Agglomeration Economics
| PUBLISHER | University of Chicago Press (04/15/2010) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as transportation and communication costs fall. Paradoxically, however, cities have become increasingly important, and even within cities industrial clusters remain vital. Agglomeration Economics brings together a group of essays that examine the reasons why economic activity continues to cluster together despite the falling costs of moving goods and transmitting information. The studies cover a wide range of topics and approach the economics of agglomeration from different angles. Together they advance our understanding of agglomeration and its implications for a globalized world.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780226297897
ISBN-10:
0226297896
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
376
Carton Quantity:
18
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 1.10 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
1.40 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Business & Economics | Industries - General
Business & Economics | Economics - General
Business & Economics | Economic History
Dewey Decimal:
338.87
Library of Congress Control Number:
2009025777
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When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as transportation and communication costs fall. Paradoxically, however, cities have become increasingly important, and even within cities industrial clusters remain vital. Agglomeration Economics brings together a group of essays that examine the reasons why economic activity continues to cluster together despite the falling costs of moving goods and transmitting information. The studies cover a wide range of topics and approach the economics of agglomeration from different angles. Together they advance our understanding of agglomeration and its implications for a globalized world.
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Editor:
Glaeser, Edward L.
Edward L. Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a research associate and director of the Urban Economics Working Group at the NBER.
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