Géographie économique et théorie de la régulation

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGULATION THEORY - This article examines the relations between the economic geography of the 1990s and recent economic theories. After a presentation of the origins of the theory of regulation and convention theory, the relations between them and spatial analysis are outlined...

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Main Author: George Benko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEG 1996-08-01
Series:Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia
Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/1787
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Summary:ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND REGULATION THEORY - This article examines the relations between the economic geography of the 1990s and recent economic theories. After a presentation of the origins of the theory of regulation and convention theory, the relations between them and spatial analysis are outlined. The second part of the article develops a typology of contemporary research in spatial economics outlining the key features of the following concepts: industrial organisation, industrial district, network, governance and conventions. Finally it compares approaches which proceed respectively from analysis of the local and the global. The conclusion proposes a number of directions for research
ISSN:0430-5027
2182-2905