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1. Comment: On a non-appraisal of the ‘Jacobs Hypothesis’.

Author

Taylor, Peter

Subjects
*ECONOMIC development, *URBAN growth, *URBANIZATION, *POPULATION, *SOCIAL sciences, *URBAN policy, *GROSS domestic product, *ECONOMICS, *CITIES & towns
Abstract

This is a critique of Polèse's recent paper entitled ‘Cities and national economic growth: a reappraisal’ which purports to test the ‘Jacobs hypothesis’. It is argued that both main variables used, ‘national levels of urbanisation’ and ‘per capita GDP growth’, are mis-specified. The critique is related to the state-centric nature of social science and policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006
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