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Sep 1, 2022 · Diego Puga is Professor of Economics at CEMFI, in Madrid, Spain. His research interests include urban economics, economic geography and international trade.
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Diego Puga's Research. Working Papers. ' Knowledge creation...
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Nathan Nunn and Diego Puga. 2012. 'Ruggedness: The blessing...
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The maps are adapted from those in the article by Henry G....
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Research Associate, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2006–2007....
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Diego Puga's Contact Information diego.puga@cemfi.es : CEMFI...
- Urban Growth Data for the United States
This page distributes and documents computer programs and...
- Data on Medieval Venice
by Diego Puga and Daniel Trefler. This site distributes and...
- Code for Distinguishing Agglomeration & Selection
This site distributes and documents computer programs that...
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- Urban Growth and Its Aggregate Implications
- City of Dreams
- Calling from The Outside: The Role of Networks in Residential Mobility
- The Economics of Urban Density
- Learning by Working in Big Cities
- Urban Land Use
- The Growth of Cities
- Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
- Labour Pooling as A Source of Agglomeration: An Empirical Investigation
- The Magnitude and Causes of Agglomeration Economies
Econometrica 91(6), November 2023: 2219-2259. doi: 10.3982/ECTA17936 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 14215, December 2019. Abstract: We develop an urban growth model where human capital spillovers foster entrepreneurship and learning in heterogeneous cities. Incumbent residents limit city expansion through planning regulations so tha...
Journal of the European Economic Association 21(2), April 2023: 690-726. doi: 10.1093/jeea/jvac042 Previously distributed as cemfiworking paper 1609, December 2016. Abstract: Bigger cities offer more valuable experience and opportunities in exchange for higher housing costs. While higher-ability workers benefit more from bigger cities, they are not...
Journal of Urban Economics 119, September 2020: 103277. doi: 10.1016/j.jue.2020.103277 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 13615, March 2019. Abstract: Using anonymised cellphone data, we study how social networks shape residential mobility decisions. Individuals with few local contacts are more likely to change residence. Movers strongl...
Journal of Economic Perspectives 34(3), Summer 2020: 3-26. doi: 10.1257/jep.34.3.3 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 14768, May 2020. Abstract: Urban density boosts productivity and innovation, improves access to goods and services, reduces typical travel distances, encourages energy-efficient construction and transport, and facilitate...
Review of Economic Studies 84(1), January 2017: 106-142. doi: 10.1093/restud/rdw031 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 9243, December 2012. Abstract: Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities. We consider three reasons: spatial sorting of initially more productive workers, static advantages associated with workers' current locatio...
In Gilles Duranton, J. Vernon Henderson, and William S. Strange (eds.) Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 5, 2015. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 467-560. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59517-1.00008-8 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 10282, December 2014. Abstract: We provide an integrated treatment of the theoretical literature on u...
In Steven N. Durlauf and Philippe Aghion (eds.) Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol. 2A, 2014. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 781-853. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53540-5.00005-7 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 9590, August 2013. Abstract: Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To...
Review of Economics and Statistics 94(1), February 2012: 20-36 doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00161 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 6253, April 2007. Abstract: We show that geography, through its impact on history, can have important effects on current economic development. The analysis focuses on the historic interaction between ruggedness and...
In Edward L. Glaeser (ed.) Agglomeration Economics. Chicago, il: University of Chicago Press, April 2010, 133-150. doi: 10.7208/CHICAGO/9780226297927.003.0005 Previously distributed as ceprdiscussion paper 7174, February 2009. Abstract: We provide empirical evidence on the role of labour market pooling in determining the spatial concentration of UK...
Journal of Regional Science 50(1), February 2010: 203-219 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00657.x Previously distributed as imdeaworking paper 2009-09, September 2009. Abstract: Firms and workers are much more productive in large and dense urban environments. There is substantial evidence of such agglomeration economies based on three aproaches. Firs...
Diego Puga. Professor, CEMFI. Verified email at cemfi.es - Homepage. Urban Economics International Trade. Articles 1–20. Professor, CEMFI - Cited by 24,644 - Urban Economics -...
Research Associate, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2006–2007. Associate Professor of Economics (tenured), University of Toronto, Department of Economics, 2003–2006. Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, Department of Economics, 1998–2003.
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Dec 13, 2018 · Diego Puga. @ProfDiegoPuga. Professor of Economics at CEMFI doing research on urban economics. diegopuga.org Joined December 2018. 220 Following. 2,741 Followers. Tweets & replies. Media. Likes. Diego Puga Retweeted. Giorgio Pietrabissa. @GioPietrabissa. ·. 13h.
May 15, 2020 · Diego Puga is a Spanish economist who specializes in urban economics, economic geography and international trade. He has published widely in top journals and received several awards and grants for his research.
Diego Puga is a Spanish economist who specializes in regional integration and the location of economic activity. He has published several papers in top journals and received several awards and grants for his research.
