Abstract:By partially following Head and Mayer's (2003) suggestions, in this paper we test Puga's (1999) fundamental bell-shaped relationship between trade openness and agglomeration in the industrial sector. The main result is that concentration of both employment and production may arise if a pair of countries is involved in a process of trade liberalization. (2003), en este trabajo se prueba la relación fundamental de Puga (1999) entre apertura comercial y aglomeración en el sector industrial. El resultado principa… Show more
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