William Henry Dean Jr. (1910-1952) was an American economic geographer. He was the second

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to gain a PhD in economics from

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. His 1938 doctoral dissertation applied results from mathematics and astronomy to

location theory Location theory has become an integral part of economic geography, regional science, and spatial economics. Location theory addresses questions of what economic activities are located where and why. Location theory or microeconomic theory generally ...

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Works

* ''The theory of the geographic location of economic activities, with special reference to historical change''. PhD thesis, Harvard University, 1938.

References

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