Regional Economics

by Roberta Capello, Masahisa Fujita (Foreword), Peter Nijkamp

The book is a textbook in regional economics for undergraduate and graduate students. A vast amount of theories and models have been developed since the official recognition of regional economics as a distinct branch of economics. In particular, this book focuses on logical and theoretical linkages between different theories and both macro and microeconomic; neoclassical and Keynesian. The evolution of theoretical approaches in regional economics is dealt in the book through the evolution of the concept of from physical space , which characterizes location theory, to uniform space (typical of neoclassical and Keynesian approaches ) to diversified-relational space (embedded in local districts and milieu approaches, as well as in the theory of learning regions) to diversified stylised space (as exemplified by the new economic geography and dynamic neoclassical approaches).

Genres: Economics

348 pages, Hardcover

First published December 7, 2006

Reviews

[Jim Sta Isabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a fairly comprehensive compendium of models of location theory and regional economic development. The first four or five chapters were excellent, discussing theories with intuitive and mathematical explanation sufficient for someone who's only starting their foray into the field. However the writing becomes more vague as one approaches the latter chapters. The explanation of the more recent theories and models became lukewarm.

[Rob Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty dense book. Had some interesting models, but you really need to take a lot of time to dive into it and understand what they are all doing. Probably best suited for PhD-level students.

[Daniel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this one way too abstract. I wrote a thesis about regional economics and got more out of a short journal article by Paul Krugman from the 1990s than from this book.