Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94135 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 22
Publisher: 
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY), München
Abstract: 
Economic integration affects economic development through two main channels: growth and localization of the economic activities. The theories of endogenous growth and economic geography enable us to understand these mechanisms. We study in this paper their similarities and specificities before suggesting their useful combination within a single model. Indeed, both theories are based on the same Spence-Dixit-Stiglitz monopolistic competition framework. However, they suggest two different approaches to deal with the impact of economic integration. We consider that a third path, by proposing a synthetic approach, better answers the issues raised in terms of economic convergence and divergence by these two sets of models.
Subjects: 
regional economic integration
endogenous growth
economic geography
JEL: 
F12
F15
F43
O18
O30
O41
R11
R12
R13
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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