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Economies of Scale, Transport Costs and Location
George Norman
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Applied Regional Science. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
The presence of nonconvexities does severe damage to conventional theories of the firm and of the individual. The essential contribution of location theory, however, is in a world in which there are such nonconvexities. If resources are distributed evenly and the usual convexity assumptions made, then economic activity would be distributed evenly; there would be no concentration of pro duction. Thus the statement that is usually made, that the standard results carry over to a world in which there is spatial choice, is too weak and fails to capture the essence oflocation theory. Nevertheless, we must also concede that, while ... Read more
The presence of nonconvexities does severe damage to conventional theories of the firm and of the individual. The essential contribution of location theory, however, is in a world in which there are such nonconvexities. If resources are distributed evenly and the usual convexity assumptions made, then economic activity would be distributed evenly; there would be no concentration of pro duction. Thus the statement that is usually made, that the standard results carry over to a world in which there is spatial choice, is too weak and fails to capture the essence oflocation theory. Nevertheless, we must also concede that, while ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Applied Regional Science
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400992535
SKU
V9789400992535
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99-15
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