The spatial economy : cities, regions and international trade /

The spatial economy : cities, regions and international trade /

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Author / Creator:Fujita, Masahisa.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Description:xiii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Economic geography.
Space in economics.
Urban economics.
Regional economics.
International trade.
Economic geography.
International trade.
Regional economics.
Space in economics.
Urban economics.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3855720
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Other authors / contributors:Krugman, Paul R.
Venables, Anthony.
ISBN:0262062046 (hc. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-356) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The Rediscovery of Geography
  • 1.2. Linkages and Circular Causation
  • 1.3. Modeling Tricks: Dixit-Stiglitz, Icebergs, Evolution, and the Computer
  • 1.4. Two Useful Questions
  • 1.5. Plan of the Book
  • I. Some Intellectual Background
  • 2. Antecedents I: Urban Economics
  • 2.1. The von Thunen Model
  • 2.2. Explaining Cities: External Economies
  • 2.3. Urban Systems
  • 2.4. Multiple Subcenters
  • 2.5. Uses and Limits of Traditional Urban Economics
  • Notes
  • 3. Antecedents II: Regional Science
  • 3.1. Central-Place Theory
  • 3.2. Base-Multiplier Analysis
  • 3.3. Market Potential Analysis
  • 3.4. Limitations of Regional Science
  • Appendix. A Brief Introduction to Bifurcations
  • Notes
  • II. Labor Mobility and Regional Development
  • 4. The Dixit-Stiglitz Model of Monopolistic Competition and Its Spatial Implications
  • 4.1. Consumer Behavior
  • 4.2. Multiple Locations and Transport Costs
  • 4.3. Producer Behavior
  • 4.4. Some Normalizations
  • 4.5. The Price Index Effect and the Home Market Effect
  • 4.6. The "No-Black-Hole" Condition
  • Notes
  • 5. Core and Periphery
  • 5.1. Assumptions
  • 5.2. Instantaneous Equilibrium
  • 5.3. The Core-Periphery Model: Statement and Numerical Examples
  • 5.4. When Is a Core-Periphery Pattern Sustainable?
  • 5.5. When is the Symmetric Equilibrium Broken?
  • 5.6. Implications and Conclusions
  • Appendix. Symmetry Breaking
  • Notes
  • 6. Many Regions and Continuous Space
  • 6.1. The Three-Region Case
  • 6.2. The Racetrack Economy
  • 6.3. The Turing Approach
  • 6.4. The Growth Rate of a Fluctuation
  • 6.5. Determining the Preferred Frequency: The Large Economy
  • 6.6. From Local to Global
  • 6.7. Conclusions
  • Appendix. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 7. Agricultural Transport Costs
  • 7.1. Trade Costs: The Realities
  • 7.2. Trade Costs: The Model
  • 7.3. Core-Periphery or Symmetry?
  • 7.4. Differentiated Agricultural Products
  • 7.5. Conclusions
  • Appendix 7.1. Symmetry Breaking
  • Appendix 7.2. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • III. The Urban System
  • 8. Spatial Models of Urban Systems: A Heuristic Introduction
  • 8.1. Location Decisions and the Distribution of Demand
  • 8.2. Sustaining and Locking In Urban Location
  • 8.3. Population Growth and City Formation
  • 8.4. Urban Hierarchies
  • 8.5. Ports and Transportation Hubs
  • 8.6. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 9. The Monocentric Economy
  • 9.1. The Model
  • 9.2. The von Thunen Economy
  • 9.3. The Market Potential Function
  • 9.4. The Potential Function and the Sustainability of a City
  • Appendix 9.1. On the Definition of the Market Potential Function
  • Appendix 9.2. The Limit Market Potential Function
  • Notes
  • 10. The Emergence of New Cities
  • 10.1. Adjustment Dynamics and the Stability of the Spatial System
  • 10.2. From One City to Three
  • 10.3. Emergence of New Cities in the Long Run
  • 10.4. Conclusions
  • Appendix 10.1. Bifurcation with Costly Transport of Agricultural Goods
  • Appendix 10.2. Supplementary Calculations for Appendix 10.1
  • Appendix 10.3. Adjustment Dynamics of a General Three-City Case
  • Notes
  • 11. Evolution of a Hierarchical Urban System
  • 11.1. The Formation of an Urban Hierarchy in Nineteenth-Century America
  • 11.2. The Model
  • 11.3. The Monocentric System
  • 11.4. Self-Organization Toward a Hierarchical System
  • 11.5. Conclusions
  • Appendix 11.1. The Equilibrium of the Agricultural Market
  • Appendix 11.2. The Equilibrium Conditions of the Monocentric Economy
  • Appendix 11.3. The Proof that (11.16) Implies (11.17)
  • Notes
  • 12. An Empirical Digression: The Sizes of Cities
  • 12.1. The Size Distribution of Cities
  • 12.2. Do Urban Theories Predict the Rank-Size Rule?
  • 12.3. Can Random Growth Explain the Rank-Size Rule?
  • 12.4. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • 13. Ports, Transportation Hubs, and City Location
  • 13.1. The Monocentric Economy
  • 13.2. The Impact of a Transportation Hub on the Market Potential Function
  • 13.3. Patterns of Spatial Evolution
  • 13.4. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • IV. International Trade
  • 14. International Specialization
  • 14.1. A Model with Intermediate Goods
  • 14.2. The Structure of Equilibria
  • 14.3. Agglomeration and National Inequalities
  • 14.4. Decreasing Returns in Agriculture
  • 14.5. Conclusions
  • Appendix 14.1. Symmetry Breaking
  • Appendix 14.2. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 15. Economic Development and the Spread of Industry
  • 15.1. Growth and Sustainable Wage Differentials
  • 15.2. Many Industries and Many Countries
  • 15.3. Conclusions
  • Appendix 15.1. The Multicountry, Multi-Industry Model
  • Appendix 15.2. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 16. Industrial Clustering
  • 16.1. Industrial Clusters: The Evidence
  • 16.2. Industrial Clusters: The Model
  • 16.3. Concentration or Dispersion?
  • 16.4. Adjustment and Real Income
  • 16.5. Multiple Factors: Industrial Clustering in a Heckscher-Ohlin World
  • 16.6. Multiple Industries and Sustainable Cross-Country Differences
  • 16.7. Conclusions
  • Appendix 16.1. Symmetry Breaking
  • Appendix 16.2. Adjustment and Real Income
  • Appendix 16.3. The Production Possibility Frontier
  • Appendix 16.4. Multiple Industries
  • Appendix 16.5. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 17. A Seamless World
  • 17.1. The Model
  • 17.2. The Frequency of Agglomeration
  • 17.3. From Local to Global
  • 17.4. Punctuated Equilibrium
  • 17.5. Multiple Industries
  • 17.6. Center and Periphery
  • 17.7. Conclusions
  • Appendix 17.1. Symmetry Breaking
  • Appendix 17.2. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 18. External Trade and Internal Geography
  • 18.1. Urban Concentration in an Open Economy
  • 18.2. The Effects of Trade Liberalization
  • 18.3. Industrial Clustering and External Trade
  • 18.4. Industrial Structure and Urban Concentration
  • 18.5. Conclusions
  • Appendix 18.1. Symmetry Breaking
  • Appendix 18.2. Simulation Parameters
  • Notes
  • 19. The Way Forward
  • 19.1. The Theoretical Menu
  • 19.2. Empirical Work
  • 19.3. Quantification
  • 19.4. Welfare Implications
  • 19.5. Where We Stand
  • References
  • Index

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