Thirty Years with Spatial and Intertemporal Economics

This paper addresses the impact of transport infrastructure projects of manufacturing employment in Thai regions. After a theoretical review we consider the impact of various transport modes: road, rail and ports. We find that roads and ports have a positive impact on industrial location, although the size of the impact is modest. Labor appears to be a more important location factor in Thailand. For the analysis of the data, geographical information systems (GE) appear to be a quite useful tool.

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“…These models incorporated input-output models and LP techniques. A review of their early development can be found in Takayama (1996).…”

Section: The Early Period Of Regional Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Transport in regional science: The “death of distance” is premature

Rietveld¹,

Vickerman²

2004

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Thus, solutions also inform about how much that is delivered from supply points and how much that is purchased in demand points. An SPE-model can also be extended so that it reflects the location of production capacities, while considering capacity investments in temporal contexts (Takayama, 1994). Moreover, the problem may be formulated such that firms can make "monopoly profits" (Johansson and Westin, 1987), although the standard approach is one of competitive equilibrium.…”

Section: Distance To Customersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Analysis of Location, Colocation and Urbanization Economies

Johansson

Forslund

2008

Handbook of Research on Cluster Theory

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Location analysis has two major perspectives. The first is concerned with where to place a given economic activity or facility, defined as optimization problem, where the properties of the economic environment are taken as a given fact. The second perspective motivates a different question: how can the entire landscape of activity locations be understood and explained? Both approaches can be associated with an equilibrium framework. However, the second perspective also stimulates the student to think about the evolution of location patterns. How do they emerge and which are the adjustment processes?

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“…A second observation is that rural economic analysis seems to have become the recipient of the intellectual hand-me-downs; as new theory and models become received within the urban economic sphere, those that are displaced often find new life in rural applications. This is gross generalization and ignores the fact, for example, that the motivation for spatial price equilibrium models emanated from Iowa State and focused on agricultural commodity flows (see Takayama, 1996 for an enlightening exposition). In support, look at the use of formal models-economic base, input-output, social accounting-shift and share analysis and the stream of analysis that may be collected under the rubric growth-center/cluster analysis.…”

Section: Geoffrey Jd Hewingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Goals for New Rural Policies

Hewings

2001

International Regional Science Review

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The basic question is whether rural America is sustainable in its present form. America’s hegemonic position in world agricultural commodity trade is eroding. The lessons from urban America suggest that structural transformation is both painful and necessary. Improving rural infrastructure will be an important objective, but the benefits may be smaller than similar investments in metropolitan areas. Expanding agricultural opportunities will be important, through value-added processing and new specialized crops. Lifting rural human capital will be an essential ingredient in spurring new rural business formation. Finally, improving rural economic networks will be an important step in harnessing the potential of small businesses that typify the rural economic landscape. There will not be one way to address the myriad problems in rural America, but any new rural policies must recognize that not all rural communities may be viable in the future.

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Thirty Years with Spatial and Intertemporal Economics

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Transport in regional science: The “death of distance” is premature

Transport in regional science: The “death of distance” is premature

The Analysis of Location, Colocation and Urbanization Economies

New Goals for New Rural Policies

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