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Skills, Agglomeration and Segmentation
Mori Mori, Tomoya; Turrini, Alessandro Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We investigate the role of skill heterogeneity in explaining location patterns induced by pecuniary externalities (Krugman (1991)). In our setting, sellers with higher skills perform better in the marketplace, and their sales are larger. Selling to distant locations leads to lower sales because...
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Agglomeration, Integration, and Territorial Authority Scale in a System of Trading Cities. Centralisation versus Devolution
Del Gatto, Massimo - 2004
'agglomeration in a system of cities' in which both intra-city trade and inter-city trade are considered. Enriching both the … literature on integration/agglomeration and that on city size and formation, we show that: i) devolution results in over-agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324971
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Agglomeration, integration, and territorial authority scale in a system of trading cities : centralisation versus devolution
Del Gatto, Massimo - 2004
'agglomeration in a system of cities' in which both intra-city trade and inter-city trade are considered. Enriching both the … literature on integration/agglomeration and that on city size and formation, we show that: i) devolution results in over-agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603547
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Microfoundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three types of … characterization of some of the main theoretical underpinnings of urban agglomeration economies, to discuss modeling issues that arise … when working with these tools, and to compare different sources of agglomeration economies in terms of the aggregate urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791489
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Trade and Industrial Location with Heterogenous Labour
Amiti, Mary; Pissarides, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
the quality of the match between job and worker, trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and inter …-industry trade. The agglomeration force is the improvement in the quality of matches when firms recruit from a bigger pool of labour …. The forces against agglomeration are the existence of trade costs and monopoly power in the labour market. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791724
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Farmland Preservation Programs In West Virginia: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Merits of Purchase Development Rights
Stalebrink, Odd; Wilkinson, Samuel - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007
To prevent the loss of farmland in West Virginia, the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act (VFPA) was passed in 2000. This act gives counties and the State authority to develop and fund local farmland protection programs, which typically involve a voluntary sale by a landowner of the right to...
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Farmland Preservation Programs In West Virginia: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Merits of Purchase Development Rights
Stalebrink, Odd; Wilkinson, Samuel - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2007
To prevent the loss of farmland in West Virginia, the Voluntary Farmland Protection Act (VFPA) was passed in 2000. This act gives counties and the State authority to develop and fund local farmland protection programs, which typically involve a voluntary sale by a landowner of the right to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779266
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Coming undone : a spatial hazard analysis of urban form in American metropolitan areas
Carruthers, John I.; Lewis, Selma; Knaap, Gerrit; … - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 89 (2010) 1, pp. 65-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961483
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Spatial policies and land use patterns : optimal and market allocations
Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2014
-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238330
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Spatial Policies and Land Use Patterns: Optimal and Market Allocations
Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2014
-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398412