Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow
faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of …

Abstract Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business
competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech …

内容提要: 本文分析产业结构和城市规模对我国城市经济效益的协同影响机制,
估计与产业结构相适应的最优城市规模以及在城市规模约束下产业结构转变的边际效益 …

Improving energy efficiency is essential for energy conservation, emissions reduction, and
sustainable development. Prevalent huge efficiency gaps are not advantageous for the …

Production processes are fragmenting across borders with countries trading tasks rather
than products. Export statistics based on value added reveal a process of vertical …

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained
economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael …

Over the past 40 years, globalization has spread development to many parts of the world.
But within countries, development has become more uneven, a phenomenon known as …

Much of the rising international connectedness of city-regions has developed from MNEs
replacing local connections with (superior) international ones. This often creates local …

This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration
economies. We distinguish three types of micro-foundations, based on sharing, matching …

Empirical research on cities starts with a spatial equilibrium condition: workers and firms are
assumed to be indifferent across space. This condition implies that research on cities is …