Verl.Beschr.: Statistische Methoden haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten kontinuierlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Entsprechend wichtig sind profunde Kenntnisse der Prämissen, auf denen solche Verfahren beruhen, sowie die Fähigkeit, sich mit den Ergebnissen und der Interpretation einer statistischen...

We develop a model of a city populated by heterogeneous agents. Agents self-select into entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurs set up firms which hire workers. We characterize the equilibrium matching between firms and workers, as well as the within-city assignment of agents to locations. We then...

In this paper, we constructs a model with two-region, two sector and two types of workers. One type of workers has a comparative advantage in agricultural production and mobile between two regions, while the other type of workers has a comparative advantage in producing manufactured goods and...

This paper explores the problems associated with the location choice of newly created establishments at the aggregate level. Much work has been done in this domain, however, several issues arise when analyzing involved phenomena, which scholars have yet to fully explore: 1) addressing the excess...