A Regional Model for National Economic Geography Analysis

This book presents a national regional model of economic geography. The model defines and classifies a country’s regions into three types according to population density criteria. The regions within a country are typified as; core adjacent and periphery. The benefit of this classification is twofold. One it provides a simple three-region economic geography model consisting of a core adjacent and a periphery region that easily expands into a multi-region model. Two it reveals whether a country’s economic geography consists of a multi-agglomerate production structure. The model is significant because it permits an examination of the endogenous forces of economic geography. Furthermore it allows for the identification of homogenous region types between countries in a common market such as the EU. Finally the model provides an alternative empirical framework to the conventional core periphery model of economic geography analysis.