In this paper, first the authors present an interregional macroeconomic model of Japanese economy. Then, using the model, they examine how macro-stabilization policies affect regional income disparities. They show that according to their model, the regional income disparity becomes smaller both...

In this paper, we combine the monopolistic competition model of Fujita (1988) with the variable density model by Tabuchi (1986), Liu (1988) and Grimaud (1989), and develop a monopolistic competition model of spatial agglomeration with variable density. We compare the results of the present paper...

Nearly half a century has passed since the publication of the seminal work of Professor Isard, Location and Space-Economy, which became the basis of a new field called regional science. As indicated by its subtitle (i.e., A General Theory Relating to Industrial Location, Market Areas, Land Use,...

In China, alongside fast economic growth has come a new challenge: increasing regional disparity. Using GDP and industry output data, this paper examines trends in regional disparity during the period 1985-1994, from the aspects of both income distribution and production agglomeration. This...

This paper aims to demonstrate that the basic framework of the "new geographical economics" is well suited to explain various phenomena associated with the dynamics of frontier economies, such as the "massive mobilization of resources" and the so-called "flying geese pattern" of Asia`s...