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Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 4 / 2013 (581)

Contributions to assessing the relative dimension of agglomeration theories

Ion POHOAŢĂ
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Raluca Irina CLIPA
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to structure, from a historical and spatial point of view, the existing specialists' concerns in developing theories about agglomeration. The complete and complex evaluation of agglomeration economies allows us to make important contributions to assessing the relative dimension of agglomeration theories, placing them within the research area of spatial economy and identifying them with the science of location and currently with the new economic geography (NEG).

Keywords: agglomeration; spatial economics; location theories; regional science; new economic geography.

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