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RHOMOLO: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Modelling Approach to the Evaluation of the EU's Regional Policies

Kancs, d'Artis - 2010

based on the theories of general equilibrium, endogenous growth and new economic geography and incorporates a multi …

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Matsuyama, Kiminori; Takahashi, Takaaki - 1993

We present a simple model fo a two-region economy in which undesirable concentration may occur. With reedom to choose where to lifve, individuals in this economy concentrate into one region in their pursuit of better life, and end up becoming worse off. We characterize the conditions under which...

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Trade and Agglomeration: the Strategic use of Protection Revisited

Thede, Susanna - 2007

models, in the so-called new economic geography framework, is sensitive to the standard assumption that there is a sole … the resulting national welfare levels in a new economic geography model including several agglomeration industries. The … jointly suggest that the stark argument for the strategic use of protection present in standard new economic geography models …

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Spoils of war: Trade shocks and segmented labor markets in Spain during WWI

Fuchs, Simon - 2021

imperfect labor mobility in an economic geography model, I show that external demand shocks can improve allocative efficiency …

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On the Road (Again): Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany

Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2021

This paper develops a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model for the German economy to address two issues. First, we explore the role of commuting for local labor markets and their capacity to absorb productivity shocks. Second, we address the role of housing markets for quantitative...

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Transport Costs and the Size Distribution of a Linearly Arranged System of Cities

Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2010

investigates the consequences of changing transport costs for a system of cities that are located equidistantly on a straight line …. In the case of rising transport costs, the main outcome of this model is worker concentration in the central large cities …The question regarding the effects of changing transports costs on the size distribution of cities is an important …

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Mind the remoteness! Income disparities across Japanese prefectures

López-Rodríguez, Jesús; Nakamura, Daisuke - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 393-417

In this paper we analyze the role played by Market access to explain income disparities among Japanese Prefectures for different periods of time. The results of the estimations suggest that 1) Market access plays an important role in the explanation of income disparities in Japan, 2) the effect...

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EU economic modelling system: Assessment of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) investments in innovation and human capital

Ivanova, Olga; Kancs, D'Artis; Thissen, Mark - 2019

This is the first study that attempts to assess the regional economic impacts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) investments in a spatially explicit macroeconomic model, which allows us to take into account all key direct, indirect and spatial spillover effects of EIT...

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Regional Trade Flows and Input Output Data for Europe

Ivanova, Olga; Kancs, D'Artis; Thissen, Mark - 2019

The Regional Trade Flows and Input output Data for Europe are constructed at the regional NUTS2 level with sectoral NACE2 detail and developed for spatial macroeconomic modelling and social-economic analysis for answering a wide-range of policy questions, including policies related to...

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Productivity and firm selection:intra- vs international trade

Corcos, Gregory; Del Gatto, Massimo; Mion, Giordano; … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2007

Recent theoretical models predict gains from international trade coming from intra-industryreallocations, due to a firm selection effect. In this paper we answer two related questions. First, whatis the magnitude of this selection effect, and how does it compare to that of intra-national trade...

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