We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We … estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade … shares and trade costs and where we can derive an aggregate freeness of trade measure. These measures are instrumented based …

This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational … 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international borders decrease regional income per capita, while trade agreements at … international borders increase regional income per capita by about the same magnitude. The positive marginal effect of trade …

-country components. In addition, we estimate centre-periphery gradients in sectoral location patterns and the impact of EU membership on …

1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we …

EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there …

for eastwest trade. Furthermore, we identify locational factors relevant for regional growth in a traditional Barro …

manufacturing sectors. Labour cost differentials, however, are insignificant in explaining the location of relative sectoral …