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Comparative advantage and agglomeration of economic activity
Pflüger, Michael; Tabuchi, Takatoshi - 2016
key insight that emerges is that the interaction between agglomeration economies and comparative advantage involves a … comparative advantage in sectors governed by this force whilst the impact of agglomeration economies is enhanced by trade cost … small economies is not only shaped by the primitives that determine agglomeration economies and comparative advantage but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543995
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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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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/10010929362
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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
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Welfare benefits of agglomeration and worker heterogeneity
Teulings, Coen N.; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Groot, Henri L. … - 2014
effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394598
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Effects of protected areas on forest cover change and local communities : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Miranda, Juan José; Corral, Leonardo; Blackman, Allen; … - 2014
Protected areas are a cornerstone of forest conservation in developing countries. Yet we know little about their effects on forest cover change or the socioeconomic status of local communities, and even less about the relationship between these effects. This paper assesses whether 'win-win'...
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