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The Footloose Entrepreneur Model with 3 Regions

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  • José Gaspar

    (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

  • Sofia Balbina Santos Dias de Castro

    (CMUP e Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

  • João Correia da Silva

    (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

Abstract

We study a 3-region version of the Footloose Entrepreneur model by Forslid and Ottaviano (J Econ Geogr, 2003). We focus on the analysis of stability of three types of long-run equilibria: agglomeration, dispersion and partial dispersion. We find that the 3-region model exhibits more tendency for agglomeration and less tendency for dispersion than the 2-region model. We show numerical evidence suggesting that equilibria with partial dispersion are always unstable. We also discuss the existence and robustness of bifurcations in the 3-region model.

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  • José Gaspar & Sofia Balbina Santos Dias de Castro & João Correia da Silva, 2013. "The Footloose Entrepreneur Model with 3 Regions," FEP Working Papers 496, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
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    Keywords

    Core-Periphery; Footloose Entrepreneur; Three Regions;
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    JEL classification:

    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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