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A Simple Model of Economic Geography à la Helpman-Tabuchi
Murata, Yasusada; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
agglomeration of economic activities. …
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Regional Specialization and Transport Costs
Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We consider an economic geography model in which all firms and workers are mobile, but the agglomeration of firms and … agglomeration arises for low transport costs. We also show that firms supplying non-tradable consumer services are more agglomerated …
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On the Number and Size of Cities
Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François; Zeng, Dao-Zhi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
show that there exists a path of stable equilibria such that the industry, first, experiences progressive agglomeration … of the increasing urban costs associated with the process of agglomeration. …
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The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
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