Globalization in History: A Geographical Perspective.

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This paper argues that a geographical perspectie is fundamental to understanding comparative economic development in the context of globalization. Central to this view is the role of agglomeration in productivity performance; size and location matter. The tools of the new economic geography are used to illuminate important epidsodes when the relative position of major eeconmies radically changed; the rise of the United States at the beginning and of East Asia at the end of the twentieth centu...

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Authors: Crafts, N; Venables, A

• Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
• Host title: CEP Discussion Papers
• Series: CEP Discussion Papers
• Publication date: 2002-01-01
• Language: English