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Urban Studies, Vol. 43, No. 9, 1631-1637 (2006)
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600831924
© 2006 Urban Studies Journal Limited

On the Non-city Foundations of Economic Growth and the Unverifiability of the 'Jacobs Hypothesis': A Reply to Peter Taylor's Comment

Mario Polese

Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Urbanisation, Culture et Société, 3465 rue Durocher, Montreal, QC H2X 2C6, Canada, mario.polese{at}ucs.inrs.ca

In this reply to Peter Taylor, three points are made: Peter Taylor is correct in stating that I have not tested the 'Jacobs hypothesis'; the 'Jacobs model' (as I understand it) is, I suggest, unverifiable; and, continuing from my original article, I restate the argument that 'cities', independently, are (probably) not sources of economic growth. I end with a few words on the problem of using the term 'city' as an independent variable to explain economic growth.


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