Author(s): Franco Neto, Afonso Arinos de Mello
Date: 2008
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/764
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Economia; Concentração industrial; Economia; Economia; Economia; Concentração industrial; Concentração industrial; Economia; Economia
In a general equilibrium model of trade under transportation costs between two cities we show how the relative population sizes are simultaneously detemined with the degree of geographic concentration of industries characterized by different elasticities of scale of production. The effect on city size of the presence of nontraded goods is also analyzed.
