We analyse location of a group whose members differ in their preference ordering among sites while collective action calls for a common location. The possible locations are Pareto-efficient and individually rational outcomes of a cooperative game with strategic combinations defined by the...

This paper analyses the location choice of immigrants living in Italy in 2002-2007 and aims at separating the so called "network effect" from other locality-specific characteristics. The network effect is identified by the number of previous arrivals in the same location, whereas other local,...

This editorial introduction presents the papers published in this special issue of Annals of Economics and Statistics, which is the outcome of the first Migration and Development conference organized by EQUIPPE at the Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales, Université Lille 2.