The Economic geography of production, trade, and development / Karsten Junius.

Author/creator Junius, Karsten, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoTübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©1999.
Descriptionxvi, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Economic geography.
Production (Economic theory)
Commerce.
Economic development.
Commerce.

SeriesKieler Studien, 0340-6989 ; 300
Kieler Studien ; 300. ^A86856
Contents A. Aim and Scope of the Study -- B. Economic Geography: Theory -- I. Krugman and Venables' Approaches to Link Geography and Trade -- II. The Prototype Model -- 1. Description of the Prototype Model -- 2. Mechanics of the Prototype Model -- III. The Augmented Model -- 1. Congestion Effects -- 2. Land Rents and Commuting Costs -- 3. Self-Fulfilling Expectations -- IV. The Development Model -- 1. Industrial Concentration and Economic Development -- 2. Mechanics of the Model -- 3. Simultaneous Changes of Parameters -- 4. Initial Conditions and the Distribution of Industries -- V. Deriving Testable Hypotheses from the Theoretical Model -- C. Economic Geography: Empirics -- I. The Empirical Relevance of Economies of Scale -- 1. A Framework for the Analysis -- 2. Internal Economies of Scale -- 3. External Economies of Scale -- II. The Empirical Relevance of Trade Costs -- 1. Trends in the Costs of International Trade -- 2. A Gravity Model Approach -- III. The Empirical Relevance of the Economic Geography Model -- 1. Previous Empirical Evidence for the Inverted U-Curve -- 2. Explaining the Inverted U-Curve and Further Determinants of Primacy -- 3. Empirical Results -- D. Summary and Conclusions -- I. Derivation of Equations in Chapter B -- 1. Derivation of Equation [10], the Marginal Costs -- 2. Derivation of Equation [11], the Number of Firms in a Region -- 3. Derivation of Equation [14], the Wage Rate -- II. Analytical Solutions to the Theoretical Model -- 1. Marginal Changes of Trade Costs -- 2. Marginal Changes of Other Parameters -- 3. The Effects of Economic Development -- III. Modeling Economies of Scale -- IV. Tables and Figures.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Junius, Karsten, 1968- Economic geography of production, trade, and development. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©1999
LCCN 00347505
ISBN3161472519
ISBN9783161472510

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