Self-organization of hexagonal agglomeration patterns in new economic geography models

• Published in: Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 99; pp. 32 - 52
• Main Authors: Ikeda, Kiyohiro, Murota, Kazuo, Akamatsu, Takashi, Kono, Tatsuhito, Takayama, Yuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.03.2014; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Bifurcation; Central place theory; Comparative analysis; Core–periphery models; Economic behaviour; Economic geography; Economic models; Economic organization; Economic theory; Experimental methods; Group-theoretic bifurcation theory; Hexagons; New economic geography; Self-organization; Studies; Transport; Viewpoint; Core–periphery models; R12; C65; Central place theory; R13; Hexagons; F12; Bifurcation; Group-theoretic bifurcation theory; New economic geography; Self-organization

•We use core–periphery models in which workers migrate among multiple places.•Self-organization of 2D agglomeration patterns from the uniformly distributed state.•We found hexagonal population distributions envisaged by central place theory.•2D patterns show an insufficiency of conventional one-dime...