Complexity and Geographical Economics: Topics and Tools (Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance, 19)

ISBN 10: 3319128043 / ISBN 13: 9783319128047

Published by Springer, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complexity and Geographical Economics: Topics and Tools (Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance, 19)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319128043
• ISBN 13: 9783319128047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge challenge worldwide and also for the European Union. In Krugman’s New Economic Geography economic systems have a simple spatial structure. This book shows that more sophisticated models should visualise the EU as an evolving trade network with a specific topology and different aggregation levels. At the highest level, economic geography models give a bird eye’s view of spatial dynamics. At a medium level, institutions shape the economy and the structure of (financial and labour) markets. At the lowest level, individual decisions interact with the economic, social and institutional environment; the focus is on firms’ decision on location and innovation. Such multilevel models exhibit complex dynamic patterns – path dependence, cumulative causation, hysteresis – on a network structure; and specific analytic tools are necessary for studying strategic interaction, heterogeneity and nonlinearities.