A propos Brexit: on the breaking up of integration areas – an NEG analysis

Pasquale Commendatore, Ingrid Kubin () and Iryna Sushko

Spatial Economic Analysis, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, 97-120

Abstract: Inspired by Brexit, the paper explores the effects of splitting an integration area or ‘Union’ on trade patterns and the spatial distribution of industry. A linear three-region New Economic Geography (NEG) model is developed and two possible situations before separation are considered: agglomeration and dispersion. By analogy with the Brexit options, soft and hard separation scenarios are considered. Firms in the leaving region may move to the larger Union market, even on the periphery, relocation substituting trade; or firms in the Union may move in the more isolated leaving region, escaping from competition. The paper also analyses deeper Union integration following separation. Instances of multistability and complex dynamics are found.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2019.1701702

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