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Economies of Scale, Transport Costs and Location

Studies in Applied Regional Science Series

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. George Norman

    1. Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Regional Science (SARS, volume 16)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Objectives of the Study

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    Pages 17-25

  4. Static Model Assuming Constant Returns to Scale

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    Pages 26-39

  5. The Static Theoretical Model with Increasing Returns

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    Pages 40-59

  6. Case Study—The Cement Industry

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    Pages 60-87

  7. Solution of the Static Cement Study

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    Pages 88-126

  8. The Multiperiod Version of the Model

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    Pages 127-156

  9. A Competitive Model Assuming Free Entry

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    Pages 157-170

  10. Conclusions

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    Pages 171-177

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 178-205
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About this book

The presence of nonconvexities does severe damage to conventional theories of the firm and of the individual. The essential contribution of location theory, however, is in a world in which there are such nonconvexities. If resources are distributed evenly and the usual convexity assumptions made, then economic activity would be distributed evenly; there would be no concentration of pro­ duction. Thus the statement that is usually made, that the standard results carry over to a world in which there is spatial choice, is too weak and fails to capture the essence oflocation theory. Nevertheless, we must also concede that, while the introduction of the spatial dimension is interesting and fruitful when (perhaps only when) there are non­ convexities, space should not be thought of as a panacea whereby problems­ those associated with economies of scale, for example -can be made to disap­ pear. There is no guarantee, for example, that production units will be operated in convex regions of their total cost curves, even if they are constrained to oper­ ate in a 'space economy'. These considerations led to the conclusion that the role of spatial choice and the determinants of such choice would be best analysed by case study. This book is one such study. It is based on my doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge, fmanced by a grant from the Social Science Research Council.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK

    George Norman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economies of Scale, Transport Costs and Location

  • Book Subtitle: Studies in Applied Regional Science Series

  • Authors: George Norman

  • Series Title: Studies in Applied Regional Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9251-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-017-0Published: 31 October 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9253-5Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9251-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 206

  • Topics: Economics, general

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