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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816505
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534141
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222503
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Agglomeration versus Fragmentation:A Comparison of East Asia and Europe
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; JI, Zheng; Obashi, Ayako - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
Inspired by the observed contrasting patterns of industrial distribution in East Asia and Europe, this paper conducts an empirical clarification of the difference in spatial relationships among countries within a region for the electric machinery industry by use of spatial econometric analysis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015434
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184292
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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
that multiple equilibria can emerge for some parameters. Then we show the change in its bifurcation and stability of … 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167316
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Economic integration, location of industries, and frontier regions : evidence from Cambodia
Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
We examine changes in the location of economic activity in Cambodia between 1998 and 2008 in terms of employment growth. During this period, Cambodia joined ASEAN and increased trade with neighboring countries. Drawing on the predictions of the new economic geography, we focus on frontier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633808
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Border Industry in Myanmar: Turning the Periphery into the Center of Growth
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
The Myanmar economy has not been deeply integrated into East Asia’s production and distribution networks, despite its location advantages and notably abundant, reasonably well-educated, cheap labor force. Underdeveloped infrastructure, logistics in particular, and an unfavorable business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534126
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An Economic Derivation on Trade Coefficients under the Framework of Multi-regional I-O Analysis
Meng, Bo; Ando, Asao - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
The gravity model, entropy model, potential type model and others like these have been adopted to formulate interregional trade coefficients under the framework of Multi-Regional I-O (MRIO) analysis. Since most of these models are based upon analogies in physics or on statistical principles,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534152
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Compilation, application and challenge of IDE-JETRO's International Input-Output tables
Meng, Bo; Zhang, Yaxiong; Inomata, Satoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
International input-output tables are among the most useful tools for economic analysis. Since these tables provide detailed information about international production networks, they have recently attracted considerable attention in research on spatial economics, global value chains, and issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134403