Transport costs, intermediate goods, and localized growth
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Transport costs , intermediate goods , and localized growth
This paper constructs a dynamic two-regional general equilibrium model, in which the interregional production and trade patterns are endogenously determined. By embedding an endogenous growth mechanism in this approach, it becomes possible to show why and how localized growth with different regional growth rates may emerge without any locational limitations of technological spillovers and despi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Regional Science and Urban Economics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0166-0462
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0462(96)02134-5