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1. Agglomeration and networks in spatial economies.

Author

Johansson, Börje and Quigley, John M.

Subjects
*AGGLOMERATION (Materials), *ECONOMIC structure, *URBAN economics, *SOCIOECONOMICS, *SOCIAL sciences
Abstract

We consider the parallel developments in the economics of agglomeration and the economics of networks. We explore the complementarities between the productivity benefits of agglomeration and those of network linkages, arguing that networks of actors dispersed over space may substitute for agglomerations of actors at a single point. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2004
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2. The new economic geography: Past,present and the future.

Author

Fujita, Masahisa and Krugman, Paul

Subjects
*ECONOMIC geography, *AGGLOMERATION (Materials), *ECONOMIC structure, *SOCIOECONOMICS, *SOCIAL sciences
Abstract

This article presents a summary of our conversation on the past, present and future of the new economic geography, which took place with the help of an interlocutor in San Juan, Puerto Rico in November 2002. Following the introduction, we explain what the new economic geography is, and we describe some basic models. The discussion of its various critical aspects is presented subsequently, and the article concludes with the discussion of future issues and challenges facing the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2004
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