Optimal Urban Population Size: National vs Local Economic Efficiency

This paper explores whether the population size of the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) in Korea is efficient in terms of the national economy. To undertake this analysis, a recursively dynamic interregional computable general equilibrium (ICGE) model with a population module is developed. In this mode...

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Main Authors: Nam, Kyung-min, Kim, Euijune, Hewings, Geoffrey
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Sage Publications 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86416
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4579-4815