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This first volume of the Handbook serves as a definitive reference source and teaching supplement for the field of regional economics, and for related fields such as geography, transportation economics, regional science and physical planning. It provides an advanced state-of-the-art survey for professional teachers, researchers and advanced (post-) graduate students in these disciplines. In addition to a representative survey of past developments, it also points to new directions and trends within the field.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES The aim of the Handbooks in Economics series is to produce Handbooks for various branches of economics, each of which is a definitive source, reference, and teaching supplement for use by professional researchers and advanced graduate students. Each Handbook provides self-contained surveys of the current state of a branch of economics in the form of chapters prepared by leading specialists on various aspects of this branch of economics. These surveys summarize not only received results but also newer developments, from recent journal articles and discussion papers. Some orginal material is also included, but the main goal is to provide comprehensive and accessible surveys. The Handbooks are intended to provide not only useful reference volumes for professional collections but also possible supplementary readings for advanced courses for graduate students in economics.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Ake E. Andersson, University of Umea, CERUM, S-90187 Umea, Sweden David F. Batten, CSIRO/Division of Building Research, P.O. Box 56, Highett, Victoria 3190, Australia Martin J. Beckmann, Department of Economics, Brown University, 8032 Lochamer, 36/77 Arlington, Providence, RI 02912, USA and Institute of Statistics, Technical University, Arcisstrasse 21, 8000 Munich 2, FRG Robert J. Bennett, Department of Geography, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK Roger Bolton, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA David E. Boyce, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 208 North Romine Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA Floor Brouwer, IIASA, Schloss Laxenburg, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria William A. V. Clark, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Shelby Gerking, Department of Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Department of Geography, University of Illinois, 220 Davenport Hall, Urbana, IL 61801, USA Leen Hordijk, IIASA, Schloss Laxenburg, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Andrew Isserman, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA Rodney C. Jensen, Department of Economics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, A ustralia Borje Johansson, CERUM, University of Umea, S-90187 Umea, Sweden Robert E. Kuenne, Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Walter C. Labys, College for Mineral and Energy Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA T. R. Lakshmanan, Department of Geography, Boston University, 48 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA Georgio Leonardi, Piazza Piola 14, 1-20131, Milano, Italy Wal F. J. van Lierop, Economic and Social Research Institute, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MCAmsterdam, The Netherlands Edward J. Malecki, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA Edwin S. Mills, Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Peter Nijkamp, Department of Economics, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands Harry W. Richardson, Department of Economics, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA Piet Rietveld, Department of Economics, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands Uwe Schubert, InterdisciplinaryInstitute for Regional and Urban Studies (IIR),