The Economy as a Complex Spatial System: Macro, Meso and Micro Perspectives

• Main Author: Pasquale Commendatore (auth)
• Other Authors: Alan Kirman (auth), Gian Italo Bischi (auth), Ingrid Kubin (auth), Michael Kopel (auth), Spiros Bougheas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Complexity
• Subjects: economic geography; complex networks analysis; spatial econometrics; COST Action IS1104; systemic risk; heterogeneous agents; multinational enterprises
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This collected volume represents the final outcome of the COST Action IS1104 "The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models, tools and policy evaluation". Visualizing the EU as a complex and multi-layered network, the book is organized in three parts, each of them dealing with a different level of analysis: At the macro-level, Part I considers the interactions within large economic systems (regions or countries) involving trade, workers migration, and other factor movements. At the meso-level, Part II discusses interactions within specific but wide-ranging markets, with a focus on financial markets and banking systems. Lastly, at the micro-level, Part III explores the decision-making of single firms, especially in the context of location decisions.