🌐 Global Economy Nov 26, 2023 · jdingel

The two notions of amenities in spatial economics

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The two notions of amenities in spatial economics
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Spatial economists use the word “amenity” in two imperfectly aligned ways. The first refers to place-specific services that are not explicitly transacted and hence do not directly appear in the budget constraint. The second refers to place-specific residuals because the researcher lacks relevant price or expenditure data. Sometimes these concepts are aligned, but they are far from synonymous.



These inconsistent notions co-exist in part because the phrase “urban amenity&#8221

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