Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Huberto M. Ennis
Author-Workplace-Name: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 
Author-Name: Santiago M. Pinto
Author-Workplace-Name: West Virginia University 
Author-Name: Alberto Porto
Author-Workplace-Name: National University of La Plata
Title: Choosing a place to live and a workplace
Abstract: We study how fiscal policies and commuting costs determine the geographical distribution of workers and households in an economy. We characterize equilibrium outcomes in a simple two-region model with commuting costs, local public goods, and local infrastructure. We also provide a short survey of the related economic literature that discusses other important factors driving the localization decisions of agents. Finally, we argue that the issues raise in this paper play a significant role in the geographic distribution of economic activity in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area of Argentina.
Classification-JEL: J61, R12,H3, H41, H54, H7
Keywords: Commuting, local public goods, suburbanization, local infrastructure
Journal: Económica
Pages: 15-51
Volume: LII
Issue: 1-2
Year: 2006
Month: January-December
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Economica/article/view/5502/4514
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:547