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Title: The Relationship between City Center Density and Urban Growth or Decline

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: In this paper we contrast the spatial patterns of population density and other demographic changes in growing versus shrinking MSAs from 1980 to 2010. We find that, on average, shrinking MSAs show the steepest drop in population density near the Central Business District (CBD). Motivated by this fact, we explore the connection between changes in population density at the core of the MSA and MSA productivity. We find that changes in near-CBD population density are positively associated with per capita income growth at the MSA-level.

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Authors: Fee, Kyle; Hartley, Daniel

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Publication Number: 12-13

Institution: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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Publisher Location: Cleveland, Ohio

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Topics: Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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