This chapter provides a comprehensive view on the field of New Economic Geography (NEG). It starts by describing the background in adjacent fields of economics which made the surge of NEG possible. It lays out the necessary ingredients and fundamental forces at work that define any NEG framework...

Blockchain technology is firmly established in the public awareness as a revolutionary new technology underpinning cryptocurrency. However, its potential applications can be found across sectors and industries in providing a novel way of producing coordination necessary to transact online,...