New Frontiers in Regional Science: Essays in Honour of Walter Isard, Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Walter Isard: Scholar, Teacher and Founder....Pages 1-9
Introduction: New Frontiers in Regional Science....Pages 10-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Distance Inputs and Spatial Markets....Pages 19-24
Optimality versus Stability in Spatial Economic Pattern Formation....Pages 25-37
Price/Marketing Competition and Information Flows in Spatial Oligopoly....Pages 38-56
Spatial Price Policies and the Location of the Firm....Pages 57-74
Most-Probable-State Analysis: A Method for Testing Probabilistic Theories of Population Behaviour....Pages 75-94
Land, Labour and Product Markets under Spatial Monopoly and Spatial Competition....Pages 95-111
Spatial Interdependence and Externalities....Pages 112-125
Industry Equilibrium in T ransport- Oriented Production....Pages 126-134
Modelling Commodity Flows on Trade Networks: Retrospect and Prospect....Pages 135-156
The Not-for-Profit Domain: Toward a Regional and Location Theory....Pages 157-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Reflections on Regional Development Policy and the Concept of Region....Pages 173-183
Spatial Interactions and Agglomeration in Urban Economies....Pages 184-221
Monopsony, Factor Prices, and Community Development....Pages 222-237
Network Equilibrium Models of Urban Location and Travel Choices: A New Research Agenda....Pages 238-256
Housing Economics: A Synthesis....Pages 257-274
On Optimisation Models for Metropolitan Development....Pages 275-293
The Efficiency of Regional Subsidy Policies under a National Budgetary Restraint....Pages 294-306
Space and Conflict: The Choice of Investments in Regions under Conditions of Risk....Pages 307-317
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Optimum Level of Traffic Congestion Taxes: An Outgrowth of Else’s Approach....Pages 318-341
Postscript: The Future of Regional Science....Pages 342-351
Back Matter....Pages 352-364