The Spatial Economy : Cities, Regions, and International Trade PDF
by Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman, Anthony J. Venables
Part of the The MIT Press series
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The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics.
Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy-that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools-in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth-this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.
The authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and unified explanation of the existence of large economic agglomerations at various spatial scales.
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- Pages:382 pages
- Publisher:The MIT Press
- Publication Date:27/07/2001
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- ISBN:9780262273329
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:382 pages
- Publisher:The MIT Press
- Publication Date:27/07/2001
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- ISBN:9780262273329