Agglomeration economies and a test for optimal city sizes in Japan

被引：64

作者：

Kanemoto, Y

Ohkawara, T

Suzuki, T

机构：

[1] CENT RES INST ELECT POWER IND,SOCIOECON RES CTR,CHIYODA KU,TOKYO 100,JAPAN

[2] UNIV TSUKUBA,INST SOCIOECON PLANNING,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES | 1996年 / 10卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1006/jjie.1996.0022

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We estimate aggregate production functions for metropolitan areas in Japan to derive the magnitudes of agglomeration economies. Using the estimates of agglomeration economies, we test if Japanese cities, in particular, Tokyo, are too large. (C) 1996 Academic Press,Inc.

引用

页码：379 / 398

页数：20

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