De Cara, Stéphane; Fournier, Anne; Gaigné, Carl - Chaire d'Économie du Climat, Université … - 2011
In this paper, we argue ’buying local’ does not necessarily reduces transport-related greenhouse gas emissions even if transport and production technologies, as well as natural endowment are homogeneous in space. We develop a model of rural-urban systems where the spatial distribution of...