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This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of … of production which seeks to obtain the highest possible economic return. Our theory comprehends applications to …
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The evidence on the implications of transport for regionaleconomic and political integration is mixed. This is not surprisingsince transport is one element of a complex web of factors thatdetermine the extent to which spatial areas become integrated.There are also good reasons to expect the...
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Within an efficiency wage framework, we study the effects of two revenue-neutral tax reforms that change the progressivity of the labour tax system. A revenue-neutral increase in both the wage tax and tax exemption and a revenue-neutral change in the composition of labour taxation towards the...
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In this monograph we develop “Space Location” theory of organisations and people in organisations, drawing from … the physical sciences, sociology and (organizational) process theory. The subjective experiences of spaces and locations … to the phenomenological search for insights within the sociological framework.According to the space location theory, the …
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Any interesting model of economic geography must involve a tension between "centripetal" forces that tend to produce agglomerations and "centrifugal" forces that tend to pull them apart. This paper explores one such model, and shows that the model links together a number of themes in the...
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This paper provides a new model of firm's location choices. It integrates a Ricardian model of comparative advantage with the location effects deriving from trade costs, increasing returns to scale, product differentiation, and monopolistic competition. In a two-region, two-differentiated-good,...
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in between 1960s and 2000s, from the perspective of spatial economy. The paper reviews the formulation of the theory of … conditions formulated by the spatial economy. Despite what this theory advocates, industries attracted to Bahia did not have …
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The problems of facility location and the allocation of demand points to facilities are crucial research issues in spatial data analysis and urban planning. It is very important for an organization or governments to best locate its resources and facilities and efficiently manage resources to...
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