organizes itself into industrial and agricultural zones because of the tension between forces of agglomeration and …

This paper describes the possible impact of multi-speed integration on the location of economic activities in Europe … lower income. We analyse the effect of different integration sequences on industrial location and convergence during the … transition period and in the long term, with and without agglomeration economies. Without agglomeration economies, income …

cluster together, turning location into a self-reinforcing process. Agglomeration raises the price of immobile local factors …This review of recent contributions reveals common conclusions about the effects of integration on location. For high …

-stage game with uncertainty it is demonstrated that location is influenced by both flexibility and strategic concerns. We show … under Bertrand do not. Strategic agglomeration can occur in the inflexible country under Cournot and even under Bertrand …

Countries compete for new FDI investment, whereas stocks of FDI generate agglomeration benefits and are potentially … destabilizes agglomeration advantages. The agglomeration advantage is valuable, but is exploited in the short run. The tax revenue … agglomeration advantages, but may erode the fiscal revenue in the equilibrium. …

Using two standard location models, we investigate price competition and divergence from optimal product …

such a 'weightless economy', what factors matter for the location of economic activity and thus for economic development …

industries and to consider how these location patterns are changing over time; (iii) to consider the nature of the agglomeration … available at the national level; (ii) to present descriptive evidence on the location of aggregate activity and particular …