'agglomeration in a system of cities' in which both intra-city trade and inter-city trade are considered. Enriching both the … economic (i.e. intensity of trade) integration, the higher is the magnitude of the inefficiency. From a theoretical point of …

simple, analytically solvable ?new economic geography? model with two trade integrating regions. The location pattern … emerging as market equilibrium is ?bubbleshaped?, i.e. it features dispersion of firms both at high and low trade costs and … trade costs. Our central finding is that the market equilibrium is characterised by over-agglomeration for high trade costs …

effects of these costs on international trade. First, we investigate the extent to which maritime and road transport costs … determinants of trade flows. The main results of this investigation indicate that real distance is not a good proxy for … exports and they seem to deter trade to a greater extent than road or maritime transit time when endogeneity is considered. …

maritime piracy from the IMB. Our results show that maritime piracy significantly increases trade cost between Europe and Asia. …

Parameterbereiche existieren in denen die Unternehmen nach einer exogenen Senkung der Transportkosten die Produktdifferenzierung …