Dynamic Locational Phases of Economic Activity in the Globalized World
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Part I Location theory of retailing industry -- 1 Market areas of retailers in linear space -- 1.1 Formation mechanism of monopoly retailer's market -- 1.2 Emergence of competition and competition styles -- 1.3 Equilibrium price and market established in linear market -- 2 Market areas of retailers in plane space -- 2.1 Shapes of market border between two retailers -- 2.2 Market area in spatial free entry equilibrium -- 2.3 Effects of variety of items on retailer's market situation -- 2.4 Effects of freight rate on items and market of shopping center -- 3 Market analysis by Contact Price Curve -- 3.1 Derivation of spatial free-entry equilibria -- 3.2 Analysis of spatial free-entry equilibria by using contact price curve -- Part II Location theory of manufacturing industry -- 4 Change of factory's production in agglomeration -- 4.1 Formation of industrial agglomeration -- 4.2 Relationship between number of factories and agglomeration economies -- 4.3 Spatial departure of production processes from agglomeration -- 5 Location theory of factory in the globalized world -- 5.1 Factory's location in the globalized world -- 5.2 Derivation of the profit function of a firm -- 5.3 Settlement of location prospective area -- 5.4 Firm's profits and revenues of countries in different corporation tax rates -- 5.5 Location power of the corporation tax and the interest rate -- 5.6 Effects on factory's location of industrial park and industrial complex -- Part III Location theory of city system -- 6 City systems built on basis of economic activity -- 6.1 City systems constructed on basis of market area theory -- 6.2 City system built by using cities' production functions -- 6.3 Change of city system in the real world -- 7 Analysis of city system by using cities' land rents -- 7.1 Assumptions and framework of analysis -- 7.2 Land rent and capital amount in city -- 7.3 Analysis of Land rents and production amounts of cities in city system -- 7.4 Influences of change of freight rates and production efficiency on cities -- 8 City system as a location factor -- 8.1 Role of city system in firm's decision making of location -- 8.2 Numerical index of characteristics of city system -- 8.3 Estimation of social health of prefectures in Japan -- 8.4 Relationships between city system and prefecture's performances -- 8.5 City system as a location factor -- Appendix -- References.