The uneven distribution of economic activity across space is one of the most striking features
of economic life. Perhaps the clearest visual manifestation of this is the emergence and …

Over the last 20 years or so, mainstream economists have become more interested in spatial
economics and have introduced largely neoclassical economic concepts and tools to …

This book clarifies the role played by agglomeration economies in regional economies and
explores the feasibility of using regional economic growth in declining population areas of …

We study how density (dis) economies in interregional transportation influence location
patterns in a standard new economic geography model. Density economies may well delay …

Existing theories of geographical specialization and trade can be classified into four groups:
supply-side; demand-side; endogenous growth and institutional models. In the recent past …

This article adds to the empirical evidence on the impact of agglomeration externalities on
regional growth along three main dimensions. On the basis of data on 259 Europe NUTS2 …

DEAN M. HANINK he decade of the 1990s saw some profound changes in the practice of T
Economic Geography. In Geography, the economic was broadened considerably and both …

How much of the spatial distribution of economic activity today is determined by history
rather than by geographic fundamentals? And if history matters for spatial allocations, does it …

I estimate localization and urbanization economies with a methodology and data different
from those of Henderson and Nakamura. After demonstrating the problems associated with …

The economic approach to cities relies on a spatial equilibrium for workers, employers and
builders. The worker's equilibrium implies that positive attributes in one location, like access …