A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Cities are central to the live of the majority of the human population. While the proportion of people moving to cities has increased steadily, the population living in city centers has decreased in many developing and developed countries. My thesis focuses in understanding what are the causes and consequences of different urban developments. A question I tackle in my research is what are the effects of firm and residential density. In the first chapter of my thesis (The Taller the Better? Agglomeration Determinants and Urban Structure), I estimate the productivity gains of an extreme form of urban density: skyscrapers in cities. In the second chapter of my thesis (Vertical and Horizontal Cities: in Which Direction Should Cities Grow?), I combine both data and theory in order to structurally estimate the effects of different city development on productivity and amenities. I show that cities that are more vertically developed have higher level of amenities. A second strand of my thesis focuses on understanding how people and firms decide to locate inside cities. In particular, in the third chapter of my thesis (Flight from Urban Blight: Lead Poisoning, Crime and Suburbanization), joint with Federico Masera, we provide causal evidence that crime has been an important reason to explain suburbanization of U.S. cities. ; Programa de Doctorado en Economía por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ; Presidente: Stephen Gibbons ; Secretario: Jan Leonard Stuhler ; Vocal: Nathaniel Baum-Snow
Cities are central to the live of the majority of the human population. While the proportion of people moving to cities has increased steadily, the population living in city centers has decreased in many developing and developed countries. My thesis focuses in understanding what are the causes and consequences of different urban developments. A question I tackle in my research is what are the effects of firm and residential density. In the first chapter of my thesis (The Taller the Better? Agglomeration Determinants and Urban Structure), I estimate the productivity gains of an extreme form of urban density: skyscrapers in cities. In the second chapter of my thesis (Vertical and Horizontal Cities: in Which Direction Should Cities Grow?), I combine both data and theory in order to structurally estimate the effects of different city development on productivity and amenities. I show that cities that are more vertically developed have higher level of amenities. A second strand of my thesis focuses on understanding how people and firms decide to locate inside cities. In particular, in the third chapter of my thesis (Flight from Urban Blight: Lead Poisoning, Crime and Suburbanization), joint with Federico Masera, we provide causal evidence that crime has been an important reason to explain suburbanization of U.S. cities. ; Programa de Doctorado en Economía por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ; Presidente: Stephen Gibbons ; Secretario: Jan Leonard Stuhler ; Vocal: Nathaniel Baum-Snow
Three essays in urban economics
Curci, Federico (author)
2019
Theses
Electronic Resource
English