عنوان

Mobility in Space and Time Challenges to the Theory of International Economics

3642576087

9783642576089

b570752

Mobility in Space and Time Challenges to the Theory of International Economics

[Book]

by Nicole Pohl.

Heidelberg Physica-Verlag HD

2001

(XII, 235 Seiten)

Contributions to Economics

1 Introduction: aims and conceptions.- A A concept of mobility in space and time.- 2 Mobility in the 21st century: some empirical observations.- 2.1 Mobility and global information.- 2.1.1 Access to information.- 2.1.2 Information and organization.- 2.2 Mobility in space: globalization, regionalization and localization.- 2.3 Mobility and spatial patterns of development.- 3 Mobility in space and time - structuring a complex phenomenon.- 3.1 Mobility and agents - microeconomic foundations of mobility.- 3.2 Spatial patterns, interaction and mobility - structuring space by analyzing mobility.- 3.3 Mobility, agents and time - sources of change and decision-making in time.- 3.4 Mobility in space and time - a comprehensive framework.- B Mobility in the theory of international economics.- 4 General possibilities and restrictions of theoretical modelling.- 4.1 Mobility and agents in international economic theory - modelling the microlevel.- 4.2 Dealing with space and time in economic theory.- 5 International flows of goods and factors -traditional theory of international economics.- 6 New trade theory and multinational corporations.- 7 Non-linear dynamics and self-organization -New Economic Geography.- 7.1 The type of the models.- 7.2 Core-periphery models and spatial dynamics.- 7.3 Cities and endogenous spatial structures.- 7.4 A critical point of view.- 7.5 Agglomeration, cities and the service sector - somebasic considerations.- C Future agenda - towards a theory of mobility in space and time.- 8 Between old and new concepts.- 9 Economic agents, capabilities and relationships in space and time.- 9.1 Evolutionary Economics and sources of spatial dynamics.- 9.2 Interacting agents in a mobile society.- 9.2.1 Heterogeneity of agents and externalities.- 9.2.2 Mobility and the option value of waiting.- 9.2.3 Heterogeneity of agents, space and time: migratory biographies.- 9.2.4 Territorial decision-makers in international economics.- 9.3 Patterns of interaction: networks, industrial districts and milieus.- 9.3.1 The evolution of patterns of interaction in time: the network approach.- 9.3.2 Spatial ties of interaction: industrial districts and innovative milieus..- 9.3.3 Networks, mobility and change.- 9.3.4 Networks - an ethnic phenomenon?.- 9.4 Sociodynamics and stochastic approaches.- 9.4.1 Modelling locational decision-making.- 9.4.2 Modelling innovative behaviour andchange.- 10 Geography, culture, organization and politics as determinants of distance.- 10.1 Culture and organization.- 10.2 Historical organizational patterns and mobility.- 10.3 An interplay of cultural, political and economic influences.- 10.3.1 Why do national borders matter?.- 10.3.2 Borders, markets and ties.- 11 Spaces of multinationalization.- 12 Novelty, capabilities and heterogeneity of agents.- 13 A new understanding of a complex matter - space and time.- 13.1 Mobility in time.- 13.2 Mobility in space - spaces of mobility.- 14 A formal model of mobility.- D Between given knowledge and new challenges.- 15 Conclusion.- 15.1 What do old and new theories tell us about mobility?.- 15.2 Achievements and open questions of the new approach.- 15.3 Empirical and theoretical research agenda.- List of figures.- List of tables.- References.

International economics

Regional economics

Spatial economics

by Nicole Pohl.

Nicole Pohl

[Book]

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