a r t i c l e i n f o This paper shows that a family of the Dixit–Stiglitz type of new economic geography models is capable of simulating the real-world tendency for agglomeration to the primate city. It is often observed that while regional populations were dispersed in early times, they have been increasingly concentrated into one capital region over recent years. The present paper thus chara...

THE POLITICS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In human geography, the interest in the politics of local economic development and the emergence of a literature on the topic date from approximately the early to mid-‘eighties. This was initially an American interest but it was then taken up in Britain. There have been studies in countries other than the United States and the United Kingdom and there ...