Economic and financial crises have brought the rise of unemployment, reduction of economic growth and emergence of global imbalances and tensions as countries and regions have suffered the effects of a variety of internal and external shocks. In this context of constant disruption, the...

This paper presents a multi-region model based on the NEG with transport costs of materials. Consumable goods are differentiated among firms, and materials are differentiated among regions. Results show that (i) economic activities increase agglomeration tendencies as the transport cost ratio...