Arbeitspapier
Regional borders, commuting and transport network integration
I study how and why economic activity varies around regional borders. Spatial quasi-experimental variation around French departmental borders reveals discontinuous commuting and residential patterns. To tackle the endogenous border placement problem, I exploit a geometric border design proposed during the French Revolution. I then calibrate a spatial quantifiable general equilibrium framework to structurally match the quasi-experimental estimates. The commuting and residential discontinuities are well explained by a 7km bilateral distance penalty when crossing regional borders, which is the consequence of the decentralized planning and development of local transport networks. Policy simulation shows that integrating local transport networks leads to a 11.7% average growth in real per capita residential income.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 489
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Transportation Economics: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- Thema
-
Border
Commuting
Discontinuity
Transport network
Decentralization
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Loumeau, Gabriel
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
- (wo)
-
Zurich
- (wann)
-
2020
- DOI
-
doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000458728
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Loumeau, Gabriel
- ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Entstanden
- 2020
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Commuting network models : Getting the essentials
Commuting network models: Getting the essentials
Legal Aspect of Border Commuting in the Danish-German Border Region
Cross-border commuting and consuming: an empirical investigation
State Tax Differentials, Cross-Border Commuting, and Commuting Times in Multi-State Metropolitan Areas
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Accelerating regional integration: Issues at the border
The start of Yugoslavia's disintegration: Where borders cut commuting spheres
Risk Aversion, Time Preference and Cross-border Commuting and Migration Intentions
Cross-border transport infrastructure, regional integration and development
Borders matter!: Regional integration in Europe and North America
Commuting network models : Getting the essentials
Commuting network models: Getting the essentials
Legal Aspect of Border Commuting in the Danish-German Border Region
Cross-border commuting and consuming: an empirical investigation
State Tax Differentials, Cross-Border Commuting, and Commuting Times in Multi-State Metropolitan Areas
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Accelerating regional integration: Issues at the border
The start of Yugoslavia's disintegration: Where borders cut commuting spheres
Risk Aversion, Time Preference and Cross-border Commuting and Migration Intentions
Cross-border transport infrastructure, regional integration and development
Borders matter!: Regional integration in Europe and North America
Commuting network models : Getting the essentials
Commuting network models: Getting the essentials
Legal Aspect of Border Commuting in the Danish-German Border Region
Cross-border commuting and consuming: an empirical investigation
State Tax Differentials, Cross-Border Commuting, and Commuting Times in Multi-State Metropolitan Areas
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Urbanization, commuting and regional labor markets
Accelerating regional integration: Issues at the border
The start of Yugoslavia's disintegration: Where borders cut commuting spheres
Risk Aversion, Time Preference and Cross-border Commuting and Migration Intentions
Cross-border transport infrastructure, regional integration and development