cities are analyzed. The paper reviews empirical knowledge, from underdeveloped countries as...
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2008/01/01
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Document de travail (série numérotée)
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57719
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2010/11/25
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Urbanization, agglomeration, and economic development
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geographic localization of knowledge spillover
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