Changes in transport and non-transport costs: Local vs global impacts in a spatial network

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-648

  Behrens, Kristian ^a   Lamorgese, Andrea R ^b   Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^c,d,e,f   Tabuchi, Takatoshi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Research Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d BRUEGEL   (Belgium)

^e FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

International integration; Monopolistic competition; Multi country trade models; Spatial networks; Trade frictions

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MODELING; MONOPOLY;

EID: 35348938084     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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