Behrens, Kristian, Mion, Giordano, Murata, Yasusada and Südekum, Jens (2011) Spatial frictions. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1108). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
The world is replete with spatial frictions. Shipping goods across cities entails trade frictions. Commuting within cities causes urban frictions. How important are these frictions in shaping the spatial economy? We develop and quantify a novel framework to address this question at three different levels: Do spatial frictions matter for the city-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the nature of competition in cities? The short answers are: no, yes, and it depends.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/discussion... |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| JEL classification: | F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2024 00:07 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2024 00:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/121744 |
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