Satoru KUMAGAI (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Japan) Toshitaka GOKAN (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Japan) Ikumo ISONO (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Japan) Souknilanh KEOLA (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Japan)
Abstract
It is important to develop a rigorous economic geography model for predicting changes in the location of population and industries across regions in the process of economic integration. The IDE Geographical Simulation Model (IDE-GSM) has been developed for two major objectives: (1) to determine the dynamics of locations of population and industries in East Asia in the long term, and (2) to analyze the impact of specific infrastructure projects on the regional economy at sub-national levels. The basic structure of the IDE-GSM is introduced in this article and accompanied with results of test analyses on the effects of the East West Economic Corridor on regions in Continental South East Asia. Results indicate that border costs appear to play a big role in the location choice of populations and industries, often a more important role than physical infrastructures themselves.
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Article provided by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia in its journal ERIA Discussion Paper Series.
Volume (Year): 2 (2008) Issue (Month): 1 (December) Pages: 1-35 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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