Thisse, Jacques-François - In: Recherches économiques de Louvain 77 (2011) 2, pp. 141-168
This paper provides a bird-eye overview of the history of spatial economic theory. It is organized around three main ideas (and authors): (i) land use and urban economics (Thünen), (ii) the nature of competition across space (Hotelling), and (iii) new economic geography and the emergence of...
