Modelling residential location choice in an area with spatial barriers

Jan Ubøe and Inge Thorsen ()
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Inge Thorsen: Stord/Haugesund College, Bjørnsonsgt. 45, 5528 Haugesund, Norway

The Annals of Regional Science, 2002, vol. 36, issue 4, 613-644

Abstract: A model is presented for residential location choice in rural areas with spatial barriers. We address the problem through comparative static analysis focusing on how residential location choices are affected by a new road link across the spatial barrier. We proceed through a probability theoretical approach: choose a family of utility functions representing every possible location, and equip this family with a probability measure. Then choose a representative within an equivalence class of utility functions, and represent the probability distribution by a parametrized family of distributions. Our analysis demonstrates that investments in new road links do not necessarily represent an adequate instrument for achieving ambitions in regional policy. We identify reasonable situations where a new road link could just as easily generate net migration from the area in which the investments are directed. In general, our analysis demonstrates how agglomeration and centralisation tendencies can be considerably affected by transportation infrastructure innovations.

JEL-codes: R12 R23 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-01-15
Note: Received: June 1999/Accepted: June 2001
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