Preface |
Introduction / 1: |
The Rediscovery of Geography / 1.1: |
Linkages and Circular Causation / 1.2: |
Modeling Tricks: Dixit-Stiglitz, Icebergs, Evolution, and the Computer / 1.3: |
Two Useful Questions / 1.4: |
Plan of the Book / 1.5: |
Some Intellectual Background / I: |
Antecedents I: Urban Economics / 2: |
The von Thunen Model / 2.1: |
Explaining Cities: External Economies / 2.2: |
Urban Systems / 2.3: |
Multiple Subcenters / 2.4: |
Uses and Limits of Traditional Urban Economics / 2.5: |
Notes |
Antecedents II: Regional Science / 3: |
Central-Place Theory / 3.1: |
Base-Multiplier Analysis / 3.2: |
Market Potential Analysis / 3.3: |
Limitations of Regional Science / 3.4: |
A Brief Introduction to Bifurcations / Appendix: |
Labor Mobility and Regional Development / II: |
The Dixit-Stiglitz Model of Monopolistic Competition and Its Spatial Implications / 4: |
Consumer Behavior / 4.1: |
Multiple Locations and Transport Costs / 4.2: |
Producer Behavior / 4.3: |
Some Normalizations / 4.4: |
The Price Index Effect and the Home Market Effect / 4.5: |
The "No-Black-Hole" Condition / 4.6: |
Core and Periphery / 5: |
Assumptions / 5.1: |
Instantaneous Equilibrium / 5.2: |
The Core-Periphery Model: Statement and Numerical Examples / 5.3: |
When Is a Core-Periphery Pattern Sustainable? / 5.4: |
When is the Symmetric Equilibrium Broken? / 5.5: |
Implications and Conclusions / 5.6: |
Symmetry Breaking |
Many Regions and Continuous Space / 6: |
The Three-Region Case / 6.1: |
The Racetrack Economy / 6.2: |
The Turing Approach / 6.3: |
The Growth Rate of a Fluctuation / 6.4: |
Determining the Preferred Frequency: The Large Economy / 6.5: |
From Local to Global / 6.6: |
Conclusions / 6.7: |
Simulation Parameters |
Agricultural Transport Costs / 7: |
Trade Costs: The Realities / 7.1: |
Trade Costs: The Model / 7.2: |
Core-Periphery or Symmetry? / 7.3: |
Differentiated Agricultural Products / 7.4: |
The Urban System / 7.5: |
Spatial Models of Urban Systems: A Heuristic Introduction / 8: |
Location Decisions and the Distribution of Demand / 8.1: |
Sustaining and Locking In Urban Location / 8.2: |
Population Growth and City Formation / 8.3: |
Urban Hierarchies / 8.4: |
Ports and Transportation Hubs / 8.5: |
The Monocentric Economy / 8.6: |
The Model / 9.1: |
The von Thunen Economy / 9.2: |
The Market Potential Function / 9.3: |
The Potential Function and the Sustainability of a City / 9.4: |
On the Definition of the Market Potential Function / Appendix 9.1: |
The Limit Market Potential Function / Appendix 9.2: |
The Emergence of New Cities / 10: |
Adjustment Dynamics and the Stability of the Spatial System / 10.1: |
From One City to Three / 10.2: |
Emergence of New Cities in the Long Run / 10.3: |
Bifurcation with Costly Transport of Agricultural Goods / 10.4: |
Supplementary Calculations for Appendix 10.1 / Appendix 10.2: |
Adjustment Dynamics of a General Three-City Case / Appendix 10.3: |
Evolution of a Hierarchical Urban System / 11: |
The Formation of an Urban Hierarchy in Nineteenth-Century America / 11.1: |
The Monocentric System / 11.2: |
Self-Organization Toward a Hierarchical System / 11.4: |
The Equilibrium of the Agricultural Market / 11.5: |
The Equilibrium Conditions of the Monocentric Economy / Appendix 11.2: |
The Proof that (11.16) Implies (11.17) / Appendix 11.3: |
An Empirical Digression: The Sizes of Cities / 12: |
The Size Distribution of Cities / 12.1: |
Do Urban Theories Predict the Rank-Size Rule? / 12.2: |
Can Random Growth Explain the Rank-Size Rule? / 12.3: |
Ports, Transportation Hubs, and City Location / 12.4: |
The Impact of a Transportation Hub on the Market Potential Function / 13.1: |
Patterns of Spatial Evolution / 13.3: |
International Trade / 13.4: |
International Specialization / 14: |
A Model with Intermediate Goods / 14.1: |
The Structure of Equilibria / 14.2: |
Agglomeration and National Inequalities / 14.3: |
Decreasing Returns in Agriculture / 14.4: |
Economic Development and the Spread of Industry / 14.5: |
Growth and Sustainable Wage Differentials / 15.1: |
Many Industries and Many Countries / 15.2: |
The Multicountry, Multi-Industry Model / 15.3: |
Industrial Clustering / Appendix 15.2: |
Industrial Clusters: The Evidence / 16.1: |
Industrial Clusters: The Model / 16.2: |
Concentration or Dispersion? / 16.3: |
Adjustment and Real Income / 16.4: |
Multiple Factors: Industrial Clustering in a Heckscher-Ohlin World / 16.5: |
Multiple Industries and Sustainable Cross-Country Differences / 16.6: |
The Production Possibility Frontier / 16.7: |
Multiple Industries / Appendix 16.4: |
A Seamless World / Appendix 16.5: |
The Frequency of Agglomeration / 17.1: |
Punctuated Equilibrium / 17.3: |
Center and Periphery / 17.5: |
External Trade and Internal Geography / 17.7: |
Urban Concentration in an Open Economy / 18.1: |
The Effects of Trade Liberalization / 18.2: |
Industrial Clustering and External Trade / 18.3: |
Industrial Structure and Urban Concentration / 18.4: |
The Way Forward / 18.5: |
The Theoretical Menu / 19.1: |
Empirical Work / 19.2: |
Quantification / 19.3: |
Welfare Implications / 19.4: |
Where We Stand / 19.5: |
References |
Index |
Preface |
Introduction / 1: |
The Rediscovery of Geography / 1.1: |
Linkages and Circular Causation / 1.2: |
Modeling Tricks: Dixit-Stiglitz, Icebergs, Evolution, and the Computer / 1.3: |
Two Useful Questions / 1.4: |