Localisation rurale des activités industrielles. Que nous enseigne l'économie géographique ? Rural location of industrial activities. What lessons from economic geography ?

Carl Gaigne and Florence Goffette-Nagot

No 303, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show how new location theories can explain the location of industrial activities in rural areas. A survey of recent economic geography models is presented. We aim at highlighting the trade-off firms do when choosing to locate in an urban area or in a low-densely populated area. It is worth taking into account two types of rural areas : rural areas under urban influence and independent rural areas. In the first case, the location of non agricultural activities is mainly explained by the working of the land market. In the second case, labor market has to be taken into account in order to be account for rural industrialization.

Keywords: economic geography; labor market; land market; rural area; urban economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R0 R12 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2003-03
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