scholarly journals Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Fajgelbaum ◽  
Edouard Schaal

Econometrica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1411-1452
Author(s):  
Pablo D. Fajgelbaum ◽  
Edouard Schaal

We study optimal transport networks in spatial equilibrium. We develop a framework consisting of a neoclassical trade model with labor mobility in which locations are arranged on a graph. Goods must be shipped through linked locations, and transport costs depend on congestion and on the infrastructure in each link, giving rise to an optimal transport problem in general equilibrium. The optimal transport network is the solution to a social planner's problem of building infrastructure in each link. We provide conditions such that this problem is globally convex, guaranteeing its numerical tractability. We also study cases with increasing returns to transport technologies in which global convexity fails. We apply the framework to assess optimal investments and inefficiencies in the road networks of European countries.



2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Li ◽  
S. D. S. Reis ◽  
A. A. Moreira ◽  
S. Havlin ◽  
H. E. Stanley ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Durand


Author(s):  
Natalia Alexandrov ◽  
Rex Kincaid ◽  
Erik Vargo


10.1142/7179 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalya Kizilova


2010 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Katifori ◽  
Gergely J. Szöllősi ◽  
Marcelo O. Magnasco




2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Ya.V. Shevchuk ◽  




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