Fikri, KenanZhu, T. Juni2016-01-052016-01-052015-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23569interest in studying city competitiveness has skyrocketed in the past few years, although the topic itself is far from new. Mayors and city leaders have long worried about the obstacles to job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth that plague their cities. The objective of this paper is to present key findings from the quantitative analysis of the drivers of competitiveness in cites around the world.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOCAPITALSLIVING STANDARDSFORECASTSNATIONAL OUTPUTCITY SIZEURBANIZATIONPRODUCTIONSALCITYURBAN SERVICESCOEFFICIENTSNATIONAL ECONOMYSTRUCTURAL CHANGEDISPOSABLE INCOMENATIONAL ECONOMIESINCOMEADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATIONGDP PER CAPITADIFFERENTIALSEXPORTSREVENUESECONOMIC STRUCTUREEMPLOYMENT IN CITIESMAYORSWELFAREGROSS VALUEDISTRIBUTIONVARIABLESCORRELATION COEFFICIENTTAXINPUTSCITIESTOWNSWEALTHECONOMIC STRUCTURESTRENDSSUBNATIONALDEVELOPMENTCORRELATION ANALYSESINFLUENCECITY RESIDENTSPER CAPITA INCOMEMETROPOLITAN AREASINDUSTRIAL STRUCTUREPRODUCTIVITYCITY DEVELOPMENTEXTERNALITIESINDUSTRIALIZATIONCRITERIABUSINESS SERVICESURBAN TRANSITIONMARKETSREVENUE STREAMSMAYORPUBLIC FINANCECITY SIZESCITY PERFORMANCEINCOME LEVELSCAPITAL EXPENDITURETAX REVENUESDIVIDENDSURBAN COMPETITIVENESSTOTAL EMPLOYMENTECONOMIC SPECIALIZATIONNATURAL RESOURCESAVERAGINGGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTWEALTH CREATIONECONOMIC RESEARCHINFRASTRUCTUREEXPENDITUREHUMAN CAPITALVALUE ADDEDCITY LEADERSECONOMIC PERFORMANCECAPITALWAGESECONOMIC OUTCOMESTRANSPARENCYFINANCIAL CRISISUTILITIESVALUECOMPETITIVENESSBENCHMARKINGPOLICY MAKERSCREDITLARGE CITIESPATENTSSECONDARY CITIESCENTRAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL INCOMEAGRICULTUREECONOMYEXPENDITURESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALMEASUREMENTCITY ECONOMIESURBAN DEVELOPMENTECONOMICSTOWNQUALITY OF LIFEMARKET TOWNSCITY COMPETITIVENESSREGRESSION ANALYSISGOVERNANCEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCITY PRODUCTIVITYTRADEFISCAL AUTONOMYGDPGOODSTHEORYSUBNATIONAL REGIONSCORRELATION ANALYSISECONOMIES OF SCALETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERGROWTH RATEINVESTMENTCITY PROFILESPOVERTYDECENTRALIZATIONREVENUECAPITAL EXPENDITURESCOMMUNITYURBAN ECONOMICSINDUSTRIAL SECTORECONOMICS RESEARCHSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC EMPLOYEESINDUSTRIAL” SECTOROUTCOMESEASE OF DOING BUSINESSURBANIZATION PROCESSFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONGROWTH POTENTIALCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/23569