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Green spaces provide various amenities ranging from ecological services to recreational benefits. They are strategic for municipalities both for households and business attractiveness. While the social demand for urban parks is increasing, information about their provision and guidance regarding the efficiency of local policies remain scarce. In this paper, we investigate the existence and the nature of spatial spillovers for the provision of urban parks in 93 municipalities in the urban area of Angers, France. We use geographic information systems to obtain land use data. We estimate a reaction function, with interactions between cities and their provision of urban parks. For this end, we shall apply spatial econometric techniques. We find positive autocorrelation among municipalities. A 10% rise in the level of parks in neighboring municipalities leads to a 3.6% increase ceteris paribus. From the empirical perspective, we cannot reject the hypothesis of mimetic behaviour among municipalities.
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Choumert, J., Cormier, L. The provision of urban parks: an empirical test of spatial spillovers in an urban area using geographic information systems. Ann Reg Sci 47, 437–450 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-010-0366-8
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