Die politische und planerische Diskussion über Metropolen ist stark von der Vorstellung bestimmt, die Globalisierung könnte zu grundlegenden Veränderungen im Städtesystem führen, und diese Veränderungen könnten ganz besonders Städte der höchsten Hierarchiestufen betreffen. Der Aufsatz...

Theoretical reasoning shows that spatial effects of transport cost reductions may crucially depend on market structures in the tradables sector (degree of market power, strength of economies of scale, free or no free entry). The aim of this paper is to compare empirically the effects of...

The paper shows that in a spatial price equilibrium under monopolisitc competition welfare can be increased by subsidising transport. Therefore transport can be said to exert a positive (pecuniary) externality. This is demonstrated by introducing a subsidy into a partial spatial price...

According to New Growth Theory one cannot rely on the convergence mechanisms inherent in traditional neoclassical constant returns to scale models. Convergence as well as divergence is possible, in general, depending on the assumptions about technology, factor mobility and ease of knowledge...