We show that standard economic geography model results are enriched by the consideration of potential international differences in productivity levels, because we can give a more complete description of centripetal and centrifugal forces. These will be classified as fixed- and...

Using a generalized version of the Venables (International Economic Review, 37: 341-359) model, this article explores the relative locations of two vertically linked sectors with knowledge spillovers. Analytical investigation shows that the dynamic properties of the Venables model are...

This paper delves into geographical agglomeration patterns of economic activities focusing on the connection between these agglomeration tendencies and sectoral patterns of innovative activities. Within a broad evolutionary perspective, we refine upon incumbent statistical models, trying to...

We extend the standard economic geography model by introducing regional differences in technology levels and by assuming that initial technological gaps may be closed only when the learning capabilities of the lagging region are sufficiently developed. Interregional knowledge spill-overs take...

We review the theoretical links between growth and agglomeration. Growth, in the form of innovation, can be at the origin of catastrophic spatial agglomeration in a cumulative process la Myrdal. One of the surprising features of the Krugman [Journal of Political Economy 99 (1991) 483499] model,...