Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Globalization (2nd Edition)

Contents

1 Agglomeration and Economic Theory

Part I. FUNDAMENTALS OF SPATIAL ECONOMICS
2 The Breakdown of the Price Mechanism in a Spatial Economy
3 The von Thunen Model and Land Rent Formation
4 Increasing Returns and Transport Costs: The Fundamental Trade-off of a Spatial Economy

Part II. THE STRUCTURE OF METROPOLITAN AREAS
5 Cities and the Public Sector
6 The Spatial Structure of Cities under Communication Externalities
7 The Formation of Urban Centers under Imperfect Competition

Part III. FACTOR MOBILITY AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATION
8 Industrial Agglomeration under Monopolistic Competition
9 Market Size and Industrial Clusters

Part IV. URBAN SYSTEMS, REGIONAL GROWTH, AND THE MULTINATIONALIZATION OF FIRMS
10 Back to von Thunen: The Emergence of Cities in a Spatial Economy
11 Globalization, Growth, and the Geography of the Supply Chain