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Title: Valuing Public Goods More Generally: The Case of Infrastructure
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: We examine the relationship between local public goods, prices, wages, and population in an equilibrium inter-city model. Non-traded production, federal taxes, and imperfect mobility all affect how public goods (or “amenities” more broadly) should be valued from data. Reinterpreting the estimated effects of public infrastructure on prices and wages in Haughwout (2002), we find infrastructure over twice as valuable with our more general model. New estimates based on more years, cities, and data-sets indicate stronger wage and positive population effects of infrastructure. These imply higher values of infrastructure to firms, and also to households if moving costs are substantial.
Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2981752
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Authors: Albouy, David; Farahani, Arash
Series Title: Upjohn Institute working paper
Publication Number: 17-272
Institution: Upjohn Institute
Pages: 53
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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