Metropolitan areas and public infrastructure
Argitaletxea: [s.l. : s.n.], 1999
Argitalpen urtea: 1999
Orrialdeak: 53
Biltzarra: Encuentro de Economía Pública (6. 1999. Oviedo)
Mota: Biltzar ekarpena
Laburpena
In this paper we attempt to explain the formation of cities in a context of metropolitan areas in which farmers do not play any role and where congestion costs appear as an important factor for the spatial con guration of cities. To do this, we rst discuss the di erent e ects that considering farmers and congestion costs as centrifugal forces have on the results. Central to the discussion is the notion of complementarity in the location decisions of rms. Second, we analyze the e ects of different government policies on metropolitan areas. Some results about a central government affecting spatial configuration of cities are presented.