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International trade and transport : spatial structure and environmental quality in a global economy
Steininger, Karl W. - 2001
The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such … tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a … comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473881
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Geography, structural change and economic development : theory and empirics
Tamberi, Massimo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009
The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851875
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Handbook of regional growth and development theories
Nijkamp, Peter (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2009
Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851564
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Industrial location economics
McCann, Philip (contributor) - 2002
Because space is not homogenous, economic activities occur in different locations. Understanding the reasons behind this and understanding exactly how industries are spatially organized is the central theme of this book. Industrial Location Economics discusses different aspects of industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851118
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New directions in economic geography
Fingleton, Bernard (contributor) - 2007
which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide … on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic … connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420047
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The economics of agglomeration
Strange, William C. (ed.) - 2019
Ottaviano, Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse (2002), 'Agglomeration and trade revisited', International economic … review, 43 (2), May, 409-35 -- 27. Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis (2014), 'Trade and the topography of the spatial economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251866
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Firm mobility and organizational networks : innovation, embeddedness and economic geography
Knoben, Joris - 2008
Joris Knoben illustrates that the number of firm relocations has grown steadily and considerably over the last decade and, at the same time, relationships between organizations have become more important to firm performance. It is often argued that these relationships require geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473778
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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach
Borger, Bruno de (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001
This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851849
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Analysis of multinational strategic management : the selected scientific papers of Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke
Rugman, Alan M.; Verbeke, Alain - 2005
multinational enterprises. Fueled by their belief in the need for better theory in multinational strategic management, the authors … sections: the foundations of a new theory of multinational strategic management, a radically new examination of multinational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473806
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Tax evasion and firm survival in competitive markets
Palda, K. Filip - 2001
Tax Evasion and Firm Survival in Competitive Markets illustrates how a firm with high production costs but which is easily able to evade taxes may displace from the market a company with low production costs but poor tax evasion capabilities. The difference in production costs between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851115