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Rethinking the "New' Geographical Economics

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Steven Brakman
Harry Garretsen
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B RAKMAN S. and G ARRETSEN H. (2003) Rethinking the "new' geographical economics, Reg. Studies 37 , 637-648. Mainstream economics and geography have largely developed separately. With some notable exceptions, this had led to a situation in which economists and geographers analyse similar issues, but do so in a very different framework and without taking much notice of each other's work. The main topic of this paper is to show that something might be gained once communication is improved. We illustrate this by means of a discussion of "new geographical economics' also known as the " new economic geography', to date the only mainstream theory in economics that takes the economics of location seriously. B RAKMAN S. et G ARRETSEN H. (2003) Repenser la "nouvelle' économie géographique, Reg. Studies 37 , 637-648. Dans une large mesure, les courants dominants de l'économie et de la géographie ont évolué séparément. A quelques exceptions près, cela a amené à la situation où les économistes et les géographes analysent des questions similaires mais dans un cadre bien différent et sans se faire beaucoup d'attention. Essentiellement, cet article cherche à démontrer qu'une amélioration de la communication pourrait s'avérer avantageux. On l'illustre à partir d'une discussion de la ""nouvelle économie géographique'', appelée aussi la ""nouvelle géographie économique'', jusqu'ici le seul courant économique dominant qui prend au sérieux l'économie de la localisation. B RAKMAN S. und G ARRETSEN H. (2003) Wiederbetrachtung der "neuen' geographischen Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Reg. Studies 37 , 637-648. Die Hauptrichtung der Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Geographie haben sich größtenteils getrennt entwickelt. Mit einigen beachtenswerten Ausnahmen hat dies zu einer Lage geführt, in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Geographie ähnliche Probleme analysieren, obschon in ganz anderem Rahmen, und ohne der Arbeit der anderen viel Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken. Das Hauptthema dieses Aufsatzes ist deshalb, zu zeigen, daß mit Hilfe besserer Kommunikation durchaus etwas erreicht werden könnte. Die Autoren erläutern dies mittels einer Diskussion der "neuen geographischen Wirtschaftswissenschaft', die auch unter der Bezeichnung "neue Wirtschaftsgeographie' bekannt ist, der derzeit einzigen Theorie in der Hauptrichtung der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, welche die Ökonomie des Standorts ernst nimmt.

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Volume (Year): 37 (2003)
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