Title:	Complexity and Geographical Economics
Authors:	Pasquale Commendatore • Saime Kayam • Ingrid Kubin
Keywords:	Complexity
Issue Date:	2015
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The uneven geographical distribution of economic activities is a huge worldwide challenge. For the European Union (EU) regions, this is shown by the deep differences within and across nations. Spatial inequalities are evolving through time following complex patterns determined by economic, geographical, institutional and social factors. The New Economic Geography approach, which was initiated by P. Krugman in the early 1990s, describes economic systems as very simplified spatial structures. Developing a more sophisticated modelling of the EU—visualized as an evolving trade network with a specific topology determined by the number and strength of national, regional and local links—can provide economic policies specifically designed to take into account this pervasive network structure assessing the position of backward locations within the network and focussing on instruments that favour interconnections. The ISCH COST Action IS1104 “The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models, tools and policy evaluation” approved by the European Union in 2011 and funded for the 4-year period 2012– 2016 is a network connecting more than 80 researchers in 25 European countries devoted to this task. The Action results are expected to provide a basis for an improved evaluation of such policies, in particular for the European Cohesion Policy, considering their impact on the welfare level of EU citizens and its geographical distribution. To achieve this objective, the Action enhances interdisciplinary networking combining recent approaches in economics with the most advanced mathematical, empirical and computational methods for analysing complex and non-linear systems. This book, which is mainly a collection of literature reviews on relevant aspects of the Action, is put together to provide a basis for further analysis and as an introduction into the complex network approach to the European Regional Policy. The book consists of three main parts, i.e. economic geography modelling, institutions and markets, and social and industrial interactions. Each of these parts actually overlaps with separated but complementary lines of research followed in understanding the interlinkages and interactions that emerge at different levels involving different territorial units, institutions and individual agents
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/53164
ISBN:	978-3-319-12805-4
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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