Gilles Duranton

University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department

Professor of Real Estate

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330

United States

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1.

The Misallocation of Land and Other Factors of Production in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7221
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Gilles Duranton, Syed Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr, Syed Ejaz Ghani and William Robert Kerr
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, World Bank, World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Pulp & Paper Industry, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, General Manufacturing, Food & Beverage Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Construction Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Energy and Mining, Energy Demand, Energy and Environment, Industrial Economics, Economic Growth, Economic Theory & Research, Labor Markets, Transport Services

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The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France

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The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France

IEB Working Paper N. 2017/07
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Dec 2017
Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton and Laurent Gobillon
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Housing, production function

The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France

GATE - Lyon Saint-Etienne, Working Paper 1637, December 2016
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton and Laurent Gobillon
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
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housing, production function

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The Logic of Agglomeration

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The Logic of Agglomeration

Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography, edited by Gordon Clark, Maryann Feldman, Meric Gertler, and Dariusz Wojcik, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 16-037
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Oct 2015
Gilles Duranton and William Kerr
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Agglomeration, clusters, cities, innovation

The Logic of Agglomeration

NBER Working Paper No. w21452
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Gilles Duranton and William Kerr
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Place-Based Policies for Development

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Place-Based Policies for Development

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8410
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 24 Apr 2018
Gilles Duranton and Anthony J. Venables
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Oxford
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Transport Services, Labor Markets, Urban Governance and Management, Urban Housing and Land Settlements, Municipal Management and Reform, Urban Housing, Macroeconomic Management, Economic Forecasting, Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Plastics & Rubber Industry, General Manufacturing, Construction Industry, Pulp & Paper Industry

Place-Based Policies for Development

NBER Working Paper No. w24562
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 02 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Gilles Duranton and Anthony J. Venables
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Oxford
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Place-Based Policies for Development

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12889
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 01 May 2018
Gilles Duranton and Anthony J. Venables
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Oxford
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economic corridors, lagging regions, Place based policies, spatial, urban

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Growing Through Cities in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6818
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Gilles Duranton
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department
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City Development Strategies, Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Labor Policies, National Urban Development Policies & Strategies, Urban Housing and Land Settlements

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Covid and Cities, Thus Far

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Covid and Cities, Thus Far

NBER Working Paper No. w31158
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Gilles Duranton and Jessie Handbury
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
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COVID and Cities, Thus Far

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 6-52, https://doi.org/10.59576/epr.29.2.6-52
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Oct 2023
Gilles Duranton and Jessie Handbury
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
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cities, COVID, monocentric model, agglomeration effects

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Effects of Land Misallocation on Capital Allocations in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7451
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Gilles Duranton, Syed Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr, Syed Ejaz Ghani and William Robert Kerr
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, World Bank, World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Pulp & Paper Industry, General Manufacturing, Food & Beverage Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Construction Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Access to Finance, Financial Economics, Finance and Development, Private Sector Economics, Marketing, Private Sector Development Law, Labor Markets

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The Development Push of Refugees: Evidence from Tanzania

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01377
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jan 2015
Jean Francois Maystadt and Gilles Duranton
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department
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Tanzania, East Africa, Africa south of Sahara, Africa Refugees, Migration, Roads, Infrastructure Economic Development, Transportation, Poverty, Climate, Population Shocks, Resilience Multiple Equilibrium

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A Detailed Anatomy of Factor Misallocation in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7547
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Gilles Duranton, Syed Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr, Syed Ejaz Ghani and William Robert Kerr
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, World Bank, World Bank, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Common Carriers Industry, General Manufacturing, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Pulp & Paper Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Construction Industry, Transport Services, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Economic Adjustment and Lending, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Taxation & Subsidies, Public Sector Economics, Disease Control & Prevention, Human Rights

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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8546
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Prottoy Aman Akbar, Gilles Duranton, Adam Storeygard and Syed Ejaz Ghani
University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, Tufts University and World Bank
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Transport Services, Crime and Society, International Trade and Trade Rules, Telecommunications Infrastructure

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Marshallian Labor Market Pooling: Evidence from Italy

Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 922, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2293884
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Jul 2013
Monica Andini, Guido de Blasio, Gilles Duranton and William C. Strange
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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local labor markets, matching, turnover, learning, hold-up, agglomeration

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Transportation Infrastructure in the Us

NBER Working Paper No. w27254
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
Matthew Turner, Gilles Duranton and Geetika Nagpal
Brown University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Brown University
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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

NBER Working Paper No. w25218
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 05 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Prottoy Akbar, Victor Couture, Gilles Duranton and Adam Storeygard
Aalto University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Tufts University
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Mobility and Congestion in Urban India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13291
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 05 Nov 2018
Gilles Duranton, Victor Couture, Prottoy Akbar and Adam Storeygard
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, University of California, Berkeley, Aalto University - Department of Economics and Tufts University
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cities, determinants of travel speed, roads, traffic, urban transportation

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Urban Growth and its Aggregate Implications

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Urban Growth and its Aggregate Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w26591
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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Urban Growth and its Aggregate Implications

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14215
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Jan 2020
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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agglomeration economies, city size distributions, planning regulations, Urban costs, urban growth

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The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France

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The Production Function for Housing: Evidence from France

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11669
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Nov 2016
Pierre-Philippe Combes and Gilles Duranton
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department
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Housing, Production function

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The Economics of Urban Density

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The Economics of Urban Density

NBER Working Paper No. w27215
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 13 May 2023
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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The Economics of Urban Density

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14768
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 May 2020
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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agglomeration, density, Urban costs

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Delineating Urban Areas Using Building Density

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Delineating Urban Areas Using Building Density

NBER Working Paper No. w26482
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Marie-Pierre de Bellefon, Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon, Clément Gorin and Abolore Adebayo Musari
Paris School of Economics (PSE), Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, Paris School of Economics (PSE), University of Saint Etienne - Analysis Group and Economic Theory Lyon St-Etienne (GATE-LSE) and Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
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Delineating Urban Areas Using Building Density

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14129
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Dec 2019
Pierre-Philippe Combes, Marie-Pierre de Bellefon, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon and Clément Gorin
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) - Department of Economics, Paris School of Economics (PSE), University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and University of Saint Etienne - Analysis Group and Economic Theory Lyon St-Etienne (GATE-LSE)
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Dartboard approach, Jaccard indices, Urban area definition

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The Fast, the Slow, and the Congested: Urban Transportation in Rich and Poor Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w31642
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 05 Sep 2023
Prottoy Akbar, Victor Couture, Gilles Duranton and Adam Storeygard
Aalto University - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Tufts University
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The Growth of Cities

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9590
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 13 Aug 2013
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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agglomeration economies, amenities, land use, transportation, urban growth

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Urban Roadway in America: The Amount, Extent, and Value

NBER Working Paper No. w32824
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Erick Guerra, Gilles Duranton and Xinyu Ma
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and University of Pennsylvania
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Urban Land Use

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10282
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 08 Dec 2014
Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and Centre for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
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land use, urban structure

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Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9393
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Mar 2013
Gilles Duranton, Peter Morrow and Matthew Turner
University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department, University of Toronto and University of Toronto
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interstate highways, trade and specialisation, transport costs