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, growth and regional inequality. We provide conditions for existence and uniqueness of a spatial equilibrium, and for the …. Narrowing the gap in knowledge spillovers across regions raises growth, and reduces regional inequality by making firms more …
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-driven economic growth model with labor mobility and a demographic structure of overlapping generations. The model shows that there is …
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This paper tests directly a geography and growth model using regional data for Europe, the US, and Japan during … different time periods. We set up a standard geography and growth model with a poverty trap and derive a log-linearized growth …
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This chapter on urbanization and growth focuses on modeling and empirical evidence that pertain to a number of inter … to these questions the chapter turns to growth issues. How does a system of cities evolve under economic and population … growth; and how does urban growth intersect with, or even define national economic growth? In growth theory, endogenous …
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Spatiotemporal dynamics are introduced in a standard Ramsey model of optimal growth in which capital moves toward … potential spatial heterogeneity of optimal growth, as seen from the point of view of an optimizing social planner, is examined …
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This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural–urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural–urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an...
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While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I develop an empirical strategy that...
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This paper comes from research conducted for the I.D.E.E. project. Taking data from Italian regions, the dynamics of a multisector economy is studied by the use of the Framework Space, an analytical tool proposed by Boehm and Punzo (1998). Quantitative analysis of the dynamics is carried out by...
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In this paper we present and analyze a stylized model of endogenous growth with international technology spillover … effects from the North to the South. The model allows for endogenous structural change and environmental degradation that …
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