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8/25 |
Introduction; 3 foundation
stones; comparative advantage |
Ch 1: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapterone.htm Kilkenny: comparative
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9/3 |
Business Location: transport costs, orientation |
Ch 2: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chaptertwo.htm Kilkenny: establishment location |
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9/10 |
Spatial Competition (dispersive forces) |
Ch 4: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapterfour.htm
Kilkenny:
shipping and shopping goods market
areas |
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9/17 |
Scale economies & externalities (cohesive forces) |
Kilkenny: scale economies Ch 5: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapterfive.htm |
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9/24 |
measures: concentration,
dispersion, specialization; LQ, HHI |
Kilkenny: classifying
places Kilkenny: measuring concentration Ch 9: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapternine.htm
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9/29 |
Spatial Patterns: Central
Place Theory, rank-size rule, Gravity |
Ch 8: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chaptereight.htm Kilkenny: Rank-Size Rule, Reilly's Law, Huff's contours
; F ’02 Iowa establishment model |
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10/10 |
EXAM 1 |
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10/13 |
Land Use, Rent, Value |
Ch 6: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chaptersix.htm Kilkenny: Land Value Ch 7: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapterseven.htm |
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10/20 |
Compensating differentials: wages,
rents, amenities; ranking cities |
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10/27 |
People Location: migration,
commuting |
Ch 10: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chapterten.htm |
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11/7 |
Why regions grow:
economic base theory, multipliers, Product Cycle |
Ch 11: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chaptereleven.htm Kilkenny: The Product
Cycle |
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11/17 |
Market failures
and public policy |
Kilkenny: market failures
and public goods Ch 12: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Giarratani/chaptertwelve.htm |
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11/19 |
EXAM II
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Thanksgiving Break
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12/1-12 |
term paper presentations |
sample papers: wind energy, city rankings, property values |
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