A prospective review on New Economic Geography

JM Gaspar - The Annals of Regional Science, 2018 - Springer
This paper serves as an orientation towards the understanding of some of the contributions
and theoretical limitations in New Economic Geography and seeks to provide a prospective …

Price competition in product variety networks

P Ushchev, Y Zenou - Games and Economic Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
We develop a product-differentiated model where the product space is a network defined as
a set of varieties (nodes) linked by their degrees of substitutability (edges). We also locate …

Small urban green areas

PM Picard, TTH Tran - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper studies the size and location of small urban green areas across city spaces.
Small urban green areas offer amenities that affect residential choices, land consumption …

Spatial scale of agglomeration and dispersion: Theoretical foundations and empirical implications

T Akamatsu, T Mori, M Osawa, Y Takayama - 2017 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
This paper studies the theoretical properties of existing economic geography models with
agglomeration and dispersion forces in a many-region setup, rather than their original two …

New economic geography: history and debate

JM Gaspar - The European Journal of the History of Economic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We synthesise the main conceptual discussion around New Economic Geography (NEG).
We provide the background in adjacent fields of economics which made the surge of NEG …

Jobs and land use within cities: a survey of theory, evidence, and policy

AG Goswami, SV Lall - The World Bank Research Observer, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Over the last century, the urban spatial structure of cities has transformed dramatically from a
traditional monocentric configuration to varying forms of decentralized organization. This …

Urban structures with forward and backward linkages

P Mossay, PM Picard, T Tabuchi - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
We study urban structures driven by demand and vertical linkages in the presence of
increasing returns to scale. Individuals consume urban varieties and firms use these …

Trade liberalization and the wage gap: the role of vertical linkages and fixed costs

F Di Comite, A Nocco, G Orefice - Review of World Economics, 2018 - Springer
This paper studies the labor market impacts of trade liberalization, and specifically tariff
reductions, with a focus on the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in presence …

Endogenous agglomeration in a many-region world

T Akamatsu, T Mori, M Osawa, Y Takayama - 2017 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
We theoretically study a general family of economic geography models that features
endogenous agglomeration. In many-region settings, the spatial scale---global or local---of …

Location of housing and industry around city centre amenities

L Garrido-da-Silva, SBSD Castro… - Regional Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the endogenous emergence of residential and industrial areas when
proximity to the centre benefits both households and firms. Households wish to locate near …