We review historical patterns of economic geography for the United States from the colonial period to the present day. The analysis is framed in terms of two geographic scales: regions and cities. The compelling reason for studying geographic area of two different scales is that models that...

In this article we analyze the interdependent issues of urbanization, growth, and globalization by presenting key empirical facts and relevant underlying economic theories on each. We look more closely, but without providing a detailed formal analysis, at a model by Baldwin and Forslid (2000)...

Die politische und planerische Diskussion über Metropolen ist stark von der Vorstellung bestimmt, die Globalisierung könnte zu grundlegenden Veränderungen im Städtesystem führen, und diese Veränderungen könnten ganz besonders Städte der höchsten Hierarchiestufen betreffen. Der Aufsatz...

This paper demonstrates effects of economic convergence processes on the foreign exchange behaviour in a monetary modelling approach. Since the exchange rate represents the relative price of two currencies, commonness of stochastic trends between the fundamental determinants of supply and demand...