Buzz: Face-to-Face Contact and the Urban Economy.

This paper argues that existing models of urban concentrations are incomplete unless grounded in the mostfundamental aspect of proximity; face-to-face contact. Face-to-face contact has four main features; it is anefficient communication technology; it can help solve incentive problems; it can facili...

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Main Authors: Storper, M, Venables, A
格式: Working paper
语言:English
出版: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE 2003