Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cycles in the Development of Spatial Economics

  • Chapter
Does Economic Space Matter?

Abstract

The purpose of this compact essay is to explore, within a specific time-frame, two related issues regarding spatial economics. The first issue is whether and to what extent elements of space mattered to economists of the past. The second issue is why did a particular interest in spatial economics, as measured by an individual’s ‘peak performance’, surface when it did. By asking the questions why and when, we raise a more basic issue about the relative import of endogenous and exogenous influences on economic theory.

We would like to thank Rand Ressler for his assistance in gathering data for this chapter.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Blaug, Mark (1979) ‘The German Hegemony of Location Theory: A Puzzle in the History of Economic Thought’, History of Political Economy, vol. 11, pp. 21–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cantillon, Richard (1931) Essai sur la nature du commerce en général edited and translated by H. Higgs (London: Macmillan [1755]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Chamberlin, E. H. (1933) The Theory of Monopolistic. Competition ( Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • Chamberlin, E. H. (1951) ‘Monopolistic Competition Revisited’, Economica, vol. 18, pp. 343–62.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cheysson, Emile (1887) ‘La Statistique géométrique: Ses applications indus-trielles et commerciales’, Le Génie civil, vol. 10, pp. 206–10, 224–8.

    Google Scholar 

  • Christaller, W. (1966) Central Places in Southern Germany translated by C. W. Baskin (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall [1933]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Condillac, E. B. (1776) Le Commerce et le Gouvernement considérés relativement l’un à l’autre (Paris: Jombert & Cellot).

    Google Scholar 

  • Deschenes, Laurent (1945) La Localization des diverses productions(Bruxelles: Les Editions Comptables, Commerciales et Financières).

    Google Scholar 

  • Dupait, Jules (1844) ‘De la mesure de l’utilité des travaux publiques’, in Mario de Bernardi (ed.) De l’utilité et sa mesure ( Torino: La Riforma Sociale, 1933 ).

    Google Scholar 

  • Dupait, Jules (1849) ‘De l’influence des péages sur l’utilitée, des voies de communication’, in Mario de Bernardi (ed.) De l’utilité et sa mesure ( Torino: La Riforma Sociale, 1933 ).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ekelund, R. B., Jr (1970) ‘Price Discrimination and Product Differentiation: an Early Analysis’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 84, pp. 268–78.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ekelund, R. B., Jr and Y. N. Shieh (1986) ‘Dupuit, Spatial Economics and Optimal Resource Allocation: A French Tradition’, Economica, vol. 53, pp. 483–96.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ekelund, R. B., Jr and Y. N. Shieh (1989) ‘Full Price Competition and Dupuit’s Defense of the Long- and Short-Haul “Discrimination”’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 1, pp. 359–71.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ellet, Charles, Jr (1966) An Essay on the Laws of Trade in Reference to the Works of Internal Improvement in the United States (New York: Augustus Kelley [1839]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ellet, Charles, Jr (1840) ‘A Popular Exposition of the Incorrectness of the Tariffs of Tolls in Use on the Public Improvements of the United States’, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 29, pp. 225–32.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ellet, Charles, Jr (1840) ‘The Laws of Trade Applied to the Determination of the Most Advantageous Fare for Passengers on Railroads’, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 30, pp. 369–79.

    Google Scholar 

  • Englander, O. (1924) Theorie des Guterverkehrs und der Frachsatze ( Jena: G. Fischer).

    Google Scholar 

  • Enke, Stephen (1942) ‘Space and Value’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 56, pp. 627–37.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fetter, F. A. (1924) ‘The Economic Law of Market Areas’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 38, pp. 119–38.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Greenhut, J. and M. L. Greenhut (1975) ‘Spatial Price Discrimination,Competition and Locational Effects’, Economica, vol. 42, pp. 401–19.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Greenhut, M. L. (1952) ‘The Size and Shape of the Market Area of a Firm’, Southern Economic Journal, vol. 19, pp. 37–50.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Greenhut, M. L. (1956) Plant Location in Theory and Practise ( Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • Greenhut, M. L. (1970) A Theory of the Firm in Economic Space ( New York: Meredith Corporation).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hébert, R. F. (1981) ‘Richard Cantillon’s Early Contributions to Spatial Economics’, Economica, vol. 48, pp. 71–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hoover, E. M., Jr (1948) The Location of Economic Activity ( New York: McGraw-Hill).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hotelling, Harold (1929) ‘Stability in Competition’, Economic Journal, vol. 39, pp. 41–57.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Isard, Walter (1949) ‘The General Theory of Location and Space-Economy’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 63, pp. 476–506.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Isard, Walter (1954) ‘A General Location Principle of an Optimum Space-Economy’, Econometrica, vol. 20, pp. 406–30.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Isard, Walter (1956) Location and Space Economy ( Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • Lardner, Dyonisius (1968) Railway Economy (New York: Augustus Kelley [1850]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Launhardt, Wilhelm (1882) ‘Die Bestimmung des zweckmässigsten Standortes einer gewerblichen Anlage’, Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, vol. 26, pp. 107–16.

    Google Scholar 

  • Launhardt, Wilhelm (1963) Mathematische Begründung der Volkswirtschaftslehre (Aalen: Scientia Press [1885]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Lösch, August (1954) The Economics of Location translated by W. H. Woglom and W. F. Stolper (New Haven Conn.: Yale University Press [1940]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Marshall. Alfred (1890) Principles of Economics ( London: Macmillan).

    Google Scholar 

  • Marshall, Alfred (1919) Industry and Trade ( London: Macmillan).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohlin, Bertil (1933) Interregional and International Trade ( Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • Palander, Tord (1935) Beitrage zur Standortstheorie (Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ponsard, Claude (1983) History of Spatial Economic Theory, translated by B. H. Stevens ( Berlin: Springer-Verlag).

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Predöhl, Andreas (1928) ‘The Theory of Location in its Relation to General Economics’, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 36, pp. 371–90.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ritschl, Hans (1927) ‘Reine und historische Dynamik des Standortes der Erzeugungsweize’, Schmollers Jahrbuch für Gesetzgebung, vol. 51, pp. 813–70.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schneider, Erich (1935) ‘Bemergungen zu einer Theorie der Raumwirtschaft’, Econometrica, vol. 3, pp. 70–101.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, Adam (1937) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations edited by E. Cannan (New York: Modern Library [1776]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Smithies, Arthur (1941a) ‘Monopolistic Price Theory in a Spatial Market’, Econometrica, vol. 9, pp. 63–73.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smithies, Arthur (1941b) ‘Optimum Location in Spatial Competition’, Journal of Political Economy, vol. 49, pp. 423–39.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Steuart, James (1966) An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy edited by A. S. Skinner. (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd [1767]).

    Google Scholar 

  • von Thünen, J. H. (1966) The Isolated State translated by C. M. Warten-berg; edited by Peter Hall (Oxford: Pergamon Press [1826]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Weber, Alfred (1929) Theory of the Location of Industries translated by C. J. Friedrich (Chicago: University of Chicago Press [1909]).

    Google Scholar 

  • Weigmann, Hans (1933) Standortstheorie und Raumwirtschaft ( Rostock: Carl Hinstorffs).

    Google Scholar 

  • Wellington, A. M. (1887) The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways ( New York: John Wiley).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Robert B. Ekelund Jr
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Robert F. Hébert
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Ohta (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  2. Université de Paris I-Sorbonne, France

    Jacques-François Thisse (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  3. CERAS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France

    Jacques-François Thisse (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

Copyright information

© 1993 Hiroshi Ohta and Jacques-François Thisse

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Ekelund, R.B., Hébert, R.F. (1993). Cycles in the Development of Spatial Economics. In: Ohta, H., Thisse, JF. (eds) Does Economic Space Matter?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22906-2_2

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation