TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fujita,Masahisa
AU  - Krugman,Paul R.
AU  - Venables,Anthony
TI  - The spatial economy: cities, regions and international trade 
SN  - 0262062046 
U1  - 330.9 FUJ 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Space in economics
KW  - Urban economics
KW  - Regional economics
KW  - International trade
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 351 - 356) and index
N2  - The authors 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. 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
ER  -