Economic Activity across Space: A Supply and Demand Approach.

What do recent advances in economic geography teach us about the spatial distribution of economic activity? We show that the equilibrium distribution of economic activity can be determined simply by the intersection of labor supply and demand curves. We discuss how to estimate these curves and highl...

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Published in:	Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 3 - 29
Main Authors:	Allen, Treb, Arkolakis, Costas
Format:	Article
Published:	American Economic Association Spring2023
Subjects:	Supply & demand Economic activity Labor supply Labor demand Demand function
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost