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On the Evolution of the Spatial Economy with Multi-unit/Multi-plant Firms: The Impact of IT Development

Fujita, Masahisa; Gokan, Toshitaka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

This paper examines how the decline of communication costs between management and production facilities within firms and the decrease in trade costs of manufactured goods affect the spatial organization of a two-region economy with multi-unit/multi-plant firms. The development of information...

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Frontiers of the New Economic Geography

Fujita, Masahisa; Mori, Tomoya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005

This paper presents an overview of recent development in the new economic geography (NEG), and discusses possible directions of its future development. Since there already exist several surveys on this topic, we focus on the selected features of the NEG which are important yet have attracted...

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Globalization and the Evolution of the Supply Chain: who gains and who loses?

Fujita, Masahisa; Thisse, Jacques-Francois - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

two regions, the decrease of these costs fosters the gradual agglomeration of plants in the core region accommodating the …

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Trade Coefficients and the Role of Elasticity in a Spatial CGE Model Based on the Armington Assumption

Ando, Asao; Meng, Bo; Chao, Qu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

The Armington Assumption in the context of multi-regional CGE models is commonly interpreted as follows: Same commodities with different origins are imperfect substitutes for each other. In this paper, a static spatial CGE model that is compatible with this assumption and explicitly considers...

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Transport Sector and Regional Price Differentials: A SCGE Model for Chinese Provinces

Ando, Asao; Meng, Bo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

With regression formulas replaced by equilibrium conditions, a spatial CGE model can substantially reduce data requirements. Detailed regional analyses are thus possible in countries where only limited regional statistics are available. While regional price differentials play important roles in...

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of GMS Economic Corridors: Why is There More Focus on the Bangkok-Hanoi Road than the East-West Corridor?

Ishida, Masami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Since the inauguration of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program in 1992, road infrastructure projects have played a very important role. Their economic significance, especially, has become a focal point after the introduction of the concept of the three economic...

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Infrastructure (Rural Road) Development and Poverty Alleviation in Lao PDR

Oraboune, Syviengxay - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

Rural road in Lao PDR defined as connecting road from village to main road, where it will lead them to market and access to other economic and social service facilities. However, due to mostly rural people accustom with subsistence farming, connecting road seems less important for rural people...

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Transport costs, distance, and time : evidence from the Japanese Census of Logistics

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

Geographic distance is a standard proxy for transport costs under the simple assumption that freight fees increase monotonically over space. Using the Japanese Census of Logistics, this paper examines the extent to which transport distance and time affect freight costs across shipping modes,...

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Agglomeration and directional imbalance of freight rates : the role of density economies in the transport sector

Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

this to models without density economies, we show that agglomeration of economic activities is more likely to emerge and … equilibrium and conclude that economies of density in transport flows can act as an agglomeration force. …

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Agglomeration effects of informal sector: evidence from Cambodia

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

produces agglomeration externalities. This paper uses data on all the nonfarm establishments and enterprises in Cambodia to … estimate the impact of informal agglomeration on the regional economic performance of formal and informal firms. We develop a … dependence. We find a significantly positive effect of informal agglomeration, where informal firms gain more strongly than …

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