The footloose entrepreneur model with a finite number of equidistant regions

José M. Gaspar; Sofia B. S. D. Castro; João Correia-da-Silva

doi:10.1111/ijet.12215

The footloose entrepreneur model with a finite number of equidistant regions

José M. Gaspar, Sofia B. S. D. Castro, João Correia-da-Silva

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Abstract

We study the Footloose Entrepreneur model with a finite number of equidistant regions, focusing on the analysis of stability of agglomeration, total dispersion, and boundary dispersion. As the number of regions increases, there is more tendency for agglomeration and less tendency for dispersion. As it tends to infinity, agglomeration always becomes stable while dispersion always becomes unstable. These results are robust to any composition of the global workforce and its dependence on the number of regions. Numerical evidence suggests that boundary dispersion is never stable. We introduce exogenous regional heterogeneity and obtain a general condition for stability of agglomeration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	420-446
Number of pages	27
Journal	International Journal of Economic Theory
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ijet.12215
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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Agglomeration
Core-periphery
Footloose entrepreneur
Multiple regions

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