Core-Peripheral Structure and Regional Governance: Implications of Paul Krugman's New Economic Geography for Public Administration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Andrew, Simon A.; Feiock, Richard C.
• 署名单位: University of North Texas System; University of North Texas Denton; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02163.x
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 494-499
• 关键词: increasing returns; METROPOLITAN; ORGANIZATION

摘要

Paul Krugman's work is much celebrated in the fields of international trade and economic geography, recognized with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics. Although his work is less prominent in public administration, it has important implications for the study of political fragmentation, collaboration, economic development, and service delivery in metropolitan areas. The authors discuss how Krugman's core-periphery model adds a critical piece to the regional governance puzzle by explaining the concentration and dispersion of economic activity and the productive advantages of spatial closeness. They summarize the central propositions of Krugman's work to identify its policy inferences for intergovernmental coordination and strategies for successful management of urban growth, as well as its implications for public administration theories of governance, collaboration, and institutional collective action.