Development, Geography and Economic Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9728289
AutoresMax Steuer (0000-0001-7638-5865), Paul Krugman
Año1996
Volumen63
Número252
Páginas701
Fecha de publicación1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEconomica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2555004
OpenAlexW2330613872
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12

Why do certain ideas gain currency in economics while others fall by the wayside? Paul Krugman argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to have been very good ones. Krugman examines the course of economic geography and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its initial influence after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled, and concludes with a commentary on areas where further inquiry looks most promising

Applied economics · Currency · Development geography · Development theory · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Historical geography · Human geography · Macroeconomics · Mainstream · Mainstream economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Law · Regional Development and Policy