The spatial economy :cities, regions, and international trade

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Originally published: 1999.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.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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Cambridge, Mass. ; : MIT Press,., 2001.

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1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) :illustrations

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English

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9780262273329

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Space in economics.
Regional economics.
Economic geography.
Urban economics.
International trade.
Mathematical models.

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Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman, Anthony J. Venables.

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