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City formation by dual migration of firms and workers
Kensuke Ohtake
The Core-Periphery model in the new economic geography, which considers the single migration of workers driven by real wage inequality among regions, is extended to incorporate the…
Pattern formation by advection-diffusion in new economic geography
Kensuke Ohtake
This paper studies spatial patterns formed by proximate population migration driven by real wage gradients and other idiosyncratic factors. The model consists of a tractable core-p…
Unique global solution of an integral-differential equation of Footloose Entrepreneur model in new economic geography
Kensuke Ohtake
This paper studies the Footloose Entrepreneur model in new economic geography in continuous space. In an appropriate function space, the model is formulated as an initial value pro…
Continuous space core-periphery model with transport costs in differentiated agriculture
Kensuke Ohtake
The core-periphery model with transport costs in differentiated agriculture is extended to continuous space. A homogeneous stationary solution is unstable but exhibits redispersion…
A micro-founded comparison of fiscal policies between indirect and direct job creation
Kensuke Ohtake
The purpose of this paper is to provide a micro-economic foundation for an argument that the direct employment by the government is more desirable than the government purchase of p…