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标题：Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes
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作者：Anthony J. Venables
期刊名称：CEP Discussion Paper
出版年度：2006
卷号：2006
期号：dec
出版社：Centre for Economic Performance
摘要：This paper analyses some of the forces that are changing the spatial distribution of activity in the world economy. It draws on the 'new economic geography' literature to argue the importance of increasing returns to scale and cumulative causation processes in shaping the productivity and comparative advantage of different regions. In the presence of such increasing returns there may be persistent spatial disparities in productivity. Economic development will tend to be 'lumpy', with some regions (countries, or smaller areas such as cities) experiencing rapid growth and others being left behind.
关键词：economic geography, urbanisation, world economy, productivity