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Spatial Evolution of Airports: A New Geographical Economics Perspective

In: The Economics of Airport Operations

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  • Tay T. R. Koo
  • Andreas Papatheodorou

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Airports and urban developments in their vicinity constitute a highly specialized type of agglomeration based on air connectivity that epitomizes the importance of mobility in the modern service economy. However, in a frictionless world of backyard capitalism and perfect competition, such agglomeration of civil aviation services would not have been necessary. Thus, concepts such as imperfect markets, path dependence, and cumulative causation may be alternatively used to explain the spatial aspects of airport developments. Focusing on “second-nature” concentration, the “new geographical economics” (NGE) literature offers a potential theoretical framework that organizes these concepts into a coherent economic framework. This chapter aims to highlight the unique relevance of the NGE approach in developing an economics-based understanding of the spatial distribution of airports. Drawing from the existing NGE knowledge-base, this conceptual chapter explains that the NGE approach can be adopted as a micro-foundation to show how the spatial aspects of airport development, including core-periphery dynamics of regional disparity and parity, can emerge from economic mechanisms. The chapter concludes with potential implications for airport economics and regional policy, along with the discussion of some of the main critiques of the theory.

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  • Tay T. R. Koo & Andreas Papatheodorou, 2017. "Spatial Evolution of Airports: A New Geographical Economics Perspective," Advances in Airline Economics, in: The Economics of Airport Operations, volume 6, pages 235-259, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aiaezz:s2212-160920170000006010
    DOI: 10.1108/S2212-160920170000006010
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    1. Vergori, Anna Serena & Arima, Serena, 2022. "Low-cost carriers and tourism in the Italian regions: A segmented regression model," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    2. Papatheodorou, Andreas, 2021. "A review of research into air transport and tourism," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).

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    Keywords

    Airport location choice; new economic geography; new geographical economics; regional economic development; agglomeration; R12; R58; O18;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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