
Complexity and Geographical Economics
Topics and Tools
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 6. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 377 pages
978-3-319-37983-8 (ISBN)
Description
The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge challenge worldwide and also for the European Union. In Krugman's New Economic Geography economic systems have a simple spatial structure. This book shows that more sophisticated models should visualise the EU as an evolving trade network with a specific topology and different aggregation levels. At the highest level, economic geography models give a bird eye's view of spatial dynamics. At a medium level, institutions shape the economy and the structure of (financial and labour) markets. At the lowest level, individual decisions interact with the economic, social and institutional environment; the focus is on firms' decision on location and innovation. Such multilevel models exhibit complex dynamic patterns - path dependence, cumulative causation, hysteresis - on a network structure; and specific analytic tools are necessary for studying strategic interaction, heterogeneity and nonlinearities.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
50 s/w Abbildungen
XIV, 377 p. 50 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-37983-8 (9783319379838)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-12805-4
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Pasquale Commendatore | Saime Kayam | Ingrid Kubin
Complexity and Geographical Economics
Topics and Tools
Book
03/2015
Springer
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Content
Introduction.- Part A. Economic Geography Modelling.- Part B. Institutions and Markets.- Part C. Industrial Interactions.