In this paper we develop a model of the urban economy, where the commercial sub center of a city, goes in competition with a peripheral sub center. We consider both centers to be in a spatial asymmetric duopoly, where both centers need to compete for customers and employees. Competition takes...

Regional GDP is a key indicator in the assessment of the economic performance of the Belgian regions. But for assessing the wealth of a certain region, another important indicator is the household disposable income.In this paper the evolution since 1985 and the level of regional per inhabitant...

Author used the data of Vietnam Population Census 1989, 1999, 2009 and estimated inter regional labor migration function of Vietnam. Based on the method of system approach of Poot (1986), author adapted it to Vietnamese data and also studied the convergence speed of the migration function. The...

Brain drain Impacts on production Endowments Demand and Prices Brain drain Impacts on Real GDP and Welafre Global trade analysis project reduction in real gdp and welfare in Iran Different impacts on production factors' market

The equalization effects of transfer systems has been the subject of analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of redistribution policies and of the adequacy of revenue sharing mechanisms in providing sub national governments with adequate resources to undertake their public responsibilities....

To teach international macroeconomics using simulations of a multi-country model. Note : This is a new presentation from the one in Prague which met technical problems. The Macsim 2 package allows to simulate shocks on a set of countries linked by trade flows, using various assumptions on the...

Thailand and the Laos PDR have a very long border of 1,810 kilometers which has been involved with international economic transactions in terms of trade, investment, tourism and passenger transportation over a long period. There are 36 custom check points allowing passenger transportation...

See full paper Matrix of International Trade (MIT) This paper applies Matrix of International Trade (MIT) model to analyze the dynamics of inter-dependencies within APEC member and between Europe, Africa and Middle East. The quarterly portrait for the last ten years (2003Q1-2012Q4) provides...

Two modern approaches to development policy have recently evolved and dispute with each other, the space-neutral and the place-based approaches Perhaps the most notable conceptual development common in these modern approaches is a strong awareness of the key role of geography in policies...

Determine the optimal response of a small open economy's central bank to financial shocks that lead to increases in credit spreads. Increasing credit spreads reduce the efficacy of monetary policy when the central bank is reducing the policy rate to accommodate a lowering in economic...