This paper analyses the effect on agglomeration tendencies of allowing firms to become multi-region firms in a standard …-periphery (CP) model developed by Krugman (1991). The introduction of horizontal multi-region firms dampens the strong agglomeration …, agglomeration tendencies are strengthened. Second, actual production tends to be more spread out, and, in this sense, they are …

This paper presents a simple, analytically solvable Chamberlinian agglomeration model. As in the canonical core …

This paper presents a simple Chamberlinian agglomeration model which, like the canonical core-periphery (CP) model … complete agglomeration predicted by the CP model. …

This paper presents a simple, analytically solvable Chamberlinian agglomeration model. As in the canonical core …

This paper presents a simple, analytically solvable Chamberlinian agglomeration model. As in the canonical core …

into account. Our analysis furthermore implies that market-size based agglomeration forces are too weak to overcome the … very strong congestion force associated with competition for land, unless the consumers' desire of variety (as expressed by … a low elasticity of substitution) is very strong. This suggests that further agglomeration forces have to be invoked to …

market outcome leads to excessive agglomeration under symmetric fixed costs, a planner opts for asymmetric fixed costs and … more agglomeration. The reason is that the losses induced by more agglomeration are offset by the gains due to additional …