Dispersed Interactions of Urban Residents

Bazhanov, Andrei and Hartwick, John (2006): Dispersed Interactions of Urban Residents.

Abstract

Beckmann's interaction model has each resident touching base in face-to-face activity with every other resident at the other's residence per unit time. We re-work his resulting ''interaction city'' with each resident ''operating with'' a Cobb-Douglas utility function. Similar but somewhat ''richer'' outcomes occur. We also investigate a new case with intermediate dispersion of face-to-face activity, one with scale economies in trip-making.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Household spatial interactions; Dispersed residential activity
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R14 - Land Use Patterns; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory

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