Does decentralization of governance promote urban diversity? Evidence from Spain
| Autor: | Peter Mulder, Jorge Diaz-Lanchas |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Corporate governance
05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography General Social Sciences 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Decentralization Test (assessment) Specialization (functional) Business Economic geography 050703 geography General Environmental Science Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Regional Studies. 55:1111-1128 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0591 0034-3404 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00343404.2020.1863940 |
| Popis: | The worldwide trend to decentralize the responsibilities and budgets of governments impacts regional economies in various ways. We use the example of Spain to test empirically whether the decentralization of governance is an important determinant of the sectoral composition of cities in an urban system. Our regression results, exploiting unique firm-level and time-varying transport-cost data, support the hypothesis that governance decentralization and the establishment of regional government headquarters in specific cities have been conducive to a more diverse urban economic structure and a more even city-size distribution in the Spanish urban system during a period of continuous reductions in transport costs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|