increasing returns to scale, transport costs, congestion costs, and migration. In result, the agglomeration pattern might be … catastrophic or smooth depending on congestion costs. The transition between both patterns is smooth. …

economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population …, congestion costs associated with a too large population size limit the process of urban-rural transformation. Firms in the urban … equilibrium the urban location is inefficiently small because households fail to internalize the agglomeration economies and the …

agglomeration economies and a higher cost of the publicly provided good due to congestion. It is shown that introducing fiscal … since the city is already beyond the level of optimum agglomeration. …

increasing returns to scale, transport costs, congestion costs, and migration. In result, the agglomeration pattern might be … catastrophic or smooth depending on congestion costs. The transition between both patterns is smooth. -- regional unemployment …

interplay of increasing returns to scale, transport costs, congestion costs, and migration. The level and stability of regional …