Browsing by Author "Xepapadeas, Anastasios"

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    Atmospheric Pollution in Rapidly Growing Urban Centers: Spatial Policies and Land Use Patterns
    (2014-08) Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios; Dept. of Economics, University of Gothenburg
    We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-o¤ between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines the emergence of industrial and residential clusters across space. In this context, we de ne two kinds of spatial policies that can be used in order to close the gap between optimal and market allocations. More speci cally, we show that the joint implementation of a site-speci c environmental tax and a site-speci c labor subsidy can reproduce the optimum as an equilibrium outcome. The methodological approach followed in this paper allows for endogenous determination of land use patterns and is shown to provide more precise results compared to previous studies.
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    Spatial Policies and Land Use Patterns: Optimal and market allocations
    (2013-05) Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios; Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg
    Environmental conditions and pollution levels have been proven to affect firms and households location decisions in various ways. In this paper, we study the opti- mal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. Industries produce a single good using land and labor and generate emissions of a pollutant, and households consume goods and residential land and dislike pollution. The trade-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of industrial pollution, environmental policy, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines the emergence of industrial and residential clusters across space. We also show that the joint implementation of a site-specific environmental tax and a site-specific labor subsidy can reproduce the optimum as an equilibrium outcome.