1 Introduction -- 2 Simple Economic Models -- 3 Demand Theory: Preferences -- 4 Demand Theory: Constraints and Optimization -- 5 Preferences and Demand -- 6 Production Theory -- 7 Cost Theory -- 8 Firm and Industry Supply in the Short-run -- 9 Long-run Supply -- 10 Competitive Markets:...

This paper attempts to analyze “central place theory” of spatial economics based on “supply and demand theory” in microeconomics and “field theory” in physics, and also discuss their relationship. Three most important research findings are described below. Firstly, the concept of...

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