to intermediate suppliers, and centripetal forces, such as demand pull of dispersed resources and congestion effects …

integration. The "new economic geography" world assumes mobile entrepreneurs which can relocate thus bringing agglomeration forces …

This paper investigates the relation between agglomeration of economic activity and the pattern of specialization of … specialized in the differentiated good in which it has a comparative advantage. Agglomeration occurs not only in large markets … advantage drives specialization, while absolute advantage drives agglomeration. …

This paper focuses on tax competition and international migration in R&D sectors as agglomeration forces and trade …

equal dispersion of industries, this paper explains why limits to industrial agglomeration can be observed in reality. It … self-fulfilling expectations and congestion effects. For large scale agglomerations, congestion effects may be the most …

key insight that emerges is that the interaction between agglomeration economies and comparative advantage involves a … comparative advantage in sectors governed by this force whilst the impact of agglomeration economies is enhanced by trade cost … small economies is not only shaped by the primitives that determine agglomeration economies and comparative advantage but …

integration. The ?new economic geography? world assumes mobile entrepreneurs which can relocate thus bringing agglomeration forces …

historically emerged as the core. The agglomeration rent which accrues to the mobile factor gives unions and governments in the …

This paper analyses the effect on agglomeration tendencies of allowing firms to become multi-region firms in a standard …-periphery (CP) model developed by Krugman (1991). The introduction of horizontal multi-region firms dampens the strong agglomeration …, agglomeration tendencies are strengthened. Second, actual production tends to be more spread out, and, in this sense, they are …

This paper investigates the relation between agglomeration of economic activity and the pattern of specialization of … specialized in the differentiated good in which it has a comparative advantage. Agglomeration occurs not only in large markets … advantage drives specialization, while absolute advantage drives agglomeration. …