Building Better Methods in Economic Geography

Bathelt Harald () and Li Pengfei ()
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Bathelt Harald: University of TorontoDepartments of Geography & Planning and Political ScienceSidney Smith Hall100 St. George StreetToronto ON M5S 3G3TorontoCanada
Li Pengfei: HEC MontréalDepartment of International Business3000chemin de la Côte-Sainte-CatherineMontréalQC H3T 2A7MontréalCanada

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2020, vol. 64, issue 3, 103-108

Abstract: This paper suggests that it is a timely task to aim at building better methods in economic geography. While economic geography is a vibrant field, it is characterized by methodological divides and fragmentations. In presenting a collection of five papers, we address these problems by suggesting to move forward in at least five directions: bridging the qualitative/quantitative divide, clarifying causality, selecting appropriate data, improving rigor, and ensuring high ethical standards.

Keywords: Building better methods; causality; data selection; ethics; qualitative/quantitative divide; rigor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 C00 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2020-0014

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