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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.73,P.176-190

语言

英文

关键字

R;R2;R3;R4;Urban spatial structure;Suburbanization;Transportation infrastructure

作者单位

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1;Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, Spain"}]}},"correspondences":{"cor1":{"#name":"correspondence","$":{"id":"cor1

摘要

I investigate the effect of improvements to the transportation infrastructure on changes in location patterns of population in Barcelona, Spain between 1991 and 2006. At a census tract level, I verify and extend the finding of Baum-Snow (2007a) that transportation improvements cause suburbanization: (1) improvements to the highway and railroad systems foster population growth in suburban areas; (2) the transit system also affects the location of population inside the central business district (CBD). To estimate the causal relationship between the growth of population (density) and transportation improvements, I rely on an instrumental variables estimation that uses distances to the nearest Roman road, the nearest 19th century main road, and the nearest 19th century railroad network as instruments for the 1991–2001 changes in distance to the nearest highway ramp and the distance to the nearest railroad station.