Complexity and Geographical Economics
Topics and Tools
1st Edition
Published on 17. February 2015
XIV, 377 pages
978-3-319-12805-4 (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
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIV, 377 p. 50 illus.
File size
5,97 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-12805-4 (9783319128054)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-12805-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Pasquale Commendatore | Saime Kayam | Ingrid Kubin
Complexity and Geographical Economics
Topics and Tools
Book
03/2015
Springer
€106.99
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Content
Introduction.- Part A. Economic Geography Modelling.- Part B. Institutions and Markets.- Part C. Industrial Interactions.
