Economic Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background of the Book -- 1.2 Purposes of the Book -- 1.3 Organization of the Book -- 2 Review of New Economic Geography -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Framework of New Economic Geography -- 2.2.1 The Core-Periphery Model -- 2.2.2 The Refinements of the CP Model -- 2.3 From Symmetry to Asymmetry -- 2.3.1 The Symmetrical Models -- 2.3.2 The Asymmetrical Models -- 2.4 Toward Full Asymmetry -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- 3 Industrial Agglomeration: A Simulation Model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Related Literature -- 3.3 The Model -- 3.3.1 Consumer Behavior -- 3.3.2 Trade and Transportation Costs -- 3.3.3 Producer Behavior -- 3.3.4 Short-Run Equilibrium -- 3.4 Industrial Spatial Configuration -- 3.4.1 Long-Run Equilibrium -- 3.4.2 Simulation Results -- 3.4.3 Interpretations and Discussions -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Figures of Real Wage Differentials -- 4 Industrial Dispersion: An Analytical Model -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Model -- 4.2.1 Consumers -- 4.2.2 Productions -- 4.2.3 Market Equilibrium -- 4.3 Spatial Equilibrium -- 4.4 The Effects of Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration -- 4.4.1 Regional Integration When a Country Is Closed to Global Markets -- 4.4.2 Regional Integration When a Country Is Open to Global Markets -- 4.4.3 Interpretation and Discussion -- 4.5 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Discussion of Other Two Cases -- Appendix 2: Proof -- 5 Empirical Investigation of Home Market Effect: New Evidence from China -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Theoretical Framework -- 5.3 Primary Magnification Effect of HME -- 5.4 SME and the Inverted U-Shaped Curve -- 5.4.1 Empirical Specification -- 5.4.2 Data and Measurements -- 5.4.3 Empirical Results -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Conclusions -- 6.1 Summary of the Book