Distance Inputs and the Space-Economy Part I: The Conceptual Framework

Walter Isard

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1951, vol. 65, issue 2, 181-198

Abstract: I. Empirical regularities and the distance factor, 181. — II. The need for and definition of distance inputs, 186. — III. Distance inputs contrasted with capital inputs: spatial roundaboutness and extent of production; space preference and discounting, 190. — IV. Transport rate: the price of a distance input, 195. — V. Distance inputs and the classification of factors, 197.

Date: 1951
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