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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.68,P.287-302

语言

英文

关键字

R12;R23;C10;C43;O18;F1;C4;J3;R1;MAUP;Concentration;Agglomeration;Wage equations;Gravity

作者单位

Paris School of Economics, 48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff2;University of Aix-Marseille, GREQAM, 2 rue de la Charité, 13236 Marseille Cedex 02, France"}]},{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff3;University of Paris-Sud 11, ADIS, 54 Boulevard Desgranges, 92331 Sceaux Cedex, France"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1;Paris School of Economics, 48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France"}]},"aff2":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff2;University of Aix-Marseille, GREQAM, 2 rue de la Charité, 13236 Marseille Cedex 02, France"}]},"aff3":{"#name":"affiliation","$":{"id":"aff3;University of Paris-Sud 11, ADIS, 54 Boulevard Desgranges, 92331 Sceaux Cedex, France"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor1":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1

摘要

This paper evaluates, in the context of economic geography estimates, the magnitude of the distortions arising from the choice of a specific zoning system, which is also known as the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). We undertake three standard economic geography exercises (the analysis of spatial concentration, agglomeration economies, and trade determinants), using various French zoning systems differentiated according to the size and shape of their spatial units. While size might matter, especially when the dependent variable of a regression is not aggregated in the same way as the explanatory variables and/or the zoning system involves large spatial units, shape does so much less. In any case, both dimensions are of secondary importance compared to specification issues.