The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade

di Masahisa Fujita (Autore)

Paul Krugman (Autore)

Anthony J. Venables (Autore)

MIT Press Ltd, 2001

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.

• Autore: Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman, Anthony J. Venables
• Editore: MIT Press Ltd
• Collana: The MIT Press
• Anno: 2001
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 382 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 544 gr.
• EAN: 9780262561471

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