ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY WITHIN AND BETWEEN EUROPEAN NATIONS: THE ROLE OF MARKET POTENTIAL AND DENSITY ACROSS SPACE AND TIME

Authors: Brakman, Steven¹; Garretsen, Harry²; van Marrewijk, Charles³

Source: Journal of Regional Science, Volume 49, Number 4, October 2009 , pp. 777-800(24)

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Abstract:

In explaining the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, urban economics, and new economic geography (NEG) dominate recent research in economics. A main difference between these two approaches is that NEG stresses the role of spatial linkages whereas urban economics does not do so. We estimate simple versions of these two views on economic geography and also establish if the relevance of spatial linkages varies across aggregation levels or time. For our sample of 14 European countries and 213 corresponding regions, we find that spatial linkages are more important at the country level and that its relevance varies across time.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00633.x

Affiliations: 1: University of Groningen, PO Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands., Email: s.brakman@rug.nl 2: University of Groningen, PO Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands., Email: j.h.garretsen@rug.nl 3: Utrecht University, School of Economics, Janskerkhof 12, 3512 BL Utrecht, The Netherlands., Email: j.g.m.vanmarrewijk@uu.nl

Publication date: 2009-10-01