available at the national level. (ii) To present descriptive evidence on the location of aggregate activity and particular … industries and to consider how these location patterns are changing over time. (iii) To consider the nature of the agglomeration …

This paper combines establishment level production data with international trade data by port to examine the impact of … geography models of how external trade affects the spatial distribution of employment. Our results suggest that accession … changed the country-composition of UK trade and via the port-composition induced an exogenous shock to the economic …

This paper considers the location effects of geographically discriminatory trade policy. A preferential move towards a … hub- and-spoke arrangement favours location in the hub, with better reciprocal access induces agglomeration in the hub and …

, population, trade and industry composition. Guided by the predictions of this model, we review the empirical literature on the …

This paper examines how the geography of UK international trade has changed since the UK¿s accession to the European …

potentially endogenous location choice of the synchrotron, we exploit the availability of a `runner-up' site near Manchester. We …

particular, and in contrast with estimates of the trade effect of other currency unions, we find that the impact of the euro on … trade has been close to zero. After reviewing the costs and benefits, we conclude with some open questions on normative and …