Optimal spatial patterns of two, three and four segregated household groups in a monocentric city
- Usually, in monocentric city models the spatial patterns of segregated household groups are assumed to be ring-shaped, while early in the 1930ies Hoyt showed that wedge-shaped areas empirically predominate. This contribution presents a monocentric city model with different household groups generating positive externalities within the groups. At first, border length is founded as a criterion of optimality. Secondly, it is shown that mixed patterns of concentric and wedge-shaped areas represent multiple equilibria if more than two groups of households are being considered. The welfare optimal segregated pattern depends on the relative purchasing power of different household groups.
| Author details: | Wolfgang WagnerGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-14165 |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge (70) |
| Publication type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2004 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2007/06/14 |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | QD 100 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
| External remark: | Wagner, Wolfgang: Optimal spatial patterns of two, three and four segregated household groups in a monocentric city / Wolfgang Wagner. - Potsdam : Univ., 2004. - 20 Bl. : graph. Darst. (Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge : Diskussionsbeitrag ; 70) |
