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@article{16400, abstract = {This paper considers the ways geographers (proper) and (geographical) economists approach the study of economic geography. It argues that there are two areas where the approach of the latter is more robust than the former. First, formal models identify which assumptions are crucial in obtaining a particular result and enforce internal consistency when moving from micro to macro behaviour. Second, empirical work tends to be more rigorous. There is much greater emphasis on identifying and testing refutable predictions from theory and on dealing with issues of observational equivalence. But any approach can be improved and so the paper also identifies ways in which geographical economists could learn from the direction taken by economic geographers proper.}, author = {Overman, H. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {4215678}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh028}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://apps.isiknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=25&SID=X2JOjA9k2of6Gpplk7p&page=1&doc=1}, doi = {10.1093/jnlecg/lbh028}, issn = {1468-2702}, journal = {JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY}, keywords = {economics, geography}, month = {November}, number = {5}, pages = {501--516}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 18:59:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Can we learn anything from economic geography proper?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh028}, volume = {4}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - 16400 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4215678 N2 - This paper considers the ways geographers (proper) and (geographical) economists approach the study of economic geography. It argues that there are two areas where the approach of the latter is more robust than the former. First, formal models identify which assumptions are crucial in obtaining a particular result and enforce internal consistency when moving from micro to macro behaviour. Second, empirical work tends to be more rigorous. There is much greater emphasis on identifying and testing refutable predictions from theory and on dealing with issues of observational equivalence. But any approach can be improved and so the paper also identifies ways in which geographical economists could learn from the direction taken by economic geographers proper. IS - 5 JF - JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY SN - 1468-2702 EP - 516 TI - Can we learn anything from economic geography proper? VL - 4 SP - 501 KW - economics KW - geography AU - Overman, HG PY - 2004/11// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh028 ER -