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Title: The Effect of Economic Growth of a City on Its Neighboring Areas Evidence from the US

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Cities have always been important centers of growth throughout history. Various economics papers have looked into the factors that contribute to growth of a city. However, very little is known on the economic spillovers a city creates to its neighboring areas. In this paper, I look at the effect of the growth of different socio-economic factors of a city on its surrounding non-city counties. The results show that the impact of a city on its surrounding is mainly negative although increases in income of a city leads to a slight increase in income of the neighboring non-city counties, increases in human capital of a city and the proximity of a city near a water-body can reduce the income of a neighboring non-city county.

Url: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2639815

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Authors: Islam, TM Tonmoy

Publisher: Elon University

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