This paper aims to demonstrate that the basic framework of the "new geographical economics" is well suited to explain various phenomena associated with the dynamics of frontier economies, such as the "massive mobilization of resources" and the so-called "flying geese pattern" of Asia`s...

Large cities (central places) excessively export to smaller cities in their surrounding hinterland. Using Japanese inter-city trade data, we identify a substantial centrality bias: Shipments from central places to their hinterland are 50%-125% larger than predicted by gravity forces. This upward...