We use a model of combined endogenous growth and economic geography to study the impact of regional economic … ideas are two faces of the same coin. We show that the progressive decrease in transaction costs through the phasing out of …

activities. The theories of endogenous growth and economic geography enable us to understand these mechanisms. We study in this …

also, and differentially, by the sectoral levels of trade costs. The fundamental implication for an economic geography … fundamental tension which is intricately affected by trade costs. A reduction of trade costs fosters the dispersive impact of … relative to comparative advantage, and this is more likely the lower are trade costs in increasing returns sectors and the …

deliver relevant welfare gains stemming from lower production costs, smaller markups, lower prices, larger firm scale and …

Second nature geography variables are very relevant in the explanation of income disparities across regions within … countries and across countries. This paper uses the framework of the New Economic Geography to derive the structural equation …