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The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: employment potential vs. community gravity

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. ORCID: 0000-0001-5664-3230 and Wendland, Nicolai (2016) The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: employment potential vs. community gravity. Economics Letters, 143. pp. 125-129. ISSN 0165-1765

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Identification Number: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.04.004

Abstract

We show that an employment potential capitalisation model produces estimates of the spatial decay in employment impact on land prices that are very close to the decay observed in commuting data.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/economics-letters...
Additional Information: © 2016 Elsevier B.V.
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification: R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R3 - Production Analysis and Firm Location > R38 - Government Policies; Regulatory Policies
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R4 - Transportation Systems > R48 - Government Pricing; Regulatory Policies
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2016 13:28
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 01:15
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/66128

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