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The new economic geography: Past, present and the future *
Author(s) -
Fujita Masahisa,
Krugman Paul
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1007/s10110-003-0180-0
Subject(s) - conversation , field (mathematics) , geography , human geography , economic geography , regional science , sociology , mathematics , communication , pure mathematics
. This article presents a summary of our conversation on the past, present and future of the new economic geography, which took place with the help of an interlocutor in San Juan, Puerto Rico in November 2002. Following the introduction, we explain what the new economic geography is, and we describe some basic models. The discussion of its various critical aspects is presented subsequently, and the article concludes with the discussion of future issues and challenges facing the field.