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Geography, Trade Patterns, and Economic Policy
Mr. Carlos M. Asilis
and
Luis Rivera-Batiz
This paper presents a geographical theory of location and interregional trade. Location is treated as an endogenous variable by firms, consumers and perfectly mobile workers in a two-sector economy. Space plays a central role owing to transportation costs, market access, and distance from polluting industrial centers. The model is used to examine: (1) aspects of a compensating-differential theory of regional unevenness, (2) the theoretical formulation of a gravity theory of trade patterns, (3) the geographic basis for industrial and environmental policy, and (4) the interaction between reductions in transportation costs, location patterns, and technological improvements.
Keywords:
WP; increasing returns; cost of living; transportation cost; trade pattern; increasing returns to scale; resource allocation; cost reduction; Transportation; Manufacturing; Agricultural sector; Wages; Eastern Europe; North America; Asia and Pacific; Global