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The Global Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity : Nature, History, and the Role of Trade

Henderson, J. Vernon - 2016

We study the distribution of economic activity, as proxied by lights at night, across 250,000 grid cells of average area 560 square kilometers. We first document that nearly half of the variation can be explained by a parsimonious set of physical geography attributes. A full set of country...

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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity

Redding, Stephen J. - 2014

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between the spatial distribution of economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the general equilibrium implications of transportation...

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Geographical disadvantage : a Heckscher-ohlin-von Thunen model of international specialization

Venables, Anthony; Limão, Nuno - 1999

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Trade Costs, Market Access and Economic Geography : Why the Empirical Specification of Trade Costs Matters

Bosker, Erik Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2021

Trade costs are crucial in new economic geography (NEG) models. The unavailability of actual trade costs data requires the approximation of trade costs. Most NEG studies do not deal with the ramifications of the particular trade costs specification used. This paper shows that the specification...

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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade

Limão, Nuno; Venables, Anthony J. - 2001

The authors use different data sets to investigate the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure. Infrastructure is an important determinant of transport costs, especially for landlocked countries. Analysis of bilateral trade data confirms the importance of infrastructure and...

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International trade and transport : spatial structure and environmental quality in a global economy

Steininger, Karl W. - 2001

The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such … tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a … comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory …

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Intégration, investissements directs étrangers et concentration spatiale dans les pays en développement

Catin, Maurice; Ghio, Stéphane; Van Huffel, Christophe - In: Région et développement (2001) 13, pp. 11-46

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Trade, firm selection, and industrial agglomeration

Hsu, Wen-tai; Wang, Ping - In: Regional science & urban economics 42 (2012) 6, pp. 975-986

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A simple, analytically solvable, Chamberlinian agglomeration model

Pflüger, Michael - 2003 - Final version

This paper presents a simple Chamberlinian agglomeration model which, like the canonical core-periphery (CP) model, contains two agglomerative forces. However, in contrast to that model, the present model is analytically solvable. Moreover, the present model exhibits a 'supercritical pitchfork...

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RHOMOLO: a dynamic spatial general equilibrium model

Kancs, D'Artis - 2010

This paper presents the new dynamic spatial general equilibrium (DSGE) model – RHOMOLO, which is built to support the EU policy design by undertaking holistic, micro-founded and disaggregated policy impact assessment. The RHOMOLO model is based on the theories of general equilibrium,...

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