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Spatial Optimality of Cultures

In: Intercultural Economic Analysis

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  • Rongxing Guo

    (Regional Science Association of China at Peking University)

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Why have some small culture areas formed larger ones, while those large culture areas eventually disintegrated? Why are unions formed by culturally heterogeneous economies sometimes less stable and efficient than those formed by culturally homogeneous economies with different political systems? In this chapter, a model of spatial efficiency (optimality) of cultures is constructed to explain the integration and break up of culture areas. On the basis of this model, four propositions relating to the equilibrium location of and the optimal size of cultures are derived, and their political economy implications to the interactions between cultures differing in size are illustrated. The analytic narratives indicate that the increasing complexity of managing a culture area that either grows beyond a certain size or has locational disadvantages is the major source of cultural inefficiencies.

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  • Rongxing Guo, 2009. "Spatial Optimality of Cultures," Springer Books, in: Intercultural Economic Analysis, chapter 0, pages 41-75, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4419-0849-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0849-0_3
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