Is the world's economic centre of gravity already in Asia?

被引：60

作者：

Grether, Jean-Marie ^{[1
]}

Mathys, Nicole A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Neuchatel, Inst Econ Res, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland

[2] Swiss Fed Off Energy, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland

来源：

AREA | 2010年 / 42卷 / 01期

关键词：

location of economic activity; centre of gravity; MODEL;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00895.x

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

This paper proposes a novel and simple measure of the world's economic centre of gravity. Over the recent decades, this centre has shifted towards Asia, but is still located in Europe.

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页码：47 / 50

页数：4

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