YASUSADA MURATA

Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanities, Nihon University
Address: 12-5, Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8251, Japan
E-Mail: murata dot yasusada at nihon-u dot ac dot jp



WORKS IN PROGRESS

Firm selection and agglomeration, with Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, and Jens Südekum

The Henry George Theorem in a second best world, with Kristian Behrens and Yoshitsugu Kanemoto

Product diversity, pro-competitive effects, and the costs of imperfect integration, with Kristian Behrens



WORKING PAPERS

Trade, wages, and productivity (former title: Trade, firm selection, and the `toughness of competition': general equilibrium theory with applications), with Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, and Jens Südekum

Gains from trade and efficiency under monopolistic competition: a variable elasticity case, with Kristian Behrens

Globalization and individual gains from trade, with Kristian Behrens

A theory of geography and development

Intergenerational linkages and economic geography



PUBLICATIONS

On the number and the composition of varieties (former title: Nonhomothetic preferences, increasing returns, and the introduction of new final goods), Economic Journal, 119(539), 1065-1087, 2009.

City size and the Henry George Theorem under monopolistic competition, with Kristian Behrens, Journal of Urban Economics, 65(2), 228-235, 2009.

Engel's law, Petty's law, and agglomeration (former title: Structural change and agglomeration), Journal of Development Economics, 87(1), 161-177, 2008.

General equilibrium models of monopolistic competition: a new approach, with Kristian Behrens, Journal of Economic Theory, 136(1), 776-787, 2007.

Taste heterogeneity and the scale of production: fragmentation, unification, and segmentation, Journal of Urban Economics, 62(1), 135-160, 2007.

A simple model of economic geography à la Helpman-Tabuchi, with Jacques-François Thisse, Journal of Urban Economics, 58(1), 137-155, 2005.

Product diversity, taste heterogeneity, and geographic distribution of economic activities: market vs. non-market interactions, Journal of Urban Economics, 53(1), 126-144, 2003.

Rural-urban interdependence and industrialization, Journal of Development Economics, 68(1), 1-34, 2002.


Last updated: June 15, 2009