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  Natural Resource Management: A Network PerspectiveKyriakopoulou, Efthymia  ; Scientific Conference (2017, September) Detailed reference viewed: 44 (3 UL) Atmospheric pollution in rapidly growing industrial cities: spatial policies and land use patternsKyriakopoulou, Efthymia ; in Journal of Economic Geography (2017) We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between agglomeration and dispersion forces in the form of pollution from stationary ... [more ▼] We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between agglomeration and dispersion forces in the form of pollution from stationary forces, production externalities and commuting costs, determines the emergence of industrial and residential clusters across space. In this context, we define two kinds of spatial policies that can be used in order to close the gap between optimal and market allocations. More specifically, we show that the joint implementation of a site-specific environmental tax and a site-specific labor subsidy can reproduce the optimum as an equilibrium outcome. The methodological approach followed in this article allows for an endogenous determination of land use patterns. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 71 (2 UL)Environmental Policy, First Nature Advantage and the Emergence of Economic ClustersKyriakopoulou, Efthymia ; in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2013), 19(3), We explain the spatial concentration of economic activity when the cost of environmental policy – which is increasing in the concentration of pollution – acts as a centrifugal force, while positive ... [more ▼] We explain the spatial concentration of economic activity when the cost of environmental policy – which is increasing in the concentration of pollution – acts as a centrifugal force, while positive knowledge spillovers and a site with natural cost advantage act as centripetal forces. We study the agglomeration effects caused by trade-offs between centripetal and centrifugal forces which eventually determine the distribution of economic activity across space. The equilibrium solution with spatially myopic environmental policy results either in a monocentric or in a polycentric city with the major cluster at the natural advantage site. The regulator's optimum results in a bicentric city, which suggests that when environmental policy is spatially optimal, the natural advantage sites do not act as attractors of economic activity. In general, our results suggest that sites with inherent advantages can lose their comparative advantage when social costs at these spatial points are taken into account. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 101 (2 UL)Spatial Location Decisions under Environmental Policy and Housing ExternalitiesKyriakopoulou, Efthymia ; in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (2011), 13(3), 195-217 We study the internal structure of a city, in a model of economic geography, where industry and housing compete for scarce land to locate. We analyze a spatial model of a city in which a single good is ... [more ▼] We study the internal structure of a city, in a model of economic geography, where industry and housing compete for scarce land to locate. We analyze a spatial model of a city in which a single good is produced using land, labor, machinery and emissions of a pollutant, and in which people consume goods, invest in housing services and dislike pollution. The agglomeration effects, caused by tradeoffs between centripetal and centrifugal forces, in the form of housing spillovers, stringency of environmental policy, transportation and commuting costs, determine the emergence of industrial and residential clusters across space. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 72 (0 UL) |
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