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Amiti, Mary; Cameron, Lisa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper estimates the agglomeration benefits that arise from vertical linkages between firms. The analysis is based … agglomeration benefits of the spatial variation in firm level nominal wages. Unusually detailed intermediate input data allow us to …

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Agglomeration and Welfare: The Core-Periphery Model in the Light of Bentham, Kaldor and Rawls

Charlot, Sylvie; Gaigné, Carl; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

the aim of comparing the only two possible market outcomes, i.e. agglomeration and dispersion. More precisely, we use the … plausible values of the main parameters suggest that there might be excessive agglomeration. …

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Agglomeration,Trade and Selection

Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper studies how firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity affects the balance between agglomeration and … endogenous markups. It shows that firm heterogeneity matters. However, whether it shifts the balance from agglomeration to … `evenness'. Accordingly, the role of firm heterogeneity in selection models of agglomeration can not be fully understood without …

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Agglomeration and Economic Geography

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Peaks and troughs in the spatial distributions of population, employment and wealth are a universal phenomenon in search of a general theory. Such spatial imbalances have two possible explanations. In the first, uneven economic development can be seen as the result of the uneven distribution of...

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Inter-regional and International Trade: Seventy Years After Ohlin

Behrens, Kristian; Gaigné, Carl; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We study the impact of falling trade costs and falling national transport costs on the economic geography of countries involved in an integration process. Two regions between which labour is mobile form each country, but there is no international factor mobility. Commodities can be traded both...

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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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Transport Cost Decline and Regional Inequalities: Evidence from France

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

dispersive forces become prevalent at the country level, agglomeration incentives strenghtens specialization within a large …

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Spatial Disparities in Hospital Performances

Gobillon, Laurent; Milcent, Carine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Spatial disparities in mortality can result from spatial differences in patient characteristics, treatments, hospital characteristics, and local healthcare market structure. To distinguish between these explanatory factors, we estimate a fexible duration model on stays in hospital for a heart...

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The Dynamics of Local Employment in France

Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Magnac, Thierry; Robin, Jean-Marc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper studies the impact of local economic structure on local sectoral employment growth. Local employment growth is decomposed into ‘internal’ growth (the growth of the size of existing plants) and ‘external’ growth (the creation of new plants). Using panel data methods, we...

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Factor Price Equalization in the UK?

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen J.; Schott, Peter K.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

findings, including multiple cones of diversification, region-industry technology differences, agglomeration, and increasing …

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