Analyzing urban and spatial structure

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Why is it relevant to explain land use patterns?

  • Explain commuting patterns
  • Predict sorting processes of firms and households

Who consumes most of the consumption good? Household in the city centre or in periphery?

Household in the city center because the have to pay less for commuting

Why do we assume diminishing productivity of building material?

When land input is fixed, extra doses of building materials lead to smaller and smaller increases of floor space.
This makes sense since higher buildings need elevators/stronger foundation so do not directly yield extra floor space
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What is the spatial equilibrium assumption with housing production?

  • Profits are the same everywhere

What would happen if each household can produce their own house using the same production function as firms?

Nothing would happen because the firms would also make no profit you also won't save money doing this

What will happen if Corona regulations would never disappear?

  • Cities become less dense because of lower commuting costs & lower consumption of city amenities
  • House prices in the suburbs increase

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