This paper aims to measure personal preferences regarding various attributes that affect choice of city of residence in the long term. A conjoint questionnaire was formulated in order to measure consumer perception of the importance of various attributes, such as quality of education, distance from work, average property price, and distance from family. Each attribute is composed of two categorical levels: high and low. The findings reveal which of the attributes is the most effective based on the decision-making process and shed light on which combination of attributes is most preferred by respondents. The paper addresses a new view of personal definition to buy or rent real estate when selection of the “proper“ real estate relative to one's profile is taken into account. This view is of value to a variety of real estate professionals engaged in suggesting and evaluating value to consumers.
{"title":"Did I Make The Right Decision? Attributes That Influence People'S Choice Of City Of Residence","authors":"Ze'ev Shtudiner, M. Zwilling, J. Kantor","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12062","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to measure personal preferences regarding various attributes that affect choice of city of residence in the long term. A conjoint questionnaire was formulated in order to measure consumer perception of the importance of various attributes, such as quality of education, distance from work, average property price, and distance from family. Each attribute is composed of two categorical levels: high and low. The findings reveal which of the attributes is the most effective based on the decision-making process and shed light on which combination of attributes is most preferred by respondents. The paper addresses a new view of personal definition to buy or rent real estate when selection of the “proper“ real estate relative to one's profile is taken into account. This view is of value to a variety of real estate professionals engaged in suggesting and evaluating value to consumers.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"103-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41790170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
South Korea's official development assistance (ODA) is “spread thinly” to many recipient countries. It's inbound education ODA is no exception. In spite of the growing number of long-term scholarship recipients, South Korea considers too many countries, regardless of geographical proximity, which reduces the program's effectiveness to manage and sustain aid. This contrasts sharply with the Japanese system in which only a small number of Asian countries are considered. The linking of scholarship allocation to priority partner countries that already lack concentration may be a contributing factor. Based on a gravity model and using a dataset of scholarship recipients funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, this study examines the two ODA programs and recommends the establishment of an agency to focus on scholarship programs to enhance selection and concentration.
{"title":"SPREAD OR CONCENTRATED: WHERE IS SOUTH KOREAN INBOUND EDUCATION AID AIMED AND WHERE SHOULD IT BE DIRECTED? A COMPARISON WITH THE JAPANESE CASE","authors":"Jinhwan Oh","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12064","url":null,"abstract":"South Korea's official development assistance (ODA) is “spread thinly” to many recipient countries. It's inbound education ODA is no exception. In spite of the growing number of long-term scholarship recipients, South Korea considers too many countries, regardless of geographical proximity, which reduces the program's effectiveness to manage and sustain aid. This contrasts sharply with the Japanese system in which only a small number of Asian countries are considered. The linking of scholarship allocation to priority partner countries that already lack concentration may be a contributing factor. Based on a gravity model and using a dataset of scholarship recipients funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, this study examines the two ODA programs and recommends the establishment of an agency to focus on scholarship programs to enhance selection and concentration.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"114-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45867319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Efficiency in the provision of some large-scale services motivates the administrative coordination of the urban functions at a more aggregate level. In Italy, the Metropolitan City (MC) has recently been introduced as an effective intermediate level between the region and the municipalities, to accommodate the integrated management of urban functions characterized by a broad spatial scope. The case of the Milan MC provides an opportunity for reflection on the extent to which the MC design should be envisioned, considering the urban morphology of an area. We analyze the patterns of urbanization, measured with population density and the share of urbanized area, considering the territories of the enlarged Milan metropolitan area, which includes the MC municipalities and of a contiguous province. The area under study can be considered a spatial continuum in which urbanization is markedly shaped by a core-periphery pattern. We conclude that the MC design should have included all of the territories of the enlarged Milan metropolitan area, which are clearly interconnected with the Milan economy.
{"title":"SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF URBANIZATION PATTERNS: THE CASE OF LAND USE AND POPULATION DENSITY IN THE MILAN METROPOLITAN AREA","authors":"G. Guastella, S. Pareglio","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12060","url":null,"abstract":"Efficiency in the provision of some large-scale services motivates the administrative coordination of the urban functions at a more aggregate level. In Italy, the Metropolitan City (MC) has recently been introduced as an effective intermediate level between the region and the municipalities, to accommodate the integrated management of urban functions characterized by a broad spatial scope. The case of the Milan MC provides an opportunity for reflection on the extent to which the MC design should be envisioned, considering the urban morphology of an area. We analyze the patterns of urbanization, measured with population density and the share of urbanized area, considering the territories of the enlarged Milan metropolitan area, which includes the MC municipalities and of a contiguous province. The area under study can be considered a spatial continuum in which urbanization is markedly shaped by a core-periphery pattern. We conclude that the MC design should have included all of the territories of the enlarged Milan metropolitan area, which are clearly interconnected with the Milan economy.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"89-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46462593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We develop a two-region model in an overlapping generations economy with longevity, assuming that households decide the number of children and the residential location. An examination of the relationship between life expectancy and spatial agglomeration leads to our conclusion that a longer life expectancy promotes agglomeration. The results of our study show that the imbalance of the population distribution between urban and rural areas grows concomitantly with longevity.
{"title":"Aging And Urban Agglomeration Under A Multi-Regional Overlapping Generations Model","authors":"Tohru Naito, Tatsuya Omori","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12065","url":null,"abstract":"We develop a two-region model in an overlapping generations economy with longevity, assuming that households decide the number of children and the residential location. An examination of the relationship between life expectancy and spatial agglomeration leads to our conclusion that a longer life expectancy promotes agglomeration. The results of our study show that the imbalance of the population distribution between urban and rural areas grows concomitantly with longevity.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"135-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47838565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The presence of a quality health care service (HCS) industry in a region can contribute significantly to the attraction of new industries, retain the existing ones, and contribute to the overall social and economic prosperity of the region. However, when conducting an economic impact assessment it is not always clear how the value of the HCS industry can be increased at a regional level. The HCS industry is often one of the largest industries in a region in terms of creating employment and generating income, but unless it creates linkages with other industries, its contribution to the prosperity of the region will be limited. This paper suggests a methodology for economic impact assessment aimed at increasing the benefits of HCS at a regional level. Using a case study of the Fitzroy Statistical Division, a non-metropolitan region in Queensland, Australia, the regional economic impact is assessed using input–output analysis. In each region, the key sectors need to be encouraged to enhance connections with the HCS industry in order to enhance the value of HCS in the region.
{"title":"ENHANCING THE VALUE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT A REGIONAL LEVEL","authors":"Galina Williams","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12058","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of a quality health care service (HCS) industry in a region can contribute significantly to the attraction of new industries, retain the existing ones, and contribute to the overall social and economic prosperity of the region. However, when conducting an economic impact assessment it is not always clear how the value of the HCS industry can be increased at a regional level. The HCS industry is often one of the largest industries in a region in terms of creating employment and generating income, but unless it creates linkages with other industries, its contribution to the prosperity of the region will be limited. This paper suggests a methodology for economic impact assessment aimed at increasing the benefits of HCS at a regional level. Using a case study of the Fitzroy Statistical Division, a non-metropolitan region in Queensland, Australia, the regional economic impact is assessed using input–output analysis. In each region, the key sectors need to be encouraged to enhance connections with the HCS industry in order to enhance the value of HCS in the region.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"46-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48205921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study addresses the problem of hub airport privatization in a domestic airline market, where each country has one major hub airport and multiple local airports. We find that when both countries have very small domestic airline markets, airport privatization occurs at the Nash equilibrium. However, when at least one country has a large domestic airline market, the public airport becomes an equilibrium outcome. Furthermore, depending on the number of airline markets and degree of product differentiation, an asymmetric equilibrium may appear.
{"title":"AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION COMPETITION INCLUDING DOMESTIC AIRLINE MARKETS","authors":"A. Kawasaki","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12056","url":null,"abstract":"This study addresses the problem of hub airport privatization in a domestic airline market, where each country has one major hub airport and multiple local airports. We find that when both countries have very small domestic airline markets, airport privatization occurs at the Nash equilibrium. However, when at least one country has a large domestic airline market, the public airport becomes an equilibrium outcome. Furthermore, depending on the number of airline markets and degree of product differentiation, an asymmetric equilibrium may appear.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"2-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43785373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this study, we model how traditional factors associated with a supply-side view of business climate, at times identified with neo-liberalism, influence interstate relocation patterns of manufacturers using a panel (2000–2011) of the 48 contiguous American states. We find that very few manufacturing firms relocate across state lines in any given year and those that do relocate are relatively small businesses and are most likely to move to neighboring states. Traditional factors associated with business climate, such as taxation, appear to influence manufacturing interstate relocation. Further analysis shows that the tax policy changes necessary for an economically significant effect on relocation are likely infeasible.
{"title":"INTERSTATE RELOCATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND BUSINESS CLIMATE","authors":"Tessa Conroy, S. Deller, A. Tsvetkova","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12057","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we model how traditional factors associated with a supply-side view of business climate, at times identified with neo-liberalism, influence interstate relocation patterns of manufacturers using a panel (2000–2011) of the 48 contiguous American states. We find that very few manufacturing firms relocate across state lines in any given year and those that do relocate are relatively small businesses and are most likely to move to neighboring states. Traditional factors associated with business climate, such as taxation, appear to influence manufacturing interstate relocation. Further analysis shows that the tax policy changes necessary for an economically significant effect on relocation are likely infeasible.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"18-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45799914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban areas contribute to nearly two-thirds of India's gross domestic product, but only constitute 31% of the country's population. In this paper, I address the following questions: What are the specializations of Indian cities and towns, and how have these changed over time; and what part of the specialization identified is a result of local advantages versus industry or national economic growth? Answers to these questions are basic to sustaining the competitiveness of India's cities. I used standard Census of India data at city level to compute location quotients for India's cities and towns, and examined changes in their economic base over time. Further, I performed shift-share analyses for selected large cities to disaggregate their employment growth. On average, over 1991–2001, specialization in all sectors, with the exception of trade, decreased. I found evidence of persistence in the sectoral specialization of Indian cities during 1991–2001. Further, in all non-agricultural economic sectors, cities in states know to be backward and lagging are specialized in most sectors. Based on location quotient analyses, I find that Mumbai is the financial capital of the country, Delhi is the seat of public administration, and Bengaluru specializes in transport, storage, and communications.
{"title":"Economic Change And Specialization In India'S Cities","authors":"Kala Seetharam Sridhar","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12059","url":null,"abstract":"Urban areas contribute to nearly two-thirds of India's gross domestic product, but only constitute 31% of the country's population. In this paper, I address the following questions: What are the specializations of Indian cities and towns, and how have these changed over time; and what part of the specialization identified is a result of local advantages versus industry or national economic growth? Answers to these questions are basic to sustaining the competitiveness of India's cities. I used standard Census of India data at city level to compute location quotients for India's cities and towns, and examined changes in their economic base over time. Further, I performed shift-share analyses for selected large cities to disaggregate their employment growth. On average, over 1991–2001, specialization in all sectors, with the exception of trade, decreased. I found evidence of persistence in the sectoral specialization of Indian cities during 1991–2001. Further, in all non-agricultural economic sectors, cities in states know to be backward and lagging are specialized in most sectors. Based on location quotient analyses, I find that Mumbai is the financial capital of the country, Delhi is the seat of public administration, and Bengaluru specializes in transport, storage, and communications.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"63-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46955972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper estimates the degree of overpopulation in a city by combining theoretical work on optimal city size with a data-intensive computable general equilibrium model of a medium-sized city (Fort Collins, Colorado). The hypothesized inverted-U of real income per worker in optimal city size literature is reproduced using pecuniary externalities given the unequal distribution of land and capital income to resident households. The results show that household distribution is skewed toward upper income households of overpopulated cities. Policy implications suggest that urban sprawl, increased commuting, and export-oriented retail growth reduce overpopulation leading to efficiency gains, as does export growth in services and total factor productivity growth in manufacturing.
{"title":"OVERPOPULATION, OPTIMAL CITY SIZE AND THE EFFICIENCY OF URBAN SPRAWL","authors":"P. Burnett","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12051","url":null,"abstract":"This paper estimates the degree of overpopulation in a city by combining theoretical work on optimal city size with a data-intensive computable general equilibrium model of a medium-sized city (Fort Collins, Colorado). The hypothesized inverted-U of real income per worker in optimal city size literature is reproduced using pecuniary externalities given the unequal distribution of land and capital income to resident households. The results show that household distribution is skewed toward upper income households of overpopulated cities. Policy implications suggest that urban sprawl, increased commuting, and export-oriented retail growth reduce overpopulation leading to efficiency gains, as does export growth in services and total factor productivity growth in manufacturing.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"143-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63727322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Recent literature strongly suggests that a common currency could be a potential long-term currency arrangement for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). However, a high level of macroeconomic heterogeneity among these countries raises questions about the viability of managing a common monetary policy in the long run. In response to such currency management policy debate, this study analyzes the intra-regional trade induction capability of a common currency for the ASEAN region. Using a gravity model of trade and an extended event study approach, the study finds that a common currency would induce intra-ASEAN trade by 11–14 cents against every dollar of ASEAN gross domestic product. However, if the cost of managing regional macroeconomic harmonization is substantially high, a currency union for the ASEAN economy not be cost effective.
{"title":"CAN A COMMON CURRENCY INDUCE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE? THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVE","authors":"Shahriar Kabir, Ruhul Salim","doi":"10.1111/RURD.12054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/RURD.12054","url":null,"abstract":"Recent literature strongly suggests that a common currency could be a potential long-term currency arrangement for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). However, a high level of macroeconomic heterogeneity among these countries raises questions about the viability of managing a common monetary policy in the long run. In response to such currency management policy debate, this study analyzes the intra-regional trade induction capability of a common currency for the ASEAN region. Using a gravity model of trade and an extended event study approach, the study finds that a common currency would induce intra-ASEAN trade by 11–14 cents against every dollar of ASEAN gross domestic product. However, if the cost of managing regional macroeconomic harmonization is substantially high, a currency union for the ASEAN economy not be cost effective.","PeriodicalId":39676,"journal":{"name":"Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"218-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/RURD.12054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63727402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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