Neoclassical theory versus new economic geography: competing explanations of cross-regional variation in economic development

This chapter studies the dynamics of Bogotá Region based on the New Economic Geography and the recent works on economic development in two big dimensions: the economic and the spatial structure; that is, productivity and polycentrism. The central thesis, supported on an econometric exercise for SMEs in 20 cities in Bogotá-Sabana region, is that with greater strength in the interior of Bogotá and less in the city region, a transition from monocentrism to functional polycentrism is consolidating. Krugman's Edge Cities model concludes that polycentrism comes from a process of spontaneous self-organization and produces a territorial order according to the mysterious ZIP law and consistent with efficiency, equity, and sustainability.

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The Transport Sector, New Economic Geography and Economic Development in Peripheral Regions

New Contributions to Transportation Analysis in Europe ◽

10.4324/9780429441585-9 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 53-74

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Economic Geography ◽

Transport Sector ◽

New Economic Geography ◽

Peripheral Regions

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SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE SPATIAL ECONOMY AND THE THEORY OF NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Север и рынок: формирование экономического порядка ◽

10.37614/2220-802x.4.2020.70.003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 70 (4/2020) ◽

pp. 32-41

Author(s):

M. V. Ivanova ◽

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A. S. Kozmenko ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Economic Geography ◽

Spatial Organization ◽

Regional Economy ◽

Spatial Development ◽

The Arctic ◽

New Economic Geography ◽

Economic Space ◽

Spatial Economy ◽

Communications System

The modern political and economic processes have had a significant impact on the change in the economic policy of Russia and its “internal” economic space. As a result of the “sanction” blocking of the significant sectors of the economy, the importance of considering the spatial factor of socio-economic development in the basic development program documents has increased. The article examines the main approaches to spatial organization of the regional economy and strategic directions of spatial development in the context of the “Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2025”. These approaches are based on the joint evolution of this organization and the regional settlement system under the influence of a multiple external and internal factors, including the implementation of a rational state policy of regional development. The study examines the main provisions of the spatial economy as an independent scientific field and the theory of new economic geography. It shows the methodological similarity between these two scientific disciplines. The article shows that the basis of spatial development is the integration of specific forms of spatial organization of the economy into large and / or largest agglomerations. The leading role in this integration belongs to the regional communications system, which unites economic centers localized in an allocated space into an integral system and ensures the economic space unity. The implementation of the spatial economy provisions is studied on the example of the Northern Sea Route as a regional communications system, which is in fact the center of the “assembly” of the Arctic space. The functional dominant of the agglomeration as a form of spatial organization of the regional economy is creating such high-quality life conditions that are optimized with the rational economic development of the regional space while maintaining the economic situation at an acceptable level. These are the conditions that form communicative ties, which are the framework for uniting various elements of the regional space.

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Sectors and industry regions – Case study italy

10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9896-2021-21 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Helmuth Gomez ◽

Gabriela Antošová

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Economic Geography ◽

Regional Distribution ◽

Regional Economic Development ◽

Uneven Distribution ◽

New Economic Geography ◽

Spatial Concentration ◽

Italian History ◽

Basic Parameters

The aim of the article is to describe the tangible and lasting uneven regional distribution of manufacturing in Italy, as the result of a historical reinforcing process. In doing so, we cite the basic parameters typically applied by the New Economic Geography approach and try to relate some global developments in the Italian history, with the seemingly outright influence of such specific theoretical parameters. The method is merely descriptive and uses a map and some manufacturing statistics for spotlight the actual sectorial distribution of employment as an evidence of the divergent process. For underpinning the analytical interpretation, we consult the previous contribution of some Italian economists and historians setting forth the consolidation of Italian manufacturing expansion and its startling spatial concentration. The descriptive style of the article ends up highlighting the pervasive influence of historical inertia on the regional economic development and the pertinence of New Economic Geography framework for interpreting the uneven distribution of manufacturing across the space.

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