• Media type: E-Book; Report
  • Title: Social agglomeration externalities
  • Contributor: Borck, Rainald [Author]
  • imprint: Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 2005
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: externalities ; agglomeration ; social interaction ; R22 ; R23
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  • Description: This paper examines social agglomeration externalities. Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, I examine the link between city size and different measures of consumption, social interaction and social capital. Further, using responses to satisfaction questions, I analyse whether individuals are compensated for diseconomies of agglomeration by positive agglomeration externalities in other areas. This equilibrium hypothesis cannot be rejected.
  • Access State: Open Access