Increasing Returns and Economic Geography.

S-Tier
Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 1991
Volume: 99
Issue: 3
Pages: 483-99

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper develops a simple model that shows how a country can endogenously become differentiated into an industrialized "core" and an agricultural "periphery." In order to realize scale economies while minimizing transport costs, manufacturing firms tend to locate in the region with larger demand, but the location of demand itself depends on the distribution of manufacturing. Emergence of a core-periphery pattern depends on transportations costs, economies of scale, and the share of manufacturing in national income. Copyright 1991 by University of Chicago Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:v:99:y:1991:i:3:p:483-99
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25