Increasing integration of the world economy and the 2004 enlargement of the European Union amongst other factors, have combined to change the geography of economics. Now two renowned authorities have come together to edit this contemporary text on location and competition for students, academics and researchers in the field.
Harry Garretsen is professor of international economics at the Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University. Steven Brakman is professor of economics at the faculty of economics of the University of Groningen.