Industry location and welfare when transport costs are endogenous

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-208

  Behrens, Kristian ^a,b,c   Gaigné, Carl ^d   Thisse, Jacques François ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CIRPÉE ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d LERECO   (France)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imperfect competition; New economic geography; Trade; Transport sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049091556     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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