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Economic Geography and Public Policy
Richard Baldwin
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Description for Economic Geography and Public Policy
Paperback. Illustrates various policy insights economic geography models can offer to the realm of theoretical policy analysis. This book focuses on trade policy, tax policy, and regional policy, and shows how these models can be used to make sense of real-world situations. It provides a fresh analysis and synthesizes insights from literature. Num Pages: 504 pages, 86 line illus. BIC Classification: JPQB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However, these efforts--collectively known as the new economic geography --have devoted little attention to the policy implications of the new theory. Economic Geography and Public Policy fills the gap by illustrating many new policy insights economic geography models can offer to the realm of theoretical policy analysis. Focusing primarily on trade policy, tax policy, and ... Read more
Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However, these efforts--collectively known as the new economic geography --have devoted little attention to the policy implications of the new theory. Economic Geography and Public Policy fills the gap by illustrating many new policy insights economic geography models can offer to the realm of theoretical policy analysis. Focusing primarily on trade policy, tax policy, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691123110
SKU
V9780691123110
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1
About Richard Baldwin
Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Economics in Geneva. Rikard Forslid is Associate Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. Philippe Martin is Professor of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano is Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. Frederic Robert-Nicoud is Assistant Professor of Economics ... Read more
Reviews for Economic Geography and Public Policy
Even more impressive than the speed with which this monograph was created, is the breadth of issues that is covered and the wealth of results that is derived and synthesized. For anyone thinking about trade, tax, and regional policies, it is required reading.
Michael Pfluger, Journal of Economic Geography The impressive efforts by Baldwin et al. to construct various ... Read more
Michael Pfluger, Journal of Economic Geography The impressive efforts by Baldwin et al. to construct various ... Read more