Economics of Space and Time: Scientific Papers of Tönu Puu

268 Pages·1997·9.36 MB·English

by  Tönu Puu (auth.)

Economics of Space and Time
Scientific Papers of Tonu Puu
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
J.
Ake E. Andersson· Martin Beckmann
Karl-Gustaf Lofgren· Anders Stenberg (Eds).
Economics
of Space and Time
Scientific Papers of Tonu Puu
, Springer
Professor Dr. Âke E. Andersson
Institute for Future Studies
P.O.Box591
S-10131 Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Dr. Martin J. Beckmann
Brown University
Department of Economics
P.O.BoxB
Providence, RI 02912, USA
Professor Dr. Karl-Gustaf LOfgren
M.A. Anders Stenberg
University of Umeă
Department of Economics
S-901 87 Umeă, Sweden
Springer-Verlag would like to thank the original publishers of Tii nu Puu 's papers for granting per
mission to reprint them in this book.
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Table uf Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
The Editors
Tonu Puu -Economic Analyst and Cultural Activist
Me E Andersson
Tonu Puu and I - in Collaboration
Martin Beckmann
Tonu Puu at the Department of Economics. Umea University
Karl-Gustaf LOfgren
I Microeconomics
1. "Some Reflexions on the Theories of Choice Between
Alternative Investment Opportunities", Wcltwirtschaftliches
Archiv (1967), Band 99, Heft 1, Hoffmann & Campe Verlag,
lli~~. 3
2. "Complementarity, Substitutivity and Regressivity in the Theory
of Production", Recherches Rccentes sur la Fonction de Production
(1968), Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Universitaire de
Namur (Ceruna). 23
3. "Some Comments on 'Inferior' (Regressive) Inputs", The Swedish
Journal of Economics 1971. 57
4. "Free Entry and Efficient Distribution of Inputs in a One-product
Industry", Metroeconomica, Vol XXIV -Gennaio -Aprile 1972,
Fasc 1, Capelli. Bologna. 69
5. "On the Profitability of Exhausting Natural Resources", Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management 4 (1977), 185-199.
Academic Press. Orlando. Florida. 85
VII
II Spatial Economics
6. "Towards a Theory of Optimal Roads", Regional Science and Urban
Economics 8 (1978), 225-248, Elsevier Science Ltd, North-Holland. 103
7. "Catastrophic Structural Change in a Continuous Regional Model",
Regional Science and Urban Economics 11 (1981), 317-333,
Elsevier Science Ltd. North-Holland. 127
8. "Multiplier-accelerator Models Revisited", Regional Science and
Urban Economics 16 (1986), pp 81-95, Elsevier Science Ltd,
North-Holland. 145
9. "Pattern Formation in Spatial Economics", Chaos Solitons & Fractals
(1993), Vol 3, No I, pp 99-129, Pergamon Press, Elsevier Science Ltd,
Oxford. England. 161
1O."The Chaotic Monopolist", Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (1995),
Vol 5, No l. pp 35--l4. Pergamon Press, Elsevier Science Ltd.
o.\rord. England. 193
III Philosophy of Science
11." A Graphical Solution of Second-Order Homogeneous Difference
Equations", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol 15 No 1, March 1963. 205
12. "Some Reflections on the Relation Between Economic Theory and
Empirical Reality", The Swedish Journal of Economics, June 1967,
vol 69, No 2, pp 86-114. 211
13. "On Progress and Perfection in the Arts and Sciences", Ricerche
Economiche (1992), XLVI, 1-2, pp 75-90, Academic Press Ltd,
London. 241
Curriculum Vitae 257
The Collected Scientific Works ofTonu Puu 261
VIII
Preface and Aclmowledgements
The Editors
This book is a collection of articles by Professor Tonu Puu presented to him on the
occasion of his 60tl1 birthday. Not included are some innovative papers whose
contents were subsequently included in Tonu Puu's well-known book "The
Allocation of Road Capital in two-dimensional Space" (North Holland 1979).
Unfortunately those papers are no longer available in print.
The complete bibliography (p 2(1) lists many more articles that would have been
worth reprinting, but we had to observe a certain limit on space.
The editors wish to thank Mikael Bask, a graduate in Engineering, for a unique
effort in the final stages of the editing process.
Tonu Puu -Economic Analyst and Cultural Activist
by Ake E Andersson
In Tonu Puu one finds the rare combination of creativity, learning and wide
ranging interest in the arts and cultural affairs. Over the years he has contributed
distinctively creative ideas, while extending economics both into continuous two
dimensional space and time.
Building upon Beckmann's paper -"A continuous Model of Transportation",
published in 1952, Tonu Puu and Martin Beckmann have developed the general
two-dimensional theory of spatial economies. This is a remarkably creative
contribution. Instead of concentrating on optimality as is conventionally done,
Tonu Puu there used properties needed to ensure structural stability as well as a
powerful use of bifurcation theory to show under what conditions spatial flow and
location patterns might undergo fundamental structural change. In this respect the
whole theory was brought into a close and potentially fruitful contact with
evolutionary economics.
His wide ranging cultural interests have been demonstrated at a theoretical level
in his forthcoming book Economics and Culture - a Safari. In this, richly
illustrated, extensive essay he covers such seemingly unrelated themes as
civilisation as analysed by Frazer, Vivaldis Oevre, cultural scenes of Paris,
Vienna, and Florence. And among the figureheads of science, philosophy and the
arts, he analyses Poincare, Bolzmann as well as Bach, Hernoncour and Albrecht
DUrer. And all this is brought to a unified treatment in an analysis of the
dynamics of the development in society and the arts.
But Tonu Puu is not only a creative economic theoretician and an analyst of
culture, arts and society. His interest in the arts has been practical and
entreprencurial as well. His deep interest in music in general, the current revival
of early music and especially interpretation of baroque composers has directed his
creation and development of the best baroque music festival of Northern Europe.
All of his friends and most of his colleagues have been impressed by the capacity
to combine major scientific achievements with Tonu and Gertrud Puu's creation.
innovation and production of these musical highlights every second year in the
north of Sweden. To those of us who know that sometimcs musicians in these
concerts play on instruments built by Tonu. it gives a natural addition to the
picture of this multi faceted personality.