Contents: 1. Introduction / Kakuya Matsushima and William P. Anderson -- Part I: Transportation infrastructure and economic growth -- 2. Railways and regional growth, dispersion and concentration in Scandinavia during 150 years / Hans Westlund -- 3. Regional economic impacts of a transportation...

Nature and scope of regional and urban economics -- Linear market areas -- Market areas and systems of cities -- Industrial location -- Agglomeration economies and entrepreneur's preferences -- Spatial pricing decisions -- Short-run income models -- Supply-based regional growth analysis --...

Traditionelle Standortwahl und Branchenstrukturen -- Neuere Standorttheorie -- Neueste Standorttheorien -- Regionale Entwicklungstheorien -- Empirische Methoden zur Analyse von Standortentscheidungen und regionaler Wirtschaftsentwicklung.