I am bit worried that in my earlier posts I may have come across a bit negative of Nordhaus' project. Although I think with the current methodology it will be hard to design a comparable time series, the project of providing some basic economic geography data is long over due. In doing this it is a remarkable achievment. We know surprisingly little about the global economic landscape and His work is a big start that needs to continue
How that data has been used might be a different matter see World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography. goto http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2009/0,,menuPK:4231145~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:4231059,00.html
If you want to read an interesting review of this report goto:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121683144/abstract Transactions of the Institute of Bristish Geographers (April 2009).
Lastly if you know of relevant economic geography blogs please let me know.
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