considers transport activities. In the model, the trade coefficient takes the form of a potential function,and the equilibrium … features of the model are investigated by using the minimal setting, which comprises two non-transport sectors and three … regions. Because transport costs are given exogenously to facilitate study of their impacts, commodity prices are also …

It is well know that transport charges are not symmetric: fronthaul and backhaul costs on a route may differ, because … in which transport costs are determined endogenously as a result of a search and matching process. It is shown that … economies or diseconomies of transport density emerge, depending on the search costs of transport firms and the relative …