Agglomeration and Specialization Patterns when Firms and Workers Are Footloose

In new economic geography models, geographic concentration can't arise because of workers' mobility or vertical linkages between firms. We examine a setup that combines those two approaches in conjunction with local congestion costs. We find that, as trade costs are lowered, the geographic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coulibaly, Souleymane
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5549