Spatial Structure of Virtual Cities : Modelling of a System of Cities in Physical Space and Cyberspace

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In this paper, I construct an equilibrium model of a system of cities in physical space and cyberspace. There are two kinds of cities, physical and virtual cities. Each type of city specializes in the production of a different traded goods. In the physical city, a physical firm is located in the CBD and it produces physical goods. Virtual cities dont have the CBD. The locations of virtual cities are endogenously determined. Cyber workers work at their homes and produce goods traded through telecommunication networks. A virtual firm produces virtual goods using the products of cyber workers in cyberspace. This study shows that four different spatial configurations of virtual cities emerge depending on the transportation and telecommunication costs by numerical simulation.
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