Cycles in the Development of Spatial Economics

Robert Ekelund and Robert Hebert

Chapter 1 in Does Economic Space Matter?, 1993, pp 21-37 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this compact essay is to explore, within a specific time-frame, two related issues regarding spatial economics. The first issue is whether and to what extent elements of space mattered to economists of the past. The second issue is why did a particular interest in spatial economics, as measured by an individual’s ‘peak performance’, surface when it did. By asking the questions why and when, we raise a more basic issue about the relative import of endogenous and exogenous influences on economic theory.

Keywords: Nineteenth Century; Price Discrimination; Market Area; Spatial Competition; Spatial Element (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22906-2_2

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