Plausibly Exogenous [1990] - British Cities (07/15/2025)

LHS Variable
Life and death of cities

RHS Variable
City population

Source of Exogenous Variation
Fragmentation of land ownership in the immediate fringe of cities, which affects the pace at which they could grow in response to industrialization

- Heblich et al. (2025), “The Death and Life of Great British Cities”