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Economies of Scale, Transport Costs and Location - Studies in Applied Regional Science Series (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979)
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Economies of Scale, Transport Costs and Location - Studies in Applied Regional Science Series (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979)
Series: Studies in Applied Regional Science, 16
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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 the introduction of
the spatial dimension is interesting and fruitful when (perhaps
only when) there are non convexities, space should not be thought
of as a panacea whereby problems those associated with economies of
scale, for example -can be made to disap pear. There is no
guarantee, for example, that production units will be operated in
convex regions of their total cost curves, even if they are
constrained to oper ate in a 'space economy'. These considerations
led to the conclusion that the role of spatial choice and the
determinants of such choice would be best analysed by case study.
This book is one such study. It is based on my doctoral
dissertation at the University of Cambridge, fmanced by a grant
from the Social Science Research Council."
General
Imprint: |
Springer
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Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
Series: |
Studies in Applied Regional Science, 16 |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
1979 |
Authors: |
George Norman
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
206 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979 |
ISBN-13: |
978-9400992535 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
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LSN: |
940099253X |
Barcode: |
9789400992535 |
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