Cities, regions and the decline of transport costs

By Edward L. Glaeser, J. Kohlhase. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Transportation

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Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US (2014, background): “We estimate the effect of transportation costs and infrastructure on trade flows using data that describe bilateral trade flows between cities.”
Rethinking Community Economic Development (2006, background): “Over the 20th century, the decline in real transportation cost by 90% has made the transport of goods essentially free, but it is still expensive to move people (Glaeser & Kohlhase, 2004).”
Cities, Skills and Regional Change (2014, neutral): “Big factories seem a better match for moderate density levels (G laeser and K ohlhase , 2004 ).”
Transportation Costs, Agricultural Productivity and Cross-Country Income Differences (2011, neutral): “where, I have also used the transportation production functions, and the labor market clearing conditions (15) and (19).”
A new economic geography model of central places (2011, background): “(10) where w c ≡ w(xc) to ease the burden of notation.”
What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns (2010, neutral): “Transportation costs for physical goods have declined remarkably over the twentieth century ( Glaeser and Janet E. Kohlhase 2004 .”
The Puzzling Persistence of the Distance Effect on Bilateral Trade (2008, neutral): “Using US data, Glaeser and Kohlhase (2004) report that “80% of all shipments (again by value) occur in industries where transport costs are less than 4% of total value.””
Urban Resurgence and the Consumer City (2006, neutral): “As the real costs of moving goods declined by more than 90 percent over the 20 century (Glaeser and Kohlhase, 2004), the need to agglomerate around rivers or coal mines disappeared.”
Telecommuting, Household Commute and Location Choice (2013, background): “Instead, cities are evolving, as various agglomeration benefits (for example, labour market pooling, knowledge spillovers) continue to contribute to sustaining cities (Webber, 1996; Glaeser and Kohlhase, 2004; Storper and Leamer, 2001).”