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Economic instruments for a green and inclusive economy - introducing remarks
No full textIntroduction to the session, brief presentation of the main policy tools and Piguvian Ta
The dynamics of industry location and residence choice in the presence of pollution and commuting costs.
No full textValutazione dell'impatto dei costi di trasporto urbano, sulla distribuzione spaziale dell'attività economica e dei residenti urbani
The impact of Brexit on trade patterns and industry location: a NEG analysis
No full textWe explore the effects of Brexit on trade patterns and on the spatial distribution of industry between the United Kingdom and the European Union and within the EU. Our study adopts a new economic geography (NEG) perspective developing a linear model with three regions, the UK and two separated regions composing the EU. The three-region framework and linear demands allow for different trade patterns. Two possible ante-Brexit situations are possible, depending on the interplay between local market size, local competition and trade costs: industrial agglomeration or dispersion. Considering a soft and a hard Brexit scenario, the ante-Brexit situation is altered substantially, depending on which scenario prevails. UK firms could move to the larger EU market, even in the peripheral region, reacting to the higher trade barriers, relocation representing a substitute for trade. Alternatively, some EU firms could move in the more isolated UK market finding shelter from the competition inside the EU. We also consider the post-Brexit scenario of deeper EU integration, leading to a weakening of trade links between the EU and the UK
Environmental pollution and firm location: a New Economic Geography approach
No full textEnvironmental regulation affects the spatial distribution of the industrial activity. Different types of policy intervention may have different effects.
In a world where the economies are highly connected, it is needed full awarness of the effects of enviromental phenomena on firms production and location decions.
The discussion presented here is a (small) step in order to increase such awareness looking at environmental pollution and regulation as further endogenous second nature forces at work in the spatial economy
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