Open AccessConcentration of Resources and Economic Growth
Author(s) -
David CastellsQuintana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
region
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2409-5370
DOI - 10.18335/region.v2i1.79
Subject(s) - economics , economies of agglomeration , economic geography , development economics , inequality , natural resource economics , regional science , economic system , economic growth , geography , mathematics , mathematical analysis
In this letter I summarise the main results and contributions from my Ph.D. thesis on concentration of resources and economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in modern economic development, namely increasing agglomeration and rising inequalities within countries. In particular, the impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate.