The Spatial Economy : Cities, Regions and International Trade.
Title:
The Spatial Economy : Cities, Regions and International Trade.
Author:
Fujita, Masahisa.
ISBN:
9780262273329
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (380 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- I - Some Intellectual Background -- 2 - Antecedents I: Urban Economics -- 3 - Antecedents II: Regional Science -- II - Labor Mobility and Regional Development -- 4 - The Dixit-Stiglitz Model of Monopolistic Competition and Its Spatial Implications -- 5 - Core and Periphery -- 6 - Many Regions and Continuous Space -- 7 - Agricultural Transport Costs -- III - The Urban System -- 8 - Spatial Models of Urban Systems: A Heuristic Introduction -- 9 - The Monocentric Economy -- 10 - The Emergence of New Cities -- 11 - Evolution of a Hierarchical Urban System -- 12 - An Empirical Digression: The Sizes of Cities -- 13 - Ports, Transportation Hubs, and City Location -- IV - International Trade -- 14 - International Specialization -- 15 - Economic Development and the Spread of Industry -- 16 - Industrial Clustering -- 17 - A Seamless World -- 18 - External Trade and Internal Geography -- 19 - The Way Forward -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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