昔日關於聚集經濟的研究，在全球或區域的研究議題多集中於探討城市本身的聚集外部性，而「空間」或「城市間」的相互依賴關係，通常未列入考慮，然而，在新經濟地理（New economic geography）的領域中，則將區域間的相互依賴關係視為研究分析的主要核心。關於空間中相互依賴關係之研究議題，近幾年來已逐漸被不少學者關注之，研究範圍則多是聚焦在全球體系或是歐洲（歐盟）、北美（北美自由貿易區）等地，然而以東南亞國協、東亞為研究範圍的區域內互動實證仍屬相對稀少。此外，運用引力模型基礎下的「市場潛力（market potential）」以及物理概念下的「等效密度（effective density）」分別衡量城市間相互依賴程度與城市內聚集程度者，在大範圍區域內且跨越國界的研究仍然相對稀少。

本研究與其他許多研究不同的地方在於，利用時間化距離與國家間飛航頻率做為計算兩國間互動、依賴程度的多寡，在不同層級人口結構下探討都市化經濟與市場潛力對一國之國民所得之影響。

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