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- How social interactions matter when distance dies?Publication . Osawa, Minoru; Gaspar, J. M.We consider an economic geography model with two inter-regional proximity structures, one due to trade linkages and the other due to social interactions. We investigate how the network structure of social interactions, or the social proximity structure, affects the timing of endogenous agglomeration and the spatial distribution of workers across regions. Endogenous agglomeration emerges when inter-regional trade and/or social interactions incur high transportation costs, and the uniform dispersion occurs when these costs become negligibly small (i.e., when distance dies). In many-region geography, the network structure of social proximity emerges as the determinant of the geographical distribution of workers when trade becomes freer. If social proximity is governed by geographical distance (as in ground transportation), a mono-centric concentration emerges. If geographically distant pairs of regions are “socially close” (due to, e.g., passenger transportation modes with strong distance economy such as regional airlines), then geographically multi-centric spatial distribution can be sustainable.
- 線分都市経済における単一中心型集積の分岐解析Publication . Aizawa, Hiroki; Ikeda, Kiyohiro; Kogure, Yosuke; Osawa, Minoru; Gaspar, José MariaIn new economic geography, economic agglomeration is known to be governed by bifurcation. However, the majority of theoretical researches focuses on two-place economy and racetrack economy and abstract from geographical advantage which are pervasive in the real world. In this paper, we focus on a long narrow economy, in which discrete locations are equally spread over a line segment. By group-theoretic bifurcation theory, we elucidate the bifurcation mechanism of monocentric city on this economy analytically. Emergence of satellite cities around a primary city is shown to be exist. By numerical analysis of Forslid & Ottaviano model with replicator dynamics, we show that the higher the expenditure share of manufactured goods is or the lower the elasticity of substitution is, the farther from the monocentric city satellite cities emerge.