Capita Selecta in Economics and Geography

This document provides a summary of the materials discussed during the course Capita Selecta in Economics and Geography GEO3-3808 at Utrecht University for the academic year of 2019-2020. The summary discusses the materials of all four blocks covered in the course: Growth and Convergence, Evolutionary Economic Geography and Geography of Innovation, Real Estate and Migration. Next to the articles discussed in the course, also the lecture notes of the course are provided in this summary.

All the literature that will be tested in the exam. Summary of the following papers: - Behrens, K., & Robert-Nicoud, F. (2009). Krugman’s Papers in Regional Science: The 100 dollar bill on the sidewalk is gone and the 2008 Nobel Prize well-deserved*. Papers in Regional Science, 88(2), 467–489. - Boschma, R. A., & Frenken, K. (2006). Why is Economic Geography not an Evolutionary Science? Towards an Evolutionary Economic Geography. Journal of Economic Geography, 6(3), 273–302. - Boschma, R....