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Estimating Equilibrium Models of Sorting Across Locations

Bayer, Patrick; Timmins, Christopher - 2003

interest in measuring the size and scope of local spillovers (i.e., simple anonymous agglomeration or congestion effects, or …

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A Note on the Equilibrium Properties of Locational Sorting Models

Bayer, Patrick; Timmins, Christopher - 2003

that a unique equilibrium is more likely to obtain (i) the smaller are any agglomeration effects, (ii) the larger are the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444202

Estimating Equilibrium Models of Sorting Across Locations

Bayer, Patrick J.; Timmins, Christopher - 2005

in measuring the size and scope of local spillovers (i.e.,simple anonymous agglomeration or congestion effects, or more …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475557

Asymmetrien in der Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie : Modelle, Simulationsmethoden und wirtschaftspolitische Diskussion

Frohwerk, Sascha - 2010

same. As a result, the models can explain why an agglomeration occurs, but not in witch region.This book modifies three of … difference in wages between east and west and the simultaneous incomplete agglomeration in the west. …

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The Final Frontier? Border Effects and German Regional Wages

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002

Recent studies of border effects have focused on the intra-country and inter-country comparison of trade flows. It is found that borders have a negative impact on the size of cross-border trade. In order to estimate border effects on a regional level one needs not only data on inter-country but...

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Transfers, Agglomeration and German Unification

Ross, Matthias - 2001

This paper analyses in the framework of a 2-region economic geography model the impact of transfers on agglomeration of … agglomeration than subsidies to consumers (social policy). Second, if a less developed region starts its catch up process first … increasing and afterwards decreasing transfers are necessary to avoid agglomeration. Due to these results east Germany's slowdown …

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The Impact of Optimal Tariffs and Taxes on Agglomeration

Ross, Matthias - 2002

This paper extends an economic geography model by tariffs to analyze their impact on welfare and sustainability of agglomerations. Policies with and without cooperation are compared, with the goal of maximizing aggregated welfare in the former and regional welfare in the latter case. The main...

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North American freight rail: regulatory evolution, strategic rejuvenation, and the revival of an ailing industry

Cramer, Barton Emmet - 2007

North American railways were crucial to the integration of national territories from the mid-1850s through the 1920s. In the US, Canada, and Mexico, their development supported population settlement, resource extraction, industrialization, and the expansion of markets to regional and national...

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"A Framework for agent-based computational economics in economic geography"

Schenk, Tom - 2006

Faculty Advisor: David Skidmore, Professor Department of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences Drake University. Student editorial board for the Spring 2006 issue include: Teresa Abbey, Brittany Buchholz, Brett Myrick and Jeff Scheiber.

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Labor market structure and fertility differences among Puerto Rican women: The effects of economic and social policies on opportunity costs

Zsembik, Barbara A. - 1990

The oft-observed inverse relationship between economic activity in the formal or informal sector and levels of fertility is attributed to the opportunity costs of reproduction. The economic and social policies that initiate and maintain the substantial flow of federal transfer payments to the...

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