Seminar: The Urban Economics of Retail

Time: 13.00-14.00 hours
Location: CPB-office, Van Stolkweg 14, The Hague

Presentation: Ioulia Ossokina (CPB)

Discussant: Marc Francke (UvA)

Language: English

Registration:  Please register here

Abstract subject:
This paper develops a spatial model of shopping centres, describing their structure, as well as the rent and vacancy for each store. We estimate the model using data for individual retail stores in 300 shopping centres in the Netherlands for the period 2004-2015. This period covers the Great Recession, the subsequent decline of private consumption and the rise in internet shopping. We show that rents decrease by 10 to 15% and vacancy rates increase by a factor 1.2 with each 100 meter extra distance from the shopping centre’s midpoint. Concentrated land ownership internalizes positive cross-store externalities and commands therefore 20% higher rents. During the Great Recession retail rents declined and vacancies increased simultaneously, in particular at the edges of the shopping centres, as predicted by our model. We use the model to evaluate the land rent equivalence condition for commercial and residential use at the edges of the shopping centres. In some locations, a transfer from commercial to residential land use is profitable, in particular after the Great Recession.

Policy seminars
CPB organises policy seminars for policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders. These policy seminars focus on policy implications. Policy seminars are held on Thursday from 1.00 pm. to 2.00 pm.

Seminars
CPB also organises seminars for researchers. During these seminars, always held on Tuesday from 1.00 pm. to 2.00 pm., academic papers are presented and discussed.

Unsubscribe to the alert service
When you're registered for a seminar, you will be automatically invited for coming seminars. Here you can unsubscribe to this alert service (click button "verzenden"!).