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Is the world's economic centre of gravity already in Asia?
Author(s) -
Grether JeanMarie,
Mathys Nicole A
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00895.x
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , simple (philosophy) , geography , economy , economic geography , political science , regional science , economics , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , database
This paper proposes a novel and simple measure of the world's economic centre of gravity. Over the recent decades, this centre has shifted towards Asia, but is still located in Europe.