Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics (Hardcover)

Roberta Capello

ISBN 10: 1035318970 / ISBN 13: 9781035318971

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, 2023

About this Item

Hardcover. Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the worlds leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Expertly crafted and interdisciplinary in scope, Roberta Capellos Advanced Introduction navigates the extensive discipline of regional and urban economics. Adopting a diachronic perspective, Capello explores the evolution of various theoretical approaches and novelties, covering theories of location, regional growth, and local development, whilst explaining the many ways in which space influences economic activity.Key Features:Presents accessible explanations of key economic theorieslTraces the history and evolution of thought on regional and urban economicslProvides an overview of the major approaches to studying space and growth, both Keynesian and neoclassicalCovers modern theoretical developments, including new economic geography and endogenous growth theorylBoth stimulating and authoritative, the Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics offers an easy-to-follow exposition of the subject, and will be a fundamental resource for researchers and postgraduate students in economics, finance, and urban and regional studies. Policymakers in these areas will similarly find this to be an indispensable read. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035318970
• ISBN 13: 9781035318971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Expertly crafted and interdisciplinary in scope, Roberta Capello’s Advanced Introduction navigates the extensive discipline of regional and urban economics. Adopting a diachronic perspective, Capello explores the evolution of various theoretical approaches and novelties, covering theories of location, regional growth, and local development, whilst explaining the many ways in which space influences economic activity.

Key Features:

• Presents accessible explanations of key economic theoriesl
• Traces the history and evolution of thought on regional and urban economicsl
• Provides an overview of the major approaches to studying space and growth, both Keynesian and neoclassical
• Covers modern theoretical developments, including new economic geography and endogenous growth theoryl



Both stimulating and authoritative, the Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics offers an easy-to-follow exposition of the subject, and will be a fundamental resource for researchers and postgraduate students in economics, finance, and urban and regional studies. Policymakers in these areas will similarly find this to be an indispensable read.

About the Author

Roberta Capello, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Italy