K. H. RAU AND THE ECONOMIC LAW OF MARKET AREAS*
发现市场区域经济定律的萌芽早在1841年K. H. 劳写给M. 奎特莱的信中就已出现，认为劳的名字应与劳恩哈特、谢松和费特并列，作为对该定律发展有重要贡献的学者。
ABSTRACT It is well‐known that the economic law of market areas was first discovered by Launhardt (1882, 1885, 1900‐1902) in Europe and independently discovered by Fetter (1924) in the United States. This paper shows that the seeds of the law of market areas are contained in a letter of K. H. Rau to M. Quintelet published in 1841, and that Rau's name deserves to be mentioned alongside those of Launhardt, Cheysson, and Fetter, as writers who contributed substantially to the developments of the law of market areas.