The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade
The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade
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DOI：
10.7551/mitpress/6389.001.0001
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1999-06
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通讯作者：
Masahisa Fujita;P. Krugman;A. Venables
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作者：
Masahisa Fujita;P. Krugman;A. Venables
自1990年以来，有关经济的空间层面——即经济活动在何处发生以及为何发生——的理论和实证研究出现了复兴。利用新的工具——特别是为分析产业组织、国际贸易和经济增长而开发的建模技术——这种“新经济地理学”已成为当代经济学最令人兴奋的领域之一。作者们展示了看似不同的模型如何反映一些基本主题，并在此过程中为讨论各种问题形成了一种通用的“语法”。他们展示了一种强调规模收益递增、运输成本和生产要素流动之间三方相互作用的通用方法如何能够应用于城市、区域和国际经济学中的广泛问题。本书首次对不同空间尺度上大型经济集聚的存在提供了合理且统一的解释。
Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy--that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools--in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth--this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics. The authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and unified explanation of the existence of large economic agglomerations at various spatial scales.