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Internal Geography and External Trade: regional disparities in Italy, 1861-2011
A'Hearn, Brian; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper explores the interactions between external trade and regional disparities in the Italian economy since unification. It argues that the advantage of the North was initially based on natural advantage (in particular the endowment of water, intensive in silk production). From 1880...
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Regional Policy Design: An Analysis of Relocation, Efficiency and Equity
Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
-industry knowledge spillovers, and (iii) trade costs. Our analysis provides insight into what may be the reason for the lack of success …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123639
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The 'Genome' of NEG Models with Vertical Linkages: A Positive and Normative Synthesis
Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper takes a broader look at how vertical linkages can trigger the spatial agglomeration of economic activity in a ‘new economic geography’ (NEG) set-up. First, it formally establishes the key positive features of a wide class of vertical-linkage models without resorting to numerical...
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Regional Wage and Employment Responses to Market Potential in the EU
Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Recent theoretical work on economic geography emphasizes the interplay of transport costs and plant-level increasing … differentials in what we call real market potential, a discounted sum of demands derived from the theory. …
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The Structure of Simple 'New Economic Geography' Models
Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This paper shows that the mathematical structure of the most widely used New Economic Geography models is the same, irrespective of the underlying agglomeration mechanism assumed (factor migration, input-output linkages, endogenous capital accumulation). This enables us to provide analytical...
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Agglomeration, City Size and Crime
Gaigné, Carl; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
costs (or a better access to jobs) decreases crime while, in the long run with free mobility, the effect is ambiguous … decreases commuting costs and increases policy resources. …
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Technological Progress and Economic Geography
Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François; Zhu, Xiwei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
New economic geography focuses on the impact of falling transport costs on the spatial distribution of activities … of migration costs, which are a strong impediment to moving. We show that this neglect is unwarranted. Regardless of the … level of transport costs, rising labor productivity fosters the agglomeration of activities, whereas falling transport costs …
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Economic Linkages Across Space
Overman, Henry G; Rice, Patricia; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We develop a diagrammatic framework that can be used to study the economic linkages between regions or cities. Hitherto, such linkages have not been the primary focus of either the theoretical or empirical literatures. We use the framework to analyse the impact of shocks that occur in one region...
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Economies of Scale in European Manufacturing Revisited
Henriksen, Espen; Steen, Frode; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
We test for internal and external economies of scale in European manufacturing, employing a more disaggregated data set than has been used in earlier analyses. We aim to separate externalities from common business cycle effects. Fifteen European manufacturing industries in Germany, France, the...
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The Empirics of New Economic Geography
Redding, Stephen J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Although a rich and extensive body of theoretical research on new economic geography has emerged, empirical research remains comparatively less well developed. This paper reviews the existing empirical literature on the predictions of new economic geography models for the distribution of income...
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