POPULATION GROWTH IN HIGH-AMENITY NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS: WHAT'S THE PROGNOSIS?*
研究了1990年代美国高自然宜居性非都市地区人口持续强劲增长的原因，发现顶级宜居层级间增长趋同与宜居性差异资本化为要素价格有关，但控制空间效应后显示前两层相对生活质量下降。
ABSTRACT This paper examines the continued strong population growth in U.S. nonmetropolitan areas possessing high levels of natural amenities during the 1990s and the reasons for near convergence of growth across the top tiers of the amenity hierarchy. Based on estimated parsimonious spatial hedonic growth regressions, strong demand for high-amenity areas continued in the 1990s, but the converging of population growth across the top tiers appeared related to capitalization of amenity differences among the tiers into factor prices. Yet, evidence obtained from controlling for spatial effects suggests that the relative quality of life in the top two tiers had deteriorated.