Integration, geography and the burden of history

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to assess the impact of trade liberalization and factor mobility on the relative importance of history and expectations in determining the international distribution of economic activities. It was shown that economic integration eliminates the obstacles to trade and factor mobility and reinforces agglomeration economies arising from agents' converging location decisions. A reduction in trade and/or migration costs was shown to weaken the lock-in effect of historical events while strengthening the role of expectations.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Research, Analysis, Economic research, Economic history, Commerce, Migration, Internal, Internal migration

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Market potential and productivity: evidence from Finnish regions

Article Abstract:

Migrant labor and their role in increasing productivity in potential markets is discussed by focusing on Finland economy.

Finland, Management dynamics, Management, Economic aspects, Company business management, Industrial productivity, Migrant labor, Productivity, Migrant labour

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