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The Empirics of Agglomeration and Trade

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Keith Head
Thierry Mayer

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This chapter examines empirical strategies that have been or could be used to evaluate the importance of agglomeration and trade models. This theoretical approach, widely known as “New Economic Geography" (NEG), emphasizes the interaction between transport costs and firm-level scale economies as a source of agglomeration.

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Keywords: Agglomeration; trade; new economic geography;

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F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
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