Spatial frictions

被引:30
作者
Behrens, Kristian [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Mion, Giordano [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Murata, Yasusada [2 ,7 ,8 ]
Suedekum, Jens [4 ,9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Quebec Montreal ESG UQAM, Dept Econ, Canada Res Chair, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[2] Natl Res Univ, Higher Sch Econ, Moscow, Russia
[3] CIRPEE, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[4] CEPR, London, England
[5] Univ Sussex, Dept Econ, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England
[6] CEP, London, England
[7] Nihon Univ, Populat Res Inst NUPRI, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
[8] Nihon Univ, Univ Res Ctr, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
[9] Heinrich Heine Univ Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf Inst Competit Econ, Dusseldorf, Germany
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Trade frictions; Urban frictions; City-size distribution; Productivity; Markups; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; TASTE HETEROGENEITY; TRADE; MODEL; AGGLOMERATION; CITIES; WAGES; SIZE; LAW;
D O I
10.1016/j.jue.2016.11.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
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 multi-city general equilibrium model 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 toughness of competition in cities? The short answers are: no; yes; and it depends. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:40 / 70
页数:31
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