Trajectories in Physical Space out of Communications in Acquaintance Space: An Agent-Based Model of a Textile Industrial District

Guido Fioretti

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Abstract: This article presents an agent-based model of an Italian textile district where thousands of small firms specialize in particular phases of fabrics production. It is an empirical and methodological model that reconstructs the communications between firms when they arrange production chains. In their turn, production chains reflect into road traffic in the geographical areas where the district extends. The reconstructed traffic exhibits a pattern that has been observed, but not foreseen, by policy makers.

Keywords: Time-Geography; Agent-Based Models; Prato (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C69 D29 R39 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09-09
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