Krugman examines the course of economic geograph and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its huge initial influence and virtually disappeared from economic discourse after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled.
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Geographical economics starts from the observation that, clearly, economic activity is not randomly distributed across space. This revised and updated introduction to geographical economics uses the modern tools of economic theory to explain the who, why, and where of the location of economic activity. Key features: Provides an integrated ...
Economic geography
Economic geography takes a variety of approaches to many different topics, including the location of industries, economies of agglomeration (also known as "linkages"), transportation, international trade, development, real estate, gentrification, ethnic economies, gendered economies, core-periphery theory, the economics of urban form, the relationship between the environment and the economy ...
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Their Economic Geography: A Critical Introduction is a wonderfully original work. It aims to open readers' eyes to the power of a critical geographical approach to economic life. It does so through explorations of the development of the subdiscipline of economic geography and through substantive demonstrative analyses.
Economic Geography and Trade
In sum, economic geography and trade gives a theory of industrial location determined by four mechanisms: 1. Factor costs, in turn a function of endowments and technology. 2. Market access, trade costs, proximity, market size, and market crowding. 3.
The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography
Abstract. The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography is the most comprehensive and significant statement about the value and potential of economic geography in 2017. Sixty-six leading economists and geographers from around the world investigate the rival theories and perspectives that have sustained the development of economic geography.
Economic geography: a critical introduction
First, and most innovatively, the authors cast a critical gaze onto economic geography itself throughout the first section. Roughly 60% of the text, the section includes chapters on the scope and history of the discipline, the use (and abuse) of theory, and methods for doing economic geography.
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This paper reviews the new economic geography literature, which accounts for the uneven distribu-tion of economic activity across space in terms of a combination of love of variety preferences, increasing returns to scale and transport costs. After outlining the canonical core and periphery model, the paper examines the empirical evidence on three of its central predictions: the role of market ...
Economic Geography
Economic geography is a major field and specialization within human geography. It has undergone several theoretical "turns" since the 1960s, and this has influenced methodological approaches as well. For example, economic geography in the 1960s and 1970s was focused on the scientific analysis of location. This involves using analytical ...
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The crux of the geography hypothesis is the positive relationship between access to natural resources and economic performance. The availability of certain environmental components is considered a prerequisite for economic development, whereas the lack of them is claimed to hinder or even preclude progress.
Geography, economic structures and institutions: A synthesis
By geography we mean those natural factors (climate, temperature, soil fertility) that affect economic outcomes ( Sachs, 2001, Khemraj, 2015) and institutions refer to the humanly devised constraints that structure political, economic, and social interaction ( North, 1991 ). We define economic structures as the aggregate representation of a ...
Economic Geography
Economic geography is a subfield of human geography that focuses on studying and explaining the various places and spaces where economic activities occur and circulate. It is a dynamic and interdisciplinary subject that analyzes the impact of economic changes on space, place, and geographical circulation.
New economic geography: history and debate
This criticism has its roots in different conceptions of geography and history, as well as other methodological differences between economists and geographers. We analyse the evolution of the debate and communication between geographical economists and economic geographers. Keywords: Economic geography geography history ontological debate
Journal of Economic Geography
Publishes original academic research and discussion in the field of 'economic geography' broadly defined. The journal aims to redefine and reinvigorate the intersection between economics and geography.
Economic Geography
Economic Geography, published quarterly, is a leading English-language journal devoted to the study of economic geography and is widely read by academics and professionals around the world. Highlighting the publication of theoretically-based empirical articles and case studies of significant theoretical trends that are occurring within the ...
Journal of Economic Geography
The aims of the Journal of Economic Geography are to redefine and reinvigorate the intersection between economics and geography, and to provide a world-class journal in the field. The journal is steered by a distinguished team of Editors and an Editorial Board, drawn equally from the two disciplines. It publishes original academic research and discussion of the highest scholarly standard in ...
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Understanding Prosperity and Poverty: Geography, Institutions, and the
This essay argues that differences in institutions are more important than geography for understanding the divergent economic and social conditions of nations. While the geography hypothesis emphasizes forces of nature as a primary factor in the poverty of nations, the institutions hypothesis is about man-made influences.
Introduction Economic Geography in the Twenty-first Century
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Economic dynamism. This issue of F&D brings together leading researchers to help explain the withering of productivity gains, how to counter these trends, and how to spark economic dynamism. Yale economist Michael Peters sets the stage by delving into the causes of slowing productivity growth in the US. Declining dynamism in the world's ...
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Krugman examines the course of economic geograph and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its huge initial influence and virtually disappeared from economic discourse after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled.
Geographical economics starts from the observation that, clearly, economic activity is not randomly distributed across space. This revised and updated introduction to geographical economics uses the modern tools of economic theory to explain the who, why, and where of the location of economic activity. Key features: Provides an integrated ...
Economic geography takes a variety of approaches to many different topics, including the location of industries, economies of agglomeration (also known as "linkages"), transportation, international trade, development, real estate, gentrification, ethnic economies, gendered economies, core-periphery theory, the economics of urban form, the relationship between the environment and the economy ...
Their Economic Geography: A Critical Introduction is a wonderfully original work. It aims to open readers' eyes to the power of a critical geographical approach to economic life. It does so through explorations of the development of the subdiscipline of economic geography and through substantive demonstrative analyses.
In sum, economic geography and trade gives a theory of industrial location determined by four mechanisms: 1. Factor costs, in turn a function of endowments and technology. 2. Market access, trade costs, proximity, market size, and market crowding. 3.
Abstract. The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography is the most comprehensive and significant statement about the value and potential of economic geography in 2017. Sixty-six leading economists and geographers from around the world investigate the rival theories and perspectives that have sustained the development of economic geography.
First, and most innovatively, the authors cast a critical gaze onto economic geography itself throughout the first section. Roughly 60% of the text, the section includes chapters on the scope and history of the discipline, the use (and abuse) of theory, and methods for doing economic geography.
The New Economic Geography can be considered as being part of a family of increasing-returns models in neoclassical economics, including growth theory, trade theory and economic geography.
This paper reviews the new economic geography literature, which accounts for the uneven distribu-tion of economic activity across space in terms of a combination of love of variety preferences, increasing returns to scale and transport costs. After outlining the canonical core and periphery model, the paper examines the empirical evidence on three of its central predictions: the role of market ...
Economic geography is a major field and specialization within human geography. It has undergone several theoretical "turns" since the 1960s, and this has influenced methodological approaches as well. For example, economic geography in the 1960s and 1970s was focused on the scientific analysis of location. This involves using analytical ...
This simple version of the geography hypothesis predicts persistence in economic outcomes, since the geographic factors that are the first-order determinants of prosperity are time-in-
The crux of the geography hypothesis is the positive relationship between access to natural resources and economic performance. The availability of certain environmental components is considered a prerequisite for economic development, whereas the lack of them is claimed to hinder or even preclude progress.
By geography we mean those natural factors (climate, temperature, soil fertility) that affect economic outcomes ( Sachs, 2001, Khemraj, 2015) and institutions refer to the humanly devised constraints that structure political, economic, and social interaction ( North, 1991 ). We define economic structures as the aggregate representation of a ...
Economic geography is a subfield of human geography that focuses on studying and explaining the various places and spaces where economic activities occur and circulate. It is a dynamic and interdisciplinary subject that analyzes the impact of economic changes on space, place, and geographical circulation.
This criticism has its roots in different conceptions of geography and history, as well as other methodological differences between economists and geographers. We analyse the evolution of the debate and communication between geographical economists and economic geographers. Keywords: Economic geography geography history ontological debate
Publishes original academic research and discussion in the field of 'economic geography' broadly defined. The journal aims to redefine and reinvigorate the intersection between economics and geography.
Economic Geography, published quarterly, is a leading English-language journal devoted to the study of economic geography and is widely read by academics and professionals around the world. Highlighting the publication of theoretically-based empirical articles and case studies of significant theoretical trends that are occurring within the ...
The aims of the Journal of Economic Geography are to redefine and reinvigorate the intersection between economics and geography, and to provide a world-class journal in the field. The journal is steered by a distinguished team of Editors and an Editorial Board, drawn equally from the two disciplines. It publishes original academic research and discussion of the highest scholarly standard in ...
The policy-hypothesis which highlights the role of economic policy decisions in shaping the course of economic development and growth In particular, the advocates of the geography-hypothesis and the institutions-hypothesis engage in a fierce debate at which of the two lines of reasoning has more relevance in explaining real world economic growth.
THE NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. Armin Schmutzler Socioeconomic Center, Zu¨rich. Abstract. Recently, the 'new economic geography' literature has developed as a theory of the emergence of large agglomerations which relies on increasing returns to scale and transportation costs. This literature builds on diverse intellectual traditions.
This essay argues that differences in institutions are more important than geography for understanding the divergent economic and social conditions of nations. While the geography hypothesis emphasizes forces of nature as a primary factor in the poverty of nations, the institutions hypothesis is about man-made influences.
AbstractThe introduction approaches economic geography with reference to where, why, and so what questions focused on understanding economy. The latter is
Economic dynamism. This issue of F&D brings together leading researchers to help explain the withering of productivity gains, how to counter these trends, and how to spark economic dynamism. Yale economist Michael Peters sets the stage by delving into the causes of slowing productivity growth in the US. Declining dynamism in the world's ...