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@article{brakmanetal96, abstract = {Incorporating regional asymmetry and negative feedbacks (congestion) in a model of economic geography and international trade shows that complete specialization of production at one location is unlikely. We identify an agglomerating force: the home market effect, and two spreading forces, competition for demand from immobile sectors of production and congestion. We demonstrate that negative feedbacks can explain the economic viability of small industrial regions observed in the real world. Simulations clarify the basic structure of the model.}, address = {University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800,9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, E-mail: S. BRAKMAN@ECO.RUG.NL; Department of Applied Economics, P.O. Box 9108,6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800,9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands; Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738,3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; European University Institute, Department of Economics, Via dei Roccettini 9, 1-50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy}, author = {Brakman, Steven and Garretsen, Harry and Gigengack, Richard and Marrewijk, Charles and Wagenvoort, Rien}, citeulike-article-id = {3483987}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.1996.tb01122.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119952142/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9787.1996.tb01122.x}, journal = {Journal of Regional Science}, keywords = {congestion, geography}, number = {4}, pages = {631--651}, posted-at = {2008-11-06 09:27:46}, priority = {2}, title = {NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS IN THE ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATION*}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.1996.tb01122.x}, volume = {36}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - brakmanetal96 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3483987 N2 - Incorporating regional asymmetry and negative feedbacks (congestion) in a model of economic geography and international trade shows that complete specialization of production at one location is unlikely. We identify an agglomerating force: the home market effect, and two spreading forces, competition for demand from immobile sectors of production and congestion. We demonstrate that negative feedbacks can explain the economic viability of small industrial regions observed in the real world. Simulations clarify the basic structure of the model. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Regional Science AD - University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800,9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, E-mail: S. BRAKMAN@ECO.RUG.NL; Department of Applied Economics, P.O. Box 9108,6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800,9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands; Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738,3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; European University Institute, Department of Economics, Via dei Roccettini 9, 1-50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy EP - 651 TI - NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS IN THE ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATION* VL - 36 SP - 631 KW - congestion KW - geography AU - Brakman, Steven AU - Garretsen, Harry AU - Gigengack, Richard AU - Marrewijk, Charles AU - Wagenvoort, Rien PY - 1996/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.1996.tb01122.x ER -