This courses consists of three parts. The first third is concerned with the theory and models relevant to regional economics. These include:

• the economic base model,
• Alfred Weber's theory of industrial location,
• comparative advantage
• the dynamics of regional growth
• Auguste Lösch's theory of hierarchical trading areas,
• Walter Christaller's theory of central places,
• von Thünen's theory of land use,
• location quotient theory,
• optimal market areas
• social accounts
• current estimates of GDP and GHP
• current estimates of GDP at Purchasing Power Parity
• GNP versus GDP concepts
• Gross State Products
• Personal Income in Metropolitan Areas of the U.S.
• Differences Between Income and Employment Multipliers
• input-output analysis.
• industrial complex analysis
• regional planning in Venezuela

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