Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Geography

Zhou, Haiwen (2018): Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Geography. Published in: Journal of Regional Science , Vol. 47, (2007): pp. 915-933.

Abstract

This paper studies a general equilibrium model of economic geography in which firms engage in oligopolistic competition. This framework is conducive to analytic results. With increasing returns, oligopolistic competition leads to inter-industry trade between regions rather than intra-industry trade. The choice of appropriate technology is a channel of concentration of industries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Oligopolistic competition, economic geography, increasing returns to scale, choice of technology, inter-industry trade
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F20 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R10 - General

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