Complexity and Geographical Economics: Topics and Tools - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319379836 ISBN 13 : 9783319379838

Editeur : Springer, 2016

Synopsis

The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge challenge worldwide and also for the European Union. In Krugman’s New Economic Geography economic systems have a simple spatial structure. This book shows that more sophisticated models should visualise the EU as an evolving trade network with a specific topology and different aggregation levels. At the highest level, economic geography models give a bird eye’s view of spatial dynamics. At a medium level, institutions shape the economy and the structure of (financial and labour) markets. At the lowest level, individual decisions interact with the economic, social and institutional environment; the focus is on firms’ decision on location and innovation. Such multilevel models exhibit complex dynamic patterns – path dependence, cumulative causation, hysteresis – on a network structure; and specific analytic tools are necessary for studying strategic interaction, heterogeneity and nonlinearities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319379836
• ISBN 13: 9783319379838
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Éditeur: Commendatore Pasquale, Kayam Saime, Kubin Ingrid
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