Economic Geography: The Integration of Regions and Nations

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Complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a fresh perspective on spatial disparities. This book provides an introduction to economic geography and includes history and background of the field of spatial economics.

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"Economic Geography: The Integration of Regions and Nations is an outstanding contribution to the field... Even those most familiar with the economic geography literature will emerge from reading the book challenged, engaged, and enlightened."--Donald R. Davis, Journal of International Economics "The book delivers important insights into the theories and practices of economic geography and opens opportunities for new avenues of research, by providing extensions of the existing theoretical models which can form the basis of new applications and tests to these theories... [T]his book is highly recommended for both academic and graduates."--Vtor Braga, Economic Geography Research Group "[T]he book by Combes et al. gives an excellent overview of identification, estimation, omitted variables, reverse causality, sorting and evaluation issues related to geographical economics modeling outcomes as well as urban economics and interaction modeling outcomes. Empirical researchers will appreciate the overviews given here."--Frank Van Oort, Regional Studies

Author Bio

Pierre-Philippe Combes is CNRS research professor of economics at the Universite dAix-Marseille. Thierry Mayer is professor of economics at the Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Jacques-Francois Thisse is professor of economics at the Universite Catholique de Louvain and professor at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees. His books include "Economics of Agglomeration".