Report NEP-URE-2012-04-03

This is the archive for NEP-URE, a report on new working papers in the area of Urban and Real Estate Economics. Steve Ross issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Jessie Bakens & Peter Mulder & Peter Nijkamp, 2012. "Economic Impacts of Cultural Diversity in the Netherlands: Productivity, Utility, and Sorting," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-024/3, Tinbergen Institute.
• Charlot, S. & Paty, S. & Piguet, V., 2012. "Does fiscal cooperation increase local tax rates in urban areas," Working Papers 201202, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL).
• Corradin, Stefano & Fillat, Jose L. & Vergara, Carles, 2012. "Optimal portfolio choice with predictability in house prices and transaction costs," IESE Research Papers D/948, IESE Business School.
• F. Tedeschi & A. Reggiani & P. Nijkamp, 2012. "Spatial Commuting Patterns of German Regional Labour Markets: A Sustainability Perspective," Working Papers wp819, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
• Rebecca Allen & Simon Burgess, 2012. "How should we treat under-performing schools? A regression discontinuity analysis of school inspections in England," DoQSS Working Papers 12-02, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London.
• Dingsheng Zhang & Wenli Cheng & Yew-Kwang Ng, 2012. "Increasing Returns, Land Use Controls and Housing Prices," Monash Economics Working Papers 12-14, Monash University, Department of Economics.
• Adrienne Lucas & Isaac M. Mbiti, 2012. "The Determinants and Consequence of School Choice Errors in Kenya," Working Papers 12-05, University of Delaware, Department of Economics.
• Gareis, Johannes & Mayer, Eric, 2012. "What drives Ireland's housing market? A Bayesian DSGE approach," W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers 88, University of Würzburg, Department of Economics.
• Gaigne, Carl & Riou, Stephane & Thisse, Jacques-Francois, 2012. "Are Compact Cities Environmentally (and Socially) Desirable?," Working Papers 121692, University of Laval, Center for Research on the Economics of the Environment, Agri-food, Transports and Energy (CREATE).
• Toon VANDYCK & Stef PROOST, 2011. "Inefficiencies in regional commuting policy," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces11.18, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
• Sarantis Lolos & Evangelia Papapetrou, 2011. "Housing credit and female labour supply: assessing the evidence from Greece," Working Papers 141, Bank of Greece.
• Broll, Udo & Roldán-Ponce, Antonio & Wahl, Jack E., 2012. "Regional investment under uncertain costs of location," Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics 01/12, Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics.
• NONNEMAN, Walter, 2012. "School achievement and failure of immigrant children in Flanders," Working Papers 2012008, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics.
• KONISHI Yoko & Se-il MUN & NISHIYAMA Yoshihiko & Ji Eun SUNG, 2012. "Determinants of Transport Costs for Inter-regional Trade," Discussion papers 12016, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Richard M. Bird & M. Govinda Rao, 2012. "Coping with Change: The Need to Restructure Urban Governance and Finance in India," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1203, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Christian Dustmann & Patrick A. Puhani & Uta Schönberg, 2012. "The Long-term Effects of School Quality on Labor Market Outcomes and Educational Attainment," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1208, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
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• Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2012. "Reexamining The Determinants Of Fiscal Decentralization: What Is The Role Of Geography?," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1211, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Oberst, Christian A., 2011. "A methodology approach to delineate functional economic market areas: With an iterative three-step spatial clustering procedure," CAWM Discussion Papers 55, University of Münster, Münster Center for Economic Policy (MEP).
• Luiz de Mello & Santiago Lago-Peñas, 2012. "Local Government Cooperation for Joint Provision: The Experiences of Brazil and Spain with Inter-Municipal Consortia," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1218, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Cristian Sepúlveda, 2012. "Sub-national Revenue Mobilization in Peru," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1209, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• R'emi Lemoy & Eric Bertin, 2012. "Dynamical fluctuations in a simple housing market model," Papers 1203.5298, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2012.
• Catherine HAECK & Pierre LEFEBVRE & Philip MERRIGAN, 2011. "All students left behind: an ambitious provincial school reform in Canada, but poor math achievements from grade 2 to 10," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces11.28, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
• Ikumo Isono & Satoru Kumagai & Fukunari Kimura, 2012. "Agglomeration and Dispersion in China and ASEAN: a Geographical Simulation Analysis," Working Papers DP-2012-02, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
• Birol TOPUZ Author_Email:, 2011. "The Gulen Inspired Turkish Schools In Baku, Azerbaijan, And Mystery Of Their Successes," International Conference on Management (ICM 2011) Proceeding 2011-084-316, Conference Master Resources.
• Paul VAN ROMPUY, 2012. "Public debt consolidation with multi-tier governments: rules matter," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces12.02, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
• Mildred E. Warner, 2012. "Does Local Government Size Matter? Privatization and Hybrid Systems of Local Service Delivery," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1212, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Marte Rønning, 2012. "The effect of working conditions on teachers'sickness absence," Discussion Papers 684, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
• Zhang, Hewitt & Hu, Yannan & Hu, Bo, 2012. "House-price crash and macroeconomic crisis: a Hong Kong case study," MPRA Paper 35534, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Giovanni Facchini & Anna Maria Mayda & Mariapia Mendola, 2012. "South-South Migration and the Labor Market: Evidence from South Africa," Development Working Papers 331, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano, revised 27 Mar 2012.
• Bernard Dafflon, 2012. "Voluntary amalgamation of local governments: the Swiss debate in the European context," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1204, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Heizler, Odelia & Kimhi, Ayal, 2011. "Does Family Composition Affect Social Networking?," Discussion Papers 121698, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.
• Germà Bel, 2012. "Local Government Size and Efficiency in Capital Intensive Services: What Evidence is There of Economies of Scale, Density and Scope?," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1215, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Martin Lusticky Author_Email:, 2011. "Benchmarking As A Quality Enhancement Method Of Regional Planning In Tourism," International Conference on Management (ICM 2011) Proceeding 2011-108-235, Conference Master Resources.
• Richard M. Bird, 2012. "Are There Trends in Local Finance? A Comparative Look at Data and Normative Models of Local Government Finance," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1205, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
• Bruce K. Johnson & John C. Whitehead & Daniel S. Mason & Gordon J. Walker, 2012. "Willingness to Pay for Downtown Public Goods Generated by Large, Sports-Anchored Development Projects: The CVM Approach," Working Papers 12-01, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
• Takehiro Usui & Kenji Takeuchi, 2012. "Evaluating Unit-Based Pricing Of Residential Solid Waste: A Panel Data Analysis," Discussion Papers 1203, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University.
• Trevor Tombe, 2012. "Structural Change and Regional Convergence: The Case of Declining Transport Costs," Working Papers tt0061, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Economics, revised 2012.
• Duranton, Gilles & Combes, Pierre-Philippe & Gobillon, Laurent & Roux, Sébastien, 2012. "Sorting and local wage and skill distributions in France," CEPR Discussion Papers 8920, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Afridi, Farzana & Li, Sherry Xin & Ren, Yufei, 2012. "Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hukou System," IZA Discussion Papers 6417, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Saskia VAN DER LOO & Stef PROOST, 2011. "The European road pricing game: how to enforce optimal pricing in high-transit countries under asymmetric information," Working Papers of Department of Economics, Leuven ces11.19, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Economics, Leuven.
• Brian Dollery & Michael Kortt & Bligh Grant, 2012. "Options for Rationalizing Local Government Structure: A Policy Agenda," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1207, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.