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Trade and location with land as a productive factor

Pflüger, Michael (contributor); … - 2008

received no attention in the new trade theory and the new economic geography. We set up a simple monopolistic competition model …

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Towards a unifying approach of the 'new economic geography'

Pflüger, Michael (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2006

Models of the new economic geography share a number of common conclusions, but also exhibit notable differences, in particular with respect to the shape of the location pattern and the efficiency of the market equilibrium. This reflects the fact that these models rely heavily on specific...

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Subsidizing firm entry in open economies

Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - 2009

Entrepreneurs who decide to enter an industry are faced with different levels of effective entry costs in different countries. These costs are heavily influenced by economic policy. What is not well understood is how international trade affects the government incentive to impact on entry costs,...

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A simple theory of industry location and residence choice

Borck, Rainald (contributor); Pflüger, Michael (contributor) - 2007

This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of … of production which seeks to obtain the highest possible economic return. Our theory comprehends applications to …-distance commuting and foreign direct investment have increased and that industrial activity has become more concentrated both within as …

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Labor market effects of trade and FDI : recent advances and research gaps

Pflüger, Michael; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - 2010

This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advances which pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under the following (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turn to a task-based...

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Relational contracts and the economic well-being of nations

Kukharskyy, Bohdan; Pflüger, Michael - 2010

, Gibbons and Murphy (2002). -- aggregate welfare ; theory of the firm ; relational contracting ; firm heterogeneity …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314275

Trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms : the role of country asymmetries

Pflüger, Michael; Russek, Stephan - 2010

This paper explores the role of country asymmetries for trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms. Our analysis delivers a number of novel results. First, trade policies, infrastructure policies and industrial policies which improve the business conditions in one country have...

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Green cities? : urbanization, trade and the environment

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael - 2015

This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...

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Comparative advantage and agglomeration of economic activity

Pflüger, Michael; Tabuchi, Takatoshi - 2016

The division of labor between and within countries is driven by two fundamental forces, comparative advantage and increasing returns. We set up a simple Ricardian model with a Marshallian input sharing mechanism to study their interplay. The key insight that emerges is that the interaction...

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Heterogeneous firms, trade, and economic policy : insights from a simple two-sector model

Pflüger, Michael; Russek, Stephan - 2011

consumers has inspired the development of a new brand of trade theory, the theory of heterogeneous firms and trade. The …

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