Focuses on how the tendency of firms and workers to agglomerate in space changes as
regions become more integrated. Comparative advantage and market access …

General-equilibrium models based on increasing returns, product differentiation and
monopolistic competition have attained a prominent position in trade theory and, more …

Large-scale transport infrastructure investments connect both large metropolitan centres of
production as well as small peripheral regions. Are the resulting trade cost reductions a …

Transport infrastructure investment is a cornerstone of growth‐promoting strategies.
However, the link between infrastructure investment and economic performance remains …

This paper studies the relationship between the degree of regional integration and regional
differences in production structures and income levels. For high trade costs, industry is …

Despite large regional policy expenditures, regional inequalities in Europe have not
narrowed substantially over the last two decades, and by some measures have even …

'Given the remarkable increase in regional integration agreements [RIAs] in the past decade,
understanding of their economic rationale and consequences is essential. Schiff and …

This paper evaluates the impact of structural funds on the convergence process between
145 European regions over 1989–1999. The presence of spillover effects is investigated …

Salesforce has been a key leader in evolving marketing within this digital era through the
use of specific marketing strategy aimed at creating and tracking marketing campaigns as …

This paper begins by systematically developing the “static” theory of preferential trade areas
(PTAs) and showing that neither a large volume of initial intra-union trade nor geographical …