This paper adds a factor of production, land, to the standard core-periphery model of the New Economic Geography to analyse the effect of land rent on the price index and spatial structure. The result indicates that when production of the manufacturing sector has high dependence on land, and...

I develop a model of competition between walkable shops, and other shops whose customers drive (car-oriented shops). Walkable shops operate in monopolistic competition within a local area, or neighbourhood. A small cost advantage for car-oriented shops can turn into a larger price advantage....

This study develops two space-varying coefficient simultaneous autoregressive (SVC-SAR) models for areal data and applies them to the discrete/continuous choice model, which is an econometric model based on the consumer's utility maximization problem. The space-varying coefficient model is a...

In this editorial we summarise and comment on papers published in issue 8.4. The first paper is by Frederick Guy, entitled 'Small, Local and Cheap? Walkable and Car-oriented Retail in Competition'. Secondly we have the paper by Nicola Francesco Dotti, Ugo Fratesi, Camilla Lenzi & Marco Percoco...

<title>Abstract</title> Using data from Abiad <italic>et al</italic>. (2008), we estimate a dynamic spatial panel data model with country and time-period fixed effects to test for spatial cointegration in the financial liberalization index. Parameter estimates are obtained by reformulating the model in spatial...

<title>Abstract</title>This paper examines the determinants of interstate migration flows in Mexico for the period between 1985 and 2005. The aim is to explore internal changes in the Mexican economy as a result of the impact of trade and financial liberalization to identify factors contributing to or...

<title>Abstract</title>In this editorial we summarize and comment on papers published in issue 8.2. The first paper is ‘New Economic Geography and Reunified Germany at Twenty: A Fruitful Match?’ by Frank Bickenbach & Eckhardt Bode. Next comes ‘The Role of the Human Capital, Market Potential and Natural...