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Buzz: face-to-face contact and the urban economy
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This paper argues that existing models of urban concentrations are incomplete unless grounded in the most fundamental aspect of proximity; face-to-face contact. Face-to-face contact has four main features: it is an efficient communication technology; it can help solve incentive problems; it can facilitate socialization and learning; and it provides psychological motivation. We discuss each of these features in turn, and develop formal economic models of two of them. Face-to-face is particularly important in environments where information is imperfect, rapidly changing, and not easily codified, key features of many creative activities.
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- Authors
- Storper, M., & Venables, A. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Geography
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2004-08-01
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 351-370
- ISSN
- 1468-2702 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2710
- OpenAlex
- W2126868602
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- 2,616
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 109.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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