How Did the Location of Industry Respond to Falling Transport Costs in Britain Before World War I?
研究一战前英国工业区位，发现要素禀赋比市场邻近性影响更大，运输成本下降对区位影响较小，自然资源（尤其是煤炭）仍起关键作用。
This article explores the location of industry in pre–World War I Britain using a model that takes account both of factor endowment and also of New Economic Geography influences. Broadly speaking, the pattern of industrial location in this period was quite persistent and regional specialization changed little. The econometric results show that factor endowments had much stronger effects than proximity to markets, although the latter was an attraction for industries with large plant size. Overall, falling transport costs had relatively little effect on industrial location at a time when proximity to natural resources, notably coal, mattered most.