We analyse how spatial disparities in innovation activities, coupled with migration costs, affect economic geography …, growth and regional inequality. We provide conditions for existence and uniqueness of a spatial equilibrium, and for the … innovative firms. Migration costs, however, limit the concentration of economic activities in the most productive region …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial … absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial econometric techniques, and is strongly linked to the economic growth … literature. In contrast, studies on relative location tend to be weakly linked to theory, but apply relatively sophisticated …

start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we … theoretical models that can account for what we observe in the data. When discussing the stylized facts on geography and …

. Conflict is also associated with dramatic declines in official trade, with exports (imports) estimated to be 58 (34) percent …