Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes.

This paper analyses some of the forces that are changing the spatial distribution of activity inthe world economy. It draws on the 'new economic geography' literature to argue theimportance of increasing returns to scale and cumulative causation processes in shaping theproductivity and com...

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Main Author: Venables, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE 2006