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Complexity and Geographical Economics

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Editors:
  1. Pasquale Commendatore

    1. Department of Law, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

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  2. Saime Kayam

    1. Department of Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Turkey

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  3. Ingrid Kubin

    1. Department of Economics, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

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  • Reviews the state of the art in several fields of geographical economics and spatial economic analysis
  • Presents the interdisciplinary work of an EU funded research network with a special focus on combining different approaches to complex systems analysis in geographical economics
  • Shows how to apply specific tools of analysis (such as agent based modelling, network analysis, game theory, and econometrics) to geographical spatial economic analysis

Part of the book series: Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance (DMEF, volume 19)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Pasquale Commendatore, Saime Kayam, Ingrid Kubin
    Pages 1-9

  3. Economic Geography Modelling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Towards a Multiregional NEG Framework: Comparing Alternative Modelling Strategies

      • Pasquale Commendatore, Valerio Filoso, Theresa Grafeneder-Weissteiner, Ingrid Kubin
      Pages 13-50

    3. Parametric Models in Spatial Econometrics: A Survey

      • Diana A. Mendes, Vivaldo M. Mendes
      Pages 51-71

    4. Semiparametric Spatial Autoregressive Geoadditive Models

      • Roberto Basile, Saime Kayam, Román Mínguez, Jose María Montero, Jesús Mur
      Pages 73-98

    5. Diffusion of Growth and Cycles in Continuous Time and Space

      • Tönu Puu
      Pages 99-112

  4. Institutions and Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Complex Financial Networks and Systemic Risk: A Review

      • Spiros Bougheas, Alan Kirman
      Pages 115-139

    3. Migration and Networks

      • Douglas R. Nelson
      Pages 141-164

    4. The Response of German Establishments to the 2008–2009 Economic Crisis

      • Lutz Bellmann, Hans-Dieter Gerner, Richard Upward
      Pages 165-207

    5. Complex Network Analysis in Socioeconomic Models

      • Luis M. Varela, Giulia Rotundo, Marcel Ausloos, Jesús Carrete
      Pages 209-245

  5. Industrial Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Dynamics of Industrial Oligopoly Market Involving Capacity Limits and Recurrent Investment

      • Anastasiia Panchuk
      Pages 249-275

    3. R&D Networks

      • Gian Italo Bischi, Fabio Lamantia
      Pages 277-299

    4. Strategic Location Choice, R&D, and Sourcing Strategies

      • Michael Kopel, Mario Pezzino, Björn Brand
      Pages 301-324

    5. Empirical Literature on Location Choice of Multinationals

      • Roberto Basile, Saime Kayam
      Pages 325-351

    6. Spatial Interactions in Agent-Based Modeling

      • Marcel Ausloos, Herbert Dawid, Ugo Merlone
      Pages 353-377
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About this book

The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge challenge worldwide and also for the European Union. In Krugman’s New Economic Geography economic systems have a simple spatial structure. This book shows that more sophisticated models should visualise the EU as an evolving trade network with a specific topology and different aggregation levels. At the highest level, economic geography models give a bird eye’s view of spatial dynamics. At a medium level, institutions shape the economy and the structure of (financial and labour) markets. At the lowest level, individual decisions interact with the economic, social and institutional environment; the focus is on firms’ decision on location and innovation. Such multilevel models exhibit complex dynamic patterns – path dependence, cumulative causation, hysteresis – on a network structure; and specific analytic tools are necessary for studying strategic interaction, heterogeneity and nonlinearities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Law, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy

    Pasquale Commendatore

  • Department of Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Turkey

    Saime Kayam

  • Department of Economics, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Ingrid Kubin

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