HKS Affiliated Authors
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, FAS
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Urban Networks: Spreading the Flow of Goods, People, and Ideas. Edward Glaeser, September 7, 2015, Paper. "Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized metropolises? Can Europe's mid-sized cities compete with global agglomeration by forging stronger inter-urban links? This paper examines these questions within a model of recombinant growth and endogenous local amenities. Three primary factors determine the trade-off's between networks and big cities: local returns to scale in innovation, the elasticity of housing supply, and the importance of local amenities..." Link