Economic geography
Subtitle: the integration of regions and nations
By: Pierre-Philippe Combes, Thierry Mayer, Jacques-François Thisse.
Contributors: Mayer, Thierry.; Thisse, Jacques François.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780691124599; 9780691139425
Subjects: Economic geography -- Mathematical models; Regional planning -- Mathematical models
Work titles: Economie géographique.
Description: Economic Geography is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the latest research and methodologies in an accessible and comprehensive way. It is an indispensable reference for researchers in economic geography, regional and urban economics, international trade, and applied econometrics, and can serve as a resource for economists in government. The book presents advances in economic theory that explain why, despite the increasing mobility of commodities, ideas, and people, the diffusion of economic activity is very unequal and remains agglomerated in a limited number of spatial entities. The book complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a unique perspective on spatial disparities. It reveals how location continues to matter for trade and economic development, yet how economic integration is transforming the global economy into an economic space in which activities are performed within large metropolitan areas exchanging goods, skills, and information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-395) and index.