Historical Perspectives on U.S. Economic Geography / Sukkoo Kim, Robert A. Margo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Sukkoo.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Margo, Robert A.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9594.

NBER working paper series no. w9594

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2003.

Summary:

We review historical patterns of economic geography' for the United States from the colonial period to the present day. The analysis is framed in terms of two geographic scales: regions and cities. The compelling reason for studying geographic areas of different scales is that models that explain the location of economic activities at one scale many not apply to other scales. We consider the process of settling the frontier'; the development of national markets in goods and factors and, more generally, the convergence (and divergence) of regional economies; the growth of cities and the relationship between urbanization and trends in aggregate economic structure, such as industrialization; and changes in the internal spatial structure of cities.

Notes:

Print version record

March 2003.