Die mittleren Kosten des Gütertransports in einer Volkswirtschaft gehören zu jenen Faktoren, die maßgeblich an der Ausformung ihres Städtesystems mit beteiligt sind. Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welche Effekte Transportkostenänderungen (hierbei kann es sich sowohl um einen Rückgang als...

The question regarding the effects of changing transports costs on the size distribution of cities is an important topic of systems of cities research. The so-called New Economic Geography has already given some answers to this question. One central assumption in this kind of model is a very...

The question regarding the effects of changing transports costs on the size distribution of cities is an important topic of systems of cities research. The so-called New Economic Geography has already given some answers to this question. One central assumption in this kind of model is a very...