solve analytically. We use the modified model to analyse the tendencies for geographical agglomeration of manufacturing … manufacturing tends to agglomerate for low trade costs. In the physical capital case, on the contrary, agglomeration will not occur …

competition models. The agglomeration rent which accrues to the mobile factor in the core region can be taxed. Moreover, a tax … addition to core-periphery equilibria, exhibits stable equilibria with partial agglomeration. We show that a tax differential … may arise as an equilibrium of the tax game even when there is only partial agglomeration and the mobile factor does not …

historically emerged as the core. The agglomeration rent which accrues to the mobile factor gives unions and governments in the …

crucially on the specific details of the projects and the specific sources of agglomeration economies they affect. Second …

This paper analyses industrial policy in a high wage open economy hosting an agglomeration consisting of vertically … setting. However the restriction that the agglomeration should be sustained may restrict the otherwise welfare maximising …