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| Author: | Ottaviano, G.I.P. Thisse, J-F. |
| Title: | Integration, agglomeration and the political economies of factor mobility |
| Journal: | Journal of Accounting & Economics
2002 : MAR, VOL. 83:3, p. 429-456 |
| Index terms: | FACTORIES INTEGRATION MOBILITY POLITICAL ECONOMY |
| Freeterms: | AGGLOMERATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper tackles the issue of the optimality of agglomeration in a two-region economy with skilled/mobile and unskilled/immobile workers. The market leads to the optimal outcome when transport costs are high or low. However, for intermediate values, it yields agglomeration whereas dispersion is socially desirable. The reasons for this inefficiency are then analyzed. |
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