S torper M. From retro to avant-garde: a commentary on Paul Krugman's 'The New Economic
Geography, Now Middle-aged', Regional Studies. This paper takes issue with Paul …

It is well known that academic disciplines do not evolve in a steady, predictable or
cumulative fashion. Of course, there is a strong degree of intellectual path-dependence, of …

This article assesses how the tension between centripetal forces (such as forward and
backward linkages in production and increasing returns in transportation) and centrifugal …

Recent theoretical and empirical work in economic geography has experienced what might
be termed a 'relational turn'that focuses primarily on the ways in which socio‐spatial …

In studying to understand the nature of geography as an academic discipline, I questioned
whether geography was worth keeping, and explored in general terms what could be done …

Why is productivity higher in cities? Does urbanization cause growth or does growth cause
urbanization? Do countries achieve rapid growth or high incomes without urbanization …

I Setting the scene: the cluster debate Having questioned some of the assumptions in the
literature on innovation systems in territorial contexts in my first report (Bathelt, 2003), this …

The role of institutions in the promotion (or hindrance) of regional development has attracted
increasing attention from scholars and policy-makers. This paper reviews recent …

No survey of economic geography would be complete without a consideration of the state.
States shape economic landscapes. They seek to regulate the flows of goods, money …

A central question of economics is to understand why some countries are much poorer than
others. Economists have long recognized that this relates to the fact that some countries …