Urban growth, externality and welfare

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Abstract

This paper examines the short-run and long-run welfare implications of policies for promoting urban growth for less-developed countries. It is shown that the short-run effects of tariffs, wage and production subsidies on the urban unemployment ratio do not carry over to the long run. Along with agglomeration economies and intersectoral externality, the urban unemployment ratio plays a key role in determining social welfare.

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