The spatial effects of trade openness: a survey

Brülhart, Marius

doi:10.1007/s10290-010-0083-5

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“…This interest is closely related to the development o f the 'new economic geography' strand. Different new economic geography models tend, however, to apply different sets o f assumptions and functional forms, resulting in contradictory and ambiguous conclusions on the link between trade and spatial inequality (Briilhart, 2011). As a consequence, we control for the possible impact of the degree o f international trade openness o f the countries considered in the analysis on regional inequality.…”

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Government Quality and Spatial Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

Ezcurra

Rodríguez‐Pose

2014

Environ Plan A

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This paper examines the relationship between government quality and spatial inequality across forty-six countries over the period 1996-2006. The results of the analysis point to the existence of a negative and significant association between government quality and the magnitude of regional disparities. Countries with better quality of government register lower levels of spatial inequality. This finding is robust to the inclusion in the analysis of additional explanatory variables that may affect both regional disparities and governance outcomes. The observed link between government quality and spatial inequality is confirmed by various robustness tests.

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Government Quality and Spatial Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

Ezcurra

Rodríguez‐Pose

2014

Environ Plan A

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“…The openness of an economy may also affect regional inequality within countries [see Brühlhart (2011) ratio, where trade is measured by the sum of exports and imports, and a dummy variable for landlocked countries because this is a geographically determined obstacle to international trade.…”

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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants – A view from outer space

Leßmann

Seidel

2017

European Economic Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use our estimation results for an out-ofsample prediction of regional incomes based on the luminosity data, which allows us to investigate regional income differentials in developing countries as well, where official income data are lacking. Based on the predicted incomes, we calculate commonly used measures of regional inequality within countries. Investigating changes in the dispersion of regional incomes over time reveals that approximately 71-80% of all countries face sigma-convergence. Finally, we study different major determinants of the level of regional inequality based on cross-section data. Panel regressions investigate the within-country changes in inequality, i.e., the determinants of the convergence process. We find evidence for an N-shaped relationship between development and regional inequality. Geography, mobility and trade openness are also highly important. Terms of use: Documents inJEL-Code: D300, E010, E230, O110, O150, O570, R100.

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“…Rietveld (2001) argues that due to the lack of demand for cross-border transportation, the supply of cross-border transport infrastructure lags behind, which again affects foreign market access. Related to this is the idea that transport supply for cross-border interactions is smaller than transport supply for domestic interactions, so that investments in cross-border transportation may improve foreign market access and reduce the impact of border effects (Brülhart, 2011). …”

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Population growth, accessibility spillovers and persistent borders: Historical growth in West-European municipalities

Jacobs‐Crisioni¹,

Koomen

2017

Journal of Transport Geography

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Lack of cross-border transport supply has repeatedly been blamed for the fact that national borders limit spatial interaction and, consequently, the growth of border regions. This study applies an accessibility approach to investigate for most municipalities in ten countries in mainland West Europe if foreign transport supply is lagging behind, and if population growth in these municipalities has been affected by the limits that national borders have imposed on market access. To do so, data describing historical population changes and road networks between 1961 and 2011 have been used. The results show that in the study area, cross-border transport accessibility was not at a disadvantage in 1961 and has since then grown even more than domestic accessibility. However, municipal population growth has depended almost exclusively on domestic market access. Processes of economic international integration in the study area are found to coincide with the growth of cross-border accessibility, but do not have a clear coincidence with the effects of cross-border accessibility on population growth.

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The spatial effects of trade openness: a survey

Abstract: Trade liberalisation, Regional inequality, Agglomeration, Urban systems, F1, R1,

Cited by 90 publications

References 62 publications

Government Quality and Spatial Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

Government Quality and Spatial Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants – A view from outer space

Population growth, accessibility spillovers and persistent borders: Historical growth in West-European municipalities

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