【摘要】This paper first develops a model to characterize the equilibrium distribution of pollutingand nonpolluting firms and then turns to the larger question of whether the equilibrium distributionis socially optimal. We find that the equilibrium distribution of polluting firms differs from the socialoptimum when they generate a large amount of stationary pollution and have much higher or lowerproductivity than clean firms. In these cases, conventional pollution control approaches generally donot bring about an optimal distribution. Consideration of transport costs along with productivity andpollution changes some of the classic results of the new economic geography literature.

【文献来源】Wu J J;Reimer J J.Journal of Regional Science.2016（4）