The Empirics of New Economic Geography

Stephen James Redding

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Although a rich and extensive body of theoretical research on new economic geography hasemerged, empirical research remains comparatively less well developed. This paper reviewsthe existing empirical literature on the predictions of new economic geography models for thedistribution of income and production across space. The discussion highlights connectionswith other research in regional and urban economics, identification issues, potentialalternative explanations and possible areas for further research.

Keywords: New economic geography; market access; industrial location; multiple equilibria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F14 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-fdg, nep-geo, nep-hpe and nep-ure
Date: 2009-04
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