Location and Competition
London: Routledge, 2005.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #7123
ISBN: 0415365473
Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; The "new economic geography: is one of the most significant developments to have occurred in economics in many years. The new insights gained from this approach have been successfully applied to issues such as globalisation, international integration and policy competition. Location and Competition brings together leading academics to analyse the research inspired by the "new economic geography" and examines the ensuing policy implications. Issues that germane to this approach such as core-periphery patterns, transportation costs and economic modelling are explored in depth." Contents: Locating economic concentration / Jeroen Hinloopen and Charles van Marrewijk; Transport costs, location and the economy / Jan Oosterhaven and Piet Rietveld; Agglomerations in equilibrium? / Jan G. Lambooy and Frank G. van Oort; Policy competition in theory and practice / Ruud A. de Mooij, Joeri Gorter and Richard Nahuis; Clustering, optimum currency areas and macroeconomic policy / Roel Beetsma and Koen Vermeylen.; Studies in Global Competition; Ex-Library; xxiii, 136 pages.
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