Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,236
Cover Image
Agglomeration and Economic Geography
Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
search of a general theory. Such spatial imbalances have two possible explanations. In the first, uneven economic development … results developed in standard location theory, we use a unified framework to survey the home market effect as well as core …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662148
Cover Image
Geographical Economics: A Survey
Gatto, Massimo Del - In: Giornale degli Economisti 63 (2004) 2, pp. 205-241
Spatial Policy". From this perspective, both agglomeration and economic integration have to be reinterpreted on a wider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612311
Cover Image
Frontiers of the New Economic Geography
Fujita, Masahisa; Mori, Tomoya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
This paper presents an overview of recent development in the new economic geography (NEG), and discusses possible directions of its future development. Since there already exist several surveys on this topic, we focus on the selected features of the NEG which are important yet have attracted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816505
Cover Image
Regional employment and wages. The effects of transport costs and market potential. An application for Argentina
Moncarz, Pedro E. - In: Revista de Economía y Estadística XLV (2007) 1, pp. 75-108
Economic activity in Argentina shows a high degree of concentration, in 1993 almost 46% of GDP was generated in an area representing just 0.14% of the country. When looking at the manufacturing sector the concentration is still higher. The new economic geography models developed since the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509103
Cover Image
From Local to Global Competition
Anderson, Simon P.; Palma, Andre de - University of Virginia, Department of Economics - 1998
This paper lays out and elaborates upon the properties of an extended Chamberlinian model with applications both in Industrial Organization and Economic Geography/ Urban Economics. The framework is used to explain the impact of some major changes over the last two centuries: reductions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005802024
Cover Image
A Reflection On The Effects Of Transport Costs Within The New Economic Geography
Alonso-Villar, Olga - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2006
The purpose of this paper is to analyze, in the light of recent contributions of New Economic Geography models, the spatial consequences of transport cost reductions. So far, the role of transport costs have been only partially unveiled, since papers focused either on the Dixit-Stiglitz-Iceberg...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230617
Cover Image
La “New Economic Geography” e lo sviluppo locale
Menegatti, M.; Seravalli, G. - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Parma - 2004
Questo lavoro è la versione preliminare del capitolo dedicato alla “New Economic Geography” (NEG) ed alle sue implicazioni per lo sviluppo locale del testo “Manuale di sviluppo locale” (a cura di G. Seravalli), attualmente in corso di stesura. Il lavoro studia innanzitutto il problema...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772832
Cover Image
On the evolution of a multi-regional system
TABUCHI, Takatoshi; THISSE, Jacques-François; ZENG, Dao-Zhi - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2001
regions. The second phase arises because of the increasing urban costs associated with the process of agglomeration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005065273
Cover Image
Do transport costs and tariffs shape the space-economy in the same way ?
BEHRENS, Kristian - Laboratoire d'Économie de Dijon (LEDI), Université de … - 2003
symmetric roles in that a decrease in either of them favors agglomeration. Yet, tariff rent redistribution has a significant … impact on the spatial equilibrium; when tariffs are origin- (resp. destination-based), agglomeration (resp. dispersion) is … significatif sur l'équilibre spatial. Lorsque les tarifs sont prélevés sur la production (resp. sur la consommation), l'agglomération …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005458771
Cover Image
Agglomeration, Integration, and Territorial Authority Scale in a System of Trading Cities. Centralisation versus Devolution
Gatto, Massimo Del - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
'agglomeration in a system of cities' in which both intra-city trade and inter-city trade are considered. Enriching both the … literature on integration/agglomeration and that on city size and formation, we show that: i) devolution results in over-agglomeration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423190