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The Geography of Development within Countries

Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J Vernon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...

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Trade and regional inequality

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in...

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Transport Costs, Intermediate Goods and Localized Growth

Walz, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper presents a dynamic, two-region general equilibrium model in which inter-regional production and trade patterns are endogenously determined. Localized growth stems from geographical concentration of an industrial sector exhibiting permanent productivity increases. Geographical...

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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012

Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns … in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman … more often found in Roman-era town locations in France than in Britain, and this difference still persists today. The …

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Internet Cluster Emergence

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Internet development holds the promise of transmitting economic value across physical space at zero marginal cost. In such a 'weightless economy', what factors matter for the location of economic activity and thus for economic development? This paper sketches a model of spatial dynamics over a...

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Foreign Investment in Farmland No Low-hanging Fruit

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2012

A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...

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