International Trade, Geography and
Specialisation: Empirical Evidence
Département d’Économétrie et
d’Économie Politique (DEEP), University of Lausanne
THIS PAGE WAS originally SET UP as a
Topics
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DESCRIPTIVES: SPECIALISATION
AND TRADE VOLUMES
2.1 Trade Structures
2.2 Sectoral Specialisation /
Geographic Concentration
2.3 Geographical
Clustering of Firms
2.4 The Gravity Model and Border Effects
2.5 Heterogeneous Firms, FDI and Vertical
Specialisation
3. ANALYTICAL EMPIRICS: TESTING
THEORIES
3.1 Regressing Specialisation
on its Determinants
3.2 Testing Neoclassical Trade Theory:
Leontief, Etc.
3.3 Testing the "New" Trade
Theory: The Home-Market Effect, Etc.
4. POLICY-RELATED ISSUES
4.1 Trade and Wages
4.2 Geography, Productivity and
Regional Inequality
4.3 Geography,
Agglomeration and Taxes
4.4 Trade and Factor-Market Adjustment
1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Theory
and Overviews
· Baldwin, Richard E.;
Forslid, Rikard; Martin, Philippe; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. and Robert-Nicoud,
Frédéric (2003) Economic Geography and Public Policy.
· Behrens,
Christian; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. and Mion, Giordano (2007) “Industry Reallocations in a Globalising
Economy”, CEPR Discussion
Paper No. 6049. (download pdf)
· Brakman, Steven;
Garretsen, Harry and van Marrewijk, Charles (2001) An Introduction to
Geographical Economics,
Cambridge University Press.
· Combes,
Pierre-Philippe; Mayer, Thierry and Thisse, Jacques-François (2008) Economic
Geography: The Integration of Regions and Nations,
· Fujita, Masahisa;
Krugman, Paul and Venables, Anthony (1999) The Spatial Economy: Cities,
Regions and International Trade, MIT Press:
· Fujita, Masahisa
and Thisse, Jacques-François (2002) Agglomeration and Market
Interaction, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3362. (download pdf)
·
· Markusen, James;
Melvin, James; Kaempfer, William and Maskus, Keith (1995) International
Trade: Theory and Evidence, McGraw-Hill.
· Martin, Ron (1999)
"The New 'Geographical Turn' in Economics: Some Critical
Reflections".
· Neary, Peter
(2001) "Of Hype and Hyperbolas: Introducing the New Economic
Geography". Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 39, pp. 536-561. (download pdf)
· Neary, Peter (2009)
"Putting the "New" into New Trade Theory: Paul Krugman's Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economics". CEPR Discussion Papers, No. 7231. (download pdf)
· Ottaviano,
Gianmarco I.P. and Puga, Diego (1998) "Agglomeration in the Global
Economy: A Survey of the 'New Economic Geography'". World Economy,
vol.21, pp. 231-252.
· Rossi-Hansberg,
Esteban (2006) "A Spatial Theory of Trade". American Economic
Review, vol. 95, pp. 1464-1491. (download
pdf)
· Sjöberg, Örian and Sjöholm, Fredrik
(2002) "Common Ground? Prospects for Integration the Economic Geographers
of Geographers and Economists". Environment and Planning A, vol.
34, pp. 467-486. (download pdf)
· Brakman, S.;
Garretsen, H.; Gorter, J.; van der Horst, A. and Schramm, M. (2005) "New
Economic Geography, Empirics, and Regional Policy". Netherlands Bureau for
Economic Policy Analysis working paper. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius (1998) "Economic Geography, Industry Location and Trade: The
Evidence". World Economy, vol. 21, pp. 775-801. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith and
Mayer, Thierry (2004) "The Empirics of Agglomeration and Trade". In:
· Helpman, Elhanan
(1999) "Explaining the Structure of Foreign Trade: Where do We
Stand?" Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 13, pp. 121-124. (download pdf)
· Krugman, Paul
(1994) "Empirical Evidence on the New Trade Theories: The Current State of
· Leamer, Edward E.
(1994) "Testing Trade Theory". In: Greenaway, D. and Winters,
· Leamer, Edward E.
and Levinsohn, James (1995) "International Trade Theory: The
Evidence". In: Grossmann, G. and Rogoff, K. (eds.) Handbook of
International Economics, vol. 3,
· Overman, Henry;
· Feenstra, Robert
C., Lipsey, Robert E. and Bowen, Harry P. (1997) "World Trade Flows,
1970-1992; With Production and Tariff Data", NBER Working Paper No.
5910.(download pdf)
2. DESCRIPTIVES:
SPECIALISATION AND TRADE VOLUMES
2.1 Trade Structures
· Balassa, Bela
(1965) "Trade Liberalisation and 'Revealed' Comparative Advantage".
· Bernhofen, D.M.
and Brown, J.C. (2005) “An Empirical Assessment of the Comparative
Advantage Gains from Trade: Evidence from
· Brülhart,
Marius and Elliott, Robert (1998) "Adjustment to the European Single
Market: Inferences from Intra-Industry Trade Patterns". Journal of
Economic Studies, vol. 25., pp. 225-247. (download
pdf)
· Rice, Patricia;
Stewart, Martin and Venables, Anthony J. (2002) “The Geography of
Intra-Industry Trade: Empirics”. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3368. (download pdf)
2.2 Sectoral Specialisation / Geographic
Concentration
· Arbia, Guiseppe
(2000) "Empirics for Regional Convergence and Polarization: The Role of
Spatial Dependence". Mimeo,
· Brülhart,
Marius (1998) "Trading Places: Industrial Specialisation in the European
Union". Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 36, No. 3, pp.
319-346. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius (2001) "Evolving Geographical Specialisation of European
Manufacturing Industries". Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, vol. 137,
pp. 215-243. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius (2001) "Growing Alike or Growing Apart? Industrial Specialisation
of EU Countries". In: Charles Wyplosz (ed.) The Impact of EMU on Europe
and the Developing Countries,
· Brülhart,
Marius (2006) "The Fading Attraction of Central Regions: An Empirical Note
on Core-Periphery Gradients in
· Brülhart,
Marius and Traeger, Rolf (2005) "An Account of Geographic Concentration
Patterns in
· Desmet, Klaus and
Fafchamps, Marcel (2005) "Changes in the Spatial Concentration of Employment
across US Counties: a Sectoral Analysis". Journal of Economic Geography,
vol. 5, pp. 261-284. (download pdf)
· Desmet, Klaus and
Fafchamps, Marcel (2006) "Employment Concentration across US Counties".
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 36, pp. 482-509. (download pdf)
· Kim, Sukkoo (1995)
"Expansion of Markets and the Geographic Distribution of Economic
Activities: The Trends in
· Kim, Sukkoo (1998)
"Economic Integration and Convergence: US Regions, 1840-1987". Journal
of Economic History, vol. 58, pp. 659-683. (download
pdf)
· Hallet, Martin
(2000) "Regional Specialisation and Concentration in the EU".
Economic Papers, European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and
Financial Affairs, No. 141. (download pdf)
· Redding, Stephen
(2002) "Specialization Dynamics". Journal of International
Economics, vol. 58, pp. 299-334. (download
pdf)
· Storper, Michael;
Chen, Yun-chung and De Paolis, Fernando (2002) "Trade and the Location of
Industries in the OECD and European Union". Journal of Economic
Geography, vol. 2, pp. 73-107. (download
pdf)
2.3
Geographical Clustering of Firms
· Devereux, Michael
P.; Griffith, Rachel and Simpson, Helen (1999) "The Geographic
Distribution of Production Activity in the
· Dumais, Guy;
Ellison, Glenn and Glaeser Edward L. (2002) "Geographic Concentration as a
Dynamic Process". Review of
Economics and Statistics, vol. 84, pp. 193-204. (download pdf)
· Duranton, Gilles
and Overman, Henry (2005) "Testing for Localisation Using Micro-Geographic
Data". Review of Economic Studies, vol. 72, pp. 1077-1106. (download pdf)
· Ellison, Glenn and
Glaeser, Edward L. (1997) "Geographic Concentration in
· Henderson, J.
Vernon (2003) "
· Lafourcade, Miren
and Mion, Giordano (2007) "Concentration, Agglomeration and the Size of
Plants". Regional Science and Urban
Economics, vol. 37, pp. 46-68. (download
pdf)
· Marcon, Eric and
Puech,
· Maurel, F. and
Sédillot, B. (1999) "A Measure of the Geographic Concentration in
French Manufacturing Industries". Regional
Science and Urban Economics, vol. 29, pp. 575-604. (download pdf)
2.4 The
Gravity Model and Border Effects
· Anderson, James A.
and van Wincoop, Eric (2003) “Gravity with Gravitas: A Solution to the
Border Puzzle”. American Economic
Review, vol. 93, pp. 170-192. (download
pdf)
· Baldwin, Richard
E. and Taglioni, Daria (2006) “Gravity for Dummies and Dummies for
Gravity Equations”. NBER Working
Paper, No. 12516. (download pdf)
· Bröcker,
Johannes (1984) “How Do International Trade Barriers Affect Interregional
Trade?” In Å.E. Andersson, W. Isard, and T. Puu (eds) Regional and Industrial Development
Theories: Models and Empirical Evidence,
· Carrère,
Céline (2006) “Revisiting the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements
on Trade Flows with Proper Specification of the Gravity Model”. European
Economic Review, vol. 50, pp. 223-247. (download
pdf)
· Chen, Natalie
(2002) "Intra-National Versus International Trade in the European
Union" Journal of International Economics, vol. 63, pp. 93-118. (download pdf)
· Deardorff, Alan V.
(1998) "Determinants of Bilateral Trade: Does Gravity Work in a
Neoclassical World?" In: Frankel, Jeffrey A. (ed.) The Regionalization of the
World Economy,
· Eaton, Jonathan
and Kortum, Samuel (2002) "Technology, Geography and Trade". Econometrica,
vol. 70, pp. 1741-1779. (download pdf)
· Evans, Carolyn
(2003) "The Economic Significance of National Border Effects". American
Economic Review, vol. 93, pp. 1291-1312. (download
pdf)
· Evenett, Simon J.
and Keller, Wolfgang (2002) "On Theories Explaining the Success of the
Gravity Equation". Journal of Political Economy, vol. 110, pp.
281-316. (download pdf)
· Haveman, Jon D.
and Hummels, David (1997) "Gravity, What is it good for? Theory and
Evidence on Bilateral Trade". Mimeo,
· Head, Keith (2000)
"Gravity for Beginners". Mimeo,
· Head, Keith and
Mayer, Thierry (2000) "Non-Europe: The Magnitude and Causes of Market
Fragmentation in the EU". Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, vol. 136,
pp. 285-314. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith and Mayer,
Thierry (2002) "Illusory Border Effects: Distance Mismeasurement Inflates
Estimates of Home Bias in Trade". CEPII Working Paper, No. 2002-01,
· Helliwell, John F.
(1997) "National Borders, Trade and Migration". Pacific Economic
Review, vol. 2, pp. 165-185. (download
pdf)
· McCallum, John
(1995) "National Borders Matter: Canada-U.S. Regional Trade
Patterns". American Economic Review, vol. 85, pp. 615-623. (download pdf)
· Rose, Andrew K.
(2000) "One Money, One Market: The Effect of Common Currencies on
Trade". Economic Policy, vol. 30, pp. 9-45.
· Rauch, James E.
(1999) "Networks Versus Markets in International Trade". Journal
of International Economics, vol. 47, pp. 317-345.
·
· Wei, Shang-Jin
(1996) "How Reluctant are Nations in Global Integration?" NBER
Working Paper, No. 5531. (download pdf)
· Wolf, Holger
(2000) "Intra-National Home Bias in Trade" Review of Economics and
Statistics, vol. 82, pp. 555-563. (download
pdf)
2.5 Heterogeneous Firms, FDI and Vertical
Specialisation
· Antràs, Pol
(2003) “Firms, Contracts and Trade Structure”. Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 118, pp. 1054-1073. (download pdf)
· Baldwin, Richard
E. (2005) “Heterogeneous Firms and Trade: Testable and Untestable
Properties of the Melitz Model”. NBER
Working Papers, No. 11471. (download pdf)
· Bernard, Andrew
B.; Jensen, J. Bradford;
· Bernard, Andrew
B.; Eaton, Jonathan; Jensen, J. Bradford and Kortum, Samuel (2003)
“Plants and Productivity in International Trade”. American Economic Review, vol. 93, pp.
1268-1290. (download pdf)
· Bernard, Andrew B.
and Jensen, J. Bradford (1999) “Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause,
Effect, or Both?”. Journal of
International Economics, vol. 47, pp. 1-25. (download pdf)
· Bernard, Andrew B.
and Jensen, J. Bradford (2004) “Why Some Firms Export”. Review of Economics and Statistics, vol.
86, pp. 561-569. (download pdf)
· Blonigen, Bruce A.; Davies,
Ronald B. and Head, Keith (2003) "Estimating the Knowledge-Capital Model of
the Multinational
· Carr, David L.;
Markusen, James R. and Maskus, Keith E. (2001) "Estimating the
Knowledge-Capital Model of the Multinational
· Clerides, Sofronis
K.; Lach, Saul and Tybout, James R. (1998) “Is Learning by Exporting
Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from
· Eaton, Jonathan;
Kortum, Samuel and Kramarz, Francis
(2004) “Dissecting Trade: Firms, Industries and Export
Destinations”. American Economic
Review, vol. 94, ppl 150-154. (download
pdf)
· Greenaway, David
and Kneller, Richard (2007) "Firm Heterogeneity, Exporting and Foreign
Direct Investment". Economic Journal, vol. 117, pp. F134-F161. (download pdf).
· Hanson, Gordon H.;
Mataloni, Raymond J. and Slaughter, Matthew J. (2005) “Vertical
Production Networks in Multinational Firms”. Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 87, pp. 664-678. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith and
Ries, John (2003) “Heterogeneity and the FDI Versus Export Decision of
Japanese Manufacturers”. Journal of
the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 17, pp. 448-467. (download pdf)
· Helpman, Elhanan
(2007) “Trade, FDI, and the Organization of Firms”. Journal of
Economic Literature, vol. 44, pp. 589-630. (download pdf)
· Helpman, Elhanan;
Melitz, Marc J. and Rubinstein, Yona (2006) “Trading Partners and Trading
Volumes“. Mimeo,
· Helpman, Elhanan;
Melitz, Marc J. and Yeaple, Stephen Ross (2004) “Export Versus FDI with
Heterogeneous Firms“. American
Economic Review, vol. 94, pp. 300-316. (download pdf)
· Hummels, David;
Ishii, Jun and Yi, Kei-Mu (2001) “The Nature and Growth of Vertical
Specialization in World Trade“. Journal
of International Economics, vol. 54, pp. 75-96. (download pdf)
3. ANALYTICAL EMPIRICS:
TESTING THEORIES
3.1 Regressing Specialisation on its Determinants
· Amiti, Mary (1999)
"Specialisation Patterns in
· Brülhart,
Marius and Trionfetti, Federico (2001) "Industrial Specialisation and
Public Procurement: Theory and Empirical Evidence". Journal of Economic
Integration, vol. 16, pp. 106-127. (download
pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius and Trionfetti, Federico (2004) "Public Expenditure and International
Specialisation". European Economic Review, vol. 48, No. 4, pp.
851-881, 2004. (download pdf)
· Haaland, Jan;
Kind, Hans Jarle; Midelfart Knarvik, Karen-Helene and Torstensson, Johan (1999)
What Determines the Economic Geography of
· Midelfart Knarvik,
Karen-Helene; Overman, Henry and Venables, Anthony (2000) "Comparative
Advantage and Economic Geography: Estimating the Location of Production in the
EU". CEPR Discussion Paper, No. 2618. (download pdf)
· Rosenthal, Stuart
S. and Strange, William C. (2001) “The Determinants of
Agglomeration”. Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 50, pp. 191-229.
(download pdf)
3.2 Testing
Neoclassical Trade Theory: Leontief, Etc.
· Bernstein, J.R.
and Weinstein, D.E. (2002) "Do Endowments Predict the Location of
Production? Evidence from National and International Data". Journal of
International Economics, vol. 56, pp. 55-76. (download pdf)
· Bowen, H.; Leamer,
E. and Sveikauskas, L. (1987) "Multicountry, Multifactor Tests of the
Factor Abundance Theory". American Economic Review, vol. 77, pp.
791-809. (download pdf)
· Choi, Y.-S. and
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (2000) "International Trade as an 'Integrated
Equilibrium': New Perspectives". American Economic Review (Papers
and Proceedings), vol. 90, pp. 150-154. (download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (2001) "An Account of Global Factor Trade". American
Economic Review, vol. 91, pp. 1423-1453. (download pdf)
· Harrigan, James (1997)
"Technology, Factor Supplies and International Specialization: Testing the
Neoclassical Model". American Economic Review, vol. 87, pp.
475-494.
· Romalis, John
(2004) "Factor Proportions and the Structure of Commodity Trade". American
Economic Review, vol. 94, pp. 67-97. (download
pdf)
· Schott, Peter K.
(2003) "One Size Fits All? Heckscher-Ohlin Specialization in Global
Production". American Economic Review, vol. 93, pp. 686-708.
· Trefler, Daniel
(1995) "The Case of the Missing Trade and Other Mysteries". American
Economic Review, vol. 85, pp. 1029-1046. (download
pdf)
3.3 Testing
the "New" Trade Theory: The Home-Market Effect, Etc.
· Antweiler, Werner
and Trefler, Daniel (2002) "Increasing Returns and All That: A View from
Trade". American Economic Review, vol. 92, pp. 93-119. (download pdf)
· Behrens, K.;
Lamorgese, A.; Ottaviano, G. and Tabuchi, T. (2004) "Testing the Home-Market
Effect in a Multi-Country World: The Theory". CEPR Working Paper,
No.4468. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius and Trionfetti, Federico (2009) “A Test of Trade Theories When
Expenditure Is Home Biased”. European Economic Review, forthcoming.
(download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (1996) "Does Economic Geography Matter for
International Specialisation?". NBER Working Paper, No. 5706. (download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (1999) "Economic Geography and Regional Production
Structure: An Empirical Investigation". European Economic Review,
vol. 43, pp. 379-407. (download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R. and Weinstein, David E. (2001) “Bones, Bombs and
Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity”. NBER Working Paper,
No. 8517. (download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (2003) "Market Access, Economic Geography and
Comparative Advantage: An Empirical Test". Journal of International
Economics, vol. 59, pp. 1-23. (download
pdf)
· Debaere, Peter
(2005) "Monopolistic Competition and Trade, Revisited: Testing the Model
without Testing for Gravity". Journal of International Economics,
vol. 66, pp. 249-266. (download pdf)
· Feenstra, Robert
C., Markusen, James A. and Rose, Andrew K. (2001) "Using the Gravity
Equation to Differentiate Among Alternative Theories of Trade". Canadian
Journal of Economics, vol. 32, pp. 430-447. (download pdf)
· Hanson, Gordon and
Xiang, Chong (2004) "The Home-Market Effect and Bilateral Trade
Patterns", American Economic Review, vol.94, pp. 1108-1129. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith;
Mayer, Thierry and Ries, John (2002) "On the Pervasiveness of Home-Market
Effects". Economica, vol. 69, pp. 371-90. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith and
Ries, John (2001) "Increasing Returns Versus National Product
Differentiation as an Explanation of US-Canada Trade". American
Economic Review, vol. 91, pp. 858-876. (download
pdf)
· Hummels, David and
Klenow, Peter J. (2006) "The Variety and Quality of a Nation’s
Exports". American Economic Review, vol. 95, pp. 704-723. (download pdf)
· Hummels, David and
Levinsohn, James (1995) "Monopolistic Competition and International Trade:
Reconsidering the Evidence". Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol.
110, pp. 799-836. (download pdf)
·
· Tybout, James
(2003) "Plant- and Firm-Level Evidence on 'New' Trade Theories". In
Kwan Choi, E. and James Harrigan (eds.), Handbook of International Trade,
4. POLICY ISSUES
4.1 Trade
and Wages
· Borjas, G.J., R.B.
Freeman, and L.F. Katz (1997) "How Much Do Immigration and Trade Affect
Labor Market Outcomes?" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, vol.
1, pp. 1-90. (download pdf)
· Davis, Donald R.
and Weinstein, David E. (1998) "Does European Unemployment Prop Up
American Wages? National Labour Markets and Global Trade". American
Economic Review, vol. 88, pp. 478-94. (download pdf)
· Epifani, P. and
Gancia, G. (2006) “Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and Factor
Prices” Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 88, pp. 583-598. (download pdf)
· Feenstra, R.C. and
Hanson, G.H. (1999) "The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital
on Wages: Estimates for the United States, 1972-1990". Quarterly
Journal of Economics, vol. 114, pp. 907-940. (download pdf)
· Haskel, Jonathan
(2000) "Trade and Labor Approaches to Wage Inequality". Review of
International Economics, vol. 8, pp. 397-408. (download pdf)
· Krugman, Paul
(2000) "Technology, Trade and Factor Prices". Journal of International
Economics, vol. 50, pp. 51-71. (download
pdf)
· Neary, J. Peter
(2002) "Competition, Trade and Wages". In: Greenaway, D.; Upward, R.
and Wakelin, K. (eds.) Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment,
· Slaughter, M.J
(1999) "Globalization and Wages: A Tale of Two Perspectives". World
Economy, vol. 22, pp. 609-630. (download
pdf)
· Wood,
4.2 Geography, Productivity and Regional Inequality
· Amiti, Mary and
Cameron, Lisa (2007) "Economic Geography and Wages". Review of
Economics and Statistics, vol. 89,
pp. 15-29. (download pdf)
· Audretsch, David
B. and Feldman, Maryann P. (1996) "R&D Spillovers and the Geography of
Innovation and Production". American Economic Review, vol. 86, pp.
630-640. (download pdf)
· Boldrin, Michele
and Canova, Fabio (2001) "Inequality and Convergence in
·
· Brülhart,
Marius and Koenig, Pamina (2006) "New Economic Geography Meets Comecon:
Regional Wages and Industry Location in
· Brülhart,
Marius and Mathys, Nicole (2008) "Sectoral Agglomeration Economies in a
Panel of European Regions" Regional
Science and Urban Economics, vol. 38(4), pp. 348-362. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius and Sbergami, Federica (2009) “Agglomeration and Growth:
Cross-Country Evidence”. Journal of
Urban Economics, vol. 65, pp. 48-63. (download pdf)
· Brülhart, Marius
and Trionfetti, Federico (2004) "Public Expenditure and International
Specialisation". European Economic Review, vol. 48, pp. 851-881. (download pdf)
· Ciccone, Antonio
(2002) "Agglomeration Effects in
· Ciccone, Antonio
and Hall, Robert E. (1996) "Production and the Density of Economic
Activity". American Economic Review, vol. 86, pp. 54-70. (download pdf)
· Combes,
Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles and Gobillon, Laurent (2004) "Spatial
Wage Disparities: Sorting Matters!" CEPR Discussion Paper, No.
4240. (download pdf)
· Corrado, Luisa;
Martin, Ron and Weeks, Melvyn (2005) "Identifying and Interpreting
Regional Convergence Clusters Across
· Hanson, Gordon H. (1997)
"Increasing Returns, Trade and the Regional Structure of Wages". Economic
Journal, vol. 107, pp. 113-133.
· Hanson, Gordon
(1998) "Market Potential, Increasing Returns, and Economic
Geography". NBER Working Paper, No. 6429. (download pdf)
· Hanson, Gordon H.
(2001) "Scale Economies and the Geographic Concentration of
Industry". Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 1, pp. 255-276. (download pdf)
· Hanson, Gordon H.
(2005) "Market Potential, Increasing Returns and Geographic
Concentration". Journal of International Economics, vol. 67, pp.
1-24. (download pdf)
· Harris, Timothy F.
and Ioannides, Yannis M. (2000) "Productivity and Metropolitan
Density". Mimeo,
· Mion, Giordano and
Naticchioni, Paolo (2005) "Urbanization Externalities, Market Potential
and Spatial Sorting of Skills and Firms". CEPR Discussion Paper,
No. 5172. (download pdf)
· Head, Keith and
Mayer, Thierry (2005) "Regional Wage and Employment Responses to Market
Potential in the EU". CEPR Discussion Paper, No. 4908. (download pdf)
· Kim, Sukkoo (1998)
"Economic Integration and Convergence: US Regions, 1840-1987". Journal
of Economic History, vol. 58, pp. 659-683. (download
pdf)
· Puga, Diego (2001)
"European Regional Policy in Light of Recent Location Theories". CEPR
Discussion Paper, No. 2767. (download pdf)
·
4.3
Geography, Agglomeration and Taxes
· Baldwin, Richard
E. and Krugman, Paul (2004) "Agglomeration, Integration and Tax
Harmonisation". European Economic
Review, 48, pp. 1-23. (download
pdf)
· Borck, Rainald and
Pflüger, Michael (2006) "Agglomeration and Tax Competition". European Economic Review, 50, pp.
647-668. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
Marius; Jametti, Mario and Schmidheiny, Kurt (2008) "Do Agglomeration
Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials?". Mimeo. (download pdf)
· Duranton, Gilles;
Gobillon, Laurent and Overman, Henry G. (2007) "Assessing the Effects of
Local Taxation Using Microgeographic Data". Mimeo. (download pdf)
· Ludema, Rodney D.
and Wooton, Ian (2000) "Economic Geography and the Fiscal Effects of
Regional Integration". Journal of
International Economics, vol. 52, pp. 331-357. (download pdf)
· Ottavioano,
Gianmarco I.P. and van Ypersele, Tanguy (2005) "Market Size and Tax
Competition". Journal of
International Economics, 67, pp. 25-46. (download pdf)
4.4 Trade
and Factor-Market Adjustment
· Azhar, Abdul K.M.
and Elliott, Robert J.R. (2003) "On the Measurement of Trade-Induced
Adjustment". Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches
Archiv), vol. 139, pp. 419-439.
· Bernard, Andrew
B.;
· Brülhart,
Marius (2000) "Dynamics of Intraindustry Trade and Labor Adjustment".
Review of International Economics, vol. 8, pp. 420-435. (download pdf)
· Brülhart,
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