Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting
Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting
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高速公路、市场准入和空间排序
DOI：
10.1093/ej/ueab070
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发表时间：
2017
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通讯作者：
Frédéric Robert
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作者：
S. Fretz;Raphaël Parchet;Frédéric Robert
我们设计了一个简约的空间均衡模型，具有异质技能和非相似偏好的工人体现。在均衡状态下，通勤便利的地点对高收入者的吸引力相对更大。我们实证分析了1960年至2010年间瑞士高速公路网的建设对城市人口规模和组成的影响。我们发现，新的高速公路通道的出现导致高收入纳税人的份额长期增加24%，低收入纳税人的份额减少8%，影响收入隔离。高速公路也促进了就业和住宅的城市扩张。
We design a parsimonious spatial equilibrium model featuring workers embodied with heterogeneous skills and non-homothetic preferences. In equilibrium, locations with improved commuting access become relatively more attractive to high-income earners. We empirically analyse the effects of the construction of the Swiss highway network between 1960 and 2010 on the population size and composition of municipalities. We find that the advent of a new highway access led to a long-term 24% increase in the share of top-income taxpayers and a 8% decrease in the share of low-income taxpayers, impacting segregation by income. Highways also contributed to job and residential urban sprawl.