Agglomeration and trade revisited

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we present an alternative model of agglomeration and trade that displays the main features of the recent economic geography literature while allowing for the derivation of analytical results by means of simple algebra. Second, we show how this framework can be used to adopt a forward-looking approach to the dynamics of migration in the process of agglomeration instead of the myopic Marshallian model used so far in this literature.

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Year of publication:	1999-06-19
Authors:	OTTAVIANO, Gianmarco ; THISSE, Jacques-François
Institutions:	Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), École des Sciences Économiques de Louvain
Subject:	agglomeration \| trade \| self-fulﬁlling expectations \| monopolistic competition

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CORE Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) Number 1999041
Classification:	F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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