This paper examines the importance of factor mobility within countries for the manifestation of agglomeration and location effects emphasized in the new economic geography literature. Working with a model of trade under monopolistic competition, the relationship of factor mobility (in particular labor) to industry adjustment and relocation is developed analytically, and then illustrated with a ...

This paper examines the structural determinants of output volatility in developing countries, and especially the roles of geography and institutions. We investigate the volatility effects of market access, climate variability, the geographic predisposition to trade, and various measures of institutional quality. We find an especially important role for market access: remote countries are more l...

We estimate the development effects of electrification across Brazil over the period 1960–2000. We simulate a time series of hypothetical electricity grids for Brazil for the period 1960–2000 that show how the grid would have evolved had infrastructure investments been made based solely on geography-based cost considerations. Using the model as an instrument, we document large positive effects ...

One channel through which environment is damaged is consumption. To protect environment, various product standards are introduced all over the world. By using a new economic geography framework, this paper explores the effects of environmental product standards on environment in a North-South trade model. We examine a situation in which North unilaterally introduces an environmental product sta...

This paper presents an integrated view of economic growth, development traps, and economic geography. We explain why there is income convergence among some countries (neoclassical regime) and income divergence among others (poverty trap regime). Income convergence (divergence) and manufacturing industry di¤usion (agglomeration) are re-enforcing each other in a cumulative process. Moreover, trad...

Non-traditional source countries of FDI play an increasingly important role, notably in developing host countries. This raises the question of whether the location choices differ systematically between traditional and non-traditional source countries. We perform Logit and Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood estimations to assess the determinants of bilateral FDI flows. We find that economic geogr...

Most economists view the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a cartel. We investigate the dynamic strategic interaction among NCAA members in a cartel model with incomplete information focused on the strategic behavior induced by self-monitored enforcement of recruiting rules. Empirical results from a panel Probit model strongly support the predictions of the model. Lagged winnin...

JEL Classification Numbers: E 31, E 52

Analysis of green space in Chongqing and Nanjing, cities of China with ASTER images using object‐oriented image classification and landscape metric analysis T. Fung a , L. L. H. So a , Y. Chen b , P. Shi b & J. Wang c a Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, PR China b College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Norm...