@article{THESIS,
      recid = {12421},
      author = {Bordeu Gazmuri, Olivia},
      title = {Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {Ph.D.},
      address = {2024-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      pages = {103},
      abstract = {Cities are divided into local governments responsible for  local commuting infrastructure that is used by both their  residents and outsiders. In this paper, I study how  metropolitan fragmentation affects the provision of  commuting infrastructure and the distribution of economic  activity. I develop a quantitative spatial model in which  municipalities compete for residents and workers by  investing in commuting infrastructure to maximize net land  value in their jurisdictions. In equilibrium, relative to a  central metropolitan planner, municipalities underinvest in  areas near their boundaries and overinvest in core areas  away from the boundary. Infrastructure investment in  fragmented cities results in higher cross-jurisdiction  commuting costs, more dispersed employment, and more  polycentric patterns of economic activity. Estimating the  model using data from Santiago, Chile, I find substantial  gains from centralizing investment decisions.  Centralization increases aggregate infrastructure  investment and population. More importantly, for a given  amount of investment, centralization yields large welfare  gains due solely to more efficient infrastructure  allocation.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12421},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12421},
}