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New Economic Geography: history and debate
This paper aims to synthesize the main ontological discussion around the field of New Economic Geography. It lays down the fundamental motivations that led to the surge of New Economic Geography and provides the background in adjacent fields of economic theory which made this possible. I then provide an overall assessment of the state of the art in NEG and track the intellectual evolution of the field since the nineties up to the present, focusing on the intrinsic criticism that it has been subject to throughout its history. This criticism has its roots in the different ontological conceptions of geography and history, as well on the methodological differences, between economists and geographers. Finally, I analyze the evolution of the debate and communication between geographical economists and economic geographers.