Acknowledgments |
Agglomeration and Economic Theory / 1.: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Cities: Past and Future / 1.2: |
Why Do We Observe Agglomerations? / 1.3: |
On the Relationship between Space and Economics / 1.4: |
Plan of the Book / 1.5: |
Fundamentals of Geographical Economics / Part I.: |
The Breakdown of the Price Mechanism in a Spatial Economy / 2.: |
The Quadratic Assignment Problem / 2.1: |
The Spatial Impossibility Theorem / 2.3: |
The First Welfare Theorem in a Spatial Economy / 2.4: |
Considerations on the Second Welfare Theorem in a Spatial Economy / 2.5: |
Concluding Remarks / 2.6: |
The Thunen Model and Land Rent Formation / 3.: |
The Location of Divisible Activities / 3.1: |
The Urban Land Rent / 3.3: |
Increasing Returns and Transport Costs: The Fundamental Trade-Off of a Spatial Economy / 3.4: |
Microfoundations of Increasing Returns at the City Level / 4.1: |
City Size under Scale Economies / 4.3: |
Trade in a System of Cities / 4.4: |
Competition and the Spatial Organization of Markets / 4.5: |
Cities and the Public Sector / 4.6: |
The City as a Public Good / 5.1: |
The Number and Size of Cities under Politics / 5.3: |
Appendix / 5.4: |
The Structure of Metropolitan Areas / Part II.: |
The Spatial Structure of Cities under Communications Externalities / 6.: |
Agglomeration as Spatial Interaction among Individuals or Firms / 6.1: |
The City as Spatial Interdependence between Firms and Workers / 6.3: |
The Monocentric City / 6.4: |
The Polycentric City / 6.5: |
Suburbanization and the Location of Multiunit Firms / 6.6: |
The Formation of Urban Centers under Imperfect Competition / 6.7: |
Monopolistic Competition and the Formation of Shopping Districts / 7.1: |
Oligopolistic Competition and the Agglomeration of Retailers / 7.3: |
Consumers' Search and the Clustering of Shops / 7.4: |
The Formation of Urban Employment Centers / 7.5: |
Factor Mobility and Industrial Location / 7.6: |
Industrial Agglomeration under Marshallian Externalities / 8.: |
Factor Mobility and Agglomeration Economies / 8.1: |
Oligopoly, Localization Economies, and Regional Advantage / 8.3: |
The Formation of Industrial Clusters under Localization Economies / 8.4: |
Industrial Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition / 8.5: |
The Core-Periphery Model / 9.1: |
Sticky Labor and Regional Specialization / 9.3: |
A Linear Model of Core-Periphery: Discriminatory Pricing and Welfare / 9.4: |
On the Impact of Forward-Looking Behavior / 9.5: |
Urban Systems and Regional Growth / 9.6: |
Back to Thunen: The Formation of Cities in a Spatial Economy / 10.: |
City Formation under Preference for Variety / 10.1: |
City Formation with Intermediate Commodities / 10.3: |
On the Emergence and Structure of Urban Systems / 10.4: |
On the Relationship between Agglomeration and Growth / 10.5: |
A Model of Agglomeration and Growth / 11.1: |
Agglomeration and Growth When Production is Footloose / 11.3: |
Agglomeration and Growth in the Presence of Barriers that Prevent Innovation Transfer / 11.4: |
References / 11.5: |
Name Index |
Subject Index |
Acknowledgments |
Agglomeration and Economic Theory / 1.: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Cities: Past and Future / 1.2: |
Why Do We Observe Agglomerations? / 1.3: |
On the Relationship between Space and Economics / 1.4: |