Oedzge Atzema, Ton van Rietbergen, Jan Lambooy and Sjef van Hoof - Dynamics in economic geography

Contents

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Application possibilities for economic geography

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1.1 Rediscovery of economic geography 1.2 Location, distance and networks

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1.3 Industry and environment

1.4 Conclusion

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Classical and neoclassical location theory

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2.1 Introduction

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2.2 Classical economics: Minimal costs

2.2.1 Agricultural land use according to Johann Heinrich von Thünen 2.2.2 Industrial location according to Alfred Weber 2.2.3 Refining the linear connection between distance and transport costs 2.3.1 Hierarchy and distribution of services according to Walter Christaller 2.3.2 Locational competition according to Harold Hotelling 2.3 Neoclassical economics and role of the market

2.3.3 Markets according to August Lösch

2.4 Conclusion

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A behavioural approach to location choice

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3.1 Introduction

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3.2 The bounded rationality of the decision-maker

3.3 Allan Pred’s behavioural matrix

3.4 Industrial relocation

3.5 Conclusion