We analyze the possibility and consequences of coalition-formation amongst suppliers of retail services. We first provide a framework in which producers of Substitutes have an incentive to Cluster in market places in order to attract consumers dispersed in space. Owing to spatial externalities,...

Das wesentliche Ergebnis dieses Beitrags ist lediglich eine Anwendung des von Pigou (1947) behaupteten und Atkinson/Stern (1974) formal bestätigten Theorems, daß ein Tausch einer neutralen Finanzierungsquelle durch eine verzerrende Steuer die optimale Höhe öffentlicher Ausgaben an der Grenze...

Recent empirical work has shown that there exists a negative relation between wages and unemployment estimated across regions. Our model recognises the spatial dimension of the so-called wage curve by using a Hotelling/Salop framework in which a finite number of firms compete for heterogeneous...

This paper constructs a dynamic two-regional general equilibrium model, in which the interregional production and trade patterns are endogenously determined. By embedding an endogenous growth mechanism in this approach, it becomes possible to show why and how localized growth with different...

Problems related to labor migration on a large scale in South-North as well as in East-West direction are high on the agenda. This papers presents an endogenous growth model for two regions with human capital formation as the engine of growth. The model is used to analyze the growth (rate)...

In diesem Aufsatz wird im Rahmen eines dynamischen spieltheoretischen Oligopolmodells die gewinnoptimale Preis- und Werbeentscheidung untersucht. Diese Entscheidungen sind strategisch miteinander verknüpft. In der ersten Spielstufe werden unter Berücksichtigung der Auswirkung auf das...

We investigate the simultaneous impact of output and input market imperfections on the characteristics and size of regional economic activity. Firms, producing imperfect Substitutes, face product specific demand shocks which translate into firm-specific shocks. The more different the products...

We investigate the consequences of redistribution policy on migration and trade in a Standard two-good Heckscher-Ohlin framework. With free trade and factor price equalization, abolishing migration barriers is redundant. With the introduction of government activity, matters change drastically....