JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696)

R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics (955)

R1 - General Regional Economics (472)

R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (205)

Number of items at this level: 205.

Canada Blanch Centre

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Xiang, Leiboyu, Lee, Neil (2025). Finding stars: mapping the geography of the world’s scientific elites. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70055

Centre for Economic Performance

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel M., Wolf, Nikolaus (2015). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin Wall. Econometrica, 83(6), 2127 - 2189. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10876

Amiti, Mary, Pissarides, Christopher (2002). Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor. (CEP discussion paper; CEPDP0541 541). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Amiti, Mary, Pissarides, Christopher (2005). Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor. Journal of International Economics, 67(2), 392-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.09.010

Andersson, Fredrick, Burgess, Simon, Lane, Julia I. (2004). Cities, matching and the productivity gains of agglomeration. (CEPDP 648). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Becker, Sascha O., Heblich, Stephan, Sturm, Daniel (2018). The impact of public employment: evidence from Bonn. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP228). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Behrens, Kristian, Lamorgese, Andrea R., Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P., Tabuchi, Takatoshi (2009). Beyond the home market effect: market size and specialization in a multi-country world. Journal of International Economics, 79(2), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.08.005

Behrens, Kristian, Mion, Giordano, Murata, Yasusada, Südekum, Jens (2011). Spatial frictions. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1108). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Behrens, Kristian, Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric (2008). Survival of the fittest in cities: agglomeration, selection, and polarisation. (CEP Discussion Paper 894). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bergeaud, Antonin, Guillouzouic, Arthur (2023). Proximity of firms to scientific production. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1961). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bergeaud, Antonin, Guillouzouic, Arthur, Henry, Emeric, Malgouyres, Clement (2022). From public labs to private firms: magnitude and channels of R&D spillovers. (CEP Discussion Papers 1882). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bernard, Andrew B., Moxnes, Andreas, Saito, Yukiko U. (2016). Production networks, geography and firm performance. (CEP Discussion Paper 1435). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Breinlich, Holger, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P., Temple, Jonathan R. W. (2013). Regional growth and regional decline. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1232). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Carozzi, Felipe, Provenzano, Sandro, Roth, Sefi (2020). Urban density and Covid-19. (CEP Discussion Papers 1711). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Chen, Natalie, Novy, Dennis, Perroni, Carlo, Wong, Horng Chern (2023). Urban-biased structural change. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1963). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Combes, Pierre-Philippe, Overman, Henry G. (2004). The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union. In Henderson, J. V., Thisse, J. F. (Eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography (pp. 2845-2910). North-Holland. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(04)07064-9

Combes, Pierre-Philippe, Overman, Henry G. (2003). The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union. (CEPDP 587). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Skellern, Matthew (2016). Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals’ performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service. (CEP Discussion Paper 1434). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Skellern, Matthew (2018). Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals’ performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service. Journal of Public Economics, 166, 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.002

Coughlin, Cletus C., Novy, Dennis (2016). Estimating border effects: the impact of spatial aggregation. (CEP Discussion Paper 1429). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Diemer, Andreas, Regan, Tanner Weldon Dean (2020). No inventor is an island: social connectedness and the geography of knowledge flows in the US. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1731). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles (2002). City size distributions as a consequence of the growth process. (CEPDP 550). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Overman, Henry G. (2006). Exploring the detailed location patterns of UK manufacturing industries using microgeographic data. (CEPDP 756). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Overman, Henry G. (2002). Testing for localisation using micro-geographic data. (CEPDP 540). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Puga, Diego (2001). From sectoral to functional urban specialisation. (CEPDP 511). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Storper, Michael (2005). Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs. (CEP Discussion Paper 683). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Faber, Benjamin (2013). Trade integration, market size and industrialization: evidence from China's national trunk highway system. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1244). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Faggio, Giulia, Overman, Henry G. (2013). The effect of public sector employment on local labour markets. Journal of Urban Economics, 79, 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2013.05.002

Fons-Rosen, Christian, Scrutinio, Vincenzo, Szemeredi, Katalin (2016). Colocation and knowledge diffusion: evidence from million dollar plants. (CEP Discussion Paper 1447). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP117). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0214). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Heath Milsom, Luke, Roland, Isabelle (2021). Minimum wages and the China syndrome: causal evidence from US local labor markets. (CEP Discussion Papers 1807). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Heblich, Stephan, Redding, Stephen J., Sturm, Daniel M. (2018). The making of the modern metropolis: evidence from London. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1573). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Heblich, Stephan, Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel (2020). The making of the modern metropolis: evidence from London. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(4), 2059 - 2133. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjaa014

Helmers, Christian, Overman, Henry G. (2013). My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0131). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hornbeck, Richard, Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand (2024). Identifying agglomeration shadows: long-run evidence from ancient ports. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2013). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Hunt, Jennifer, Cockburn, Iain, Bessen, James (2024). Is distance from innovation a barrier to the adoption of artificial intelligence. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2038). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Jacob, Nick, Mion, Giordano (2020). On the productivity advantage of cities. (CEP Discussion Papers 1687). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Jacob, Nick, Mion, Giordano (2024). On the productivity advantage of cities. Journal of Economic Geography, 24(5), 679 - 705. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbae020

Jofre-Monseny, Jordi, Sánchez-Vidal, Maria, Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet (2018). Big plant closures and local employment. Journal of Economic Geography, 18(1), 163-186. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx026

Kauma, Bridget, Mion, Giordano (2023). Regional productivity differences in the UK and France: from the micro to the macro. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1955). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Manning, Alan, Petrongolo, Barbara (2011). How local are labour markets? Evidence from a spatial job search model. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1101). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen (2013). Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000. (NBER working paper 18715). The National Bureau of Economic Research.

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen (2012). Urbanization and structural transformation. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(2), 535-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs003

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen J. (2013). Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000. (Centre for Economic Performance discussion papers CEPDP1186). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Muûls, Mirabelle, Petropoulou, Dimitra (2008). A swing-state theory of trade protection in the electoral college. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0849). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Nathan, Max, Overman, Henry G., Riom, Capucine, Sanchez Vidal, Maria (2024). Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2042). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Nsababera, Olive, Dickens, Richard, Disney, Richard (2023). The persistent urbanising effect of refugee camps: evidence from Tanzania, 1985–2015. Spatial Economic Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2023.2274859

Oparina, Ekaterina, Clark, Andrew E., Layard, Richard (2024). The Easterlin paradox at 50. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2048). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2012). Agglomeration, trade and selection. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42(6), 987-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.06.004

Overman, Henry G. (2000). Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods. (CEPDP 481). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G., Puga, Diego (1999). Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries. (CEPDP 434). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G., Winters, L. Alan (2004). The geography of UK international trade. (CEPDP 606). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G. (2002). Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods. Urban Studies, 39(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980220099104

Puga, D, Venables, Tony (1995). Preferential trading arrangements and industrial location. (CEPR Discussion Paper 1309). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).

Puga, Diego (1996). Urbanisation patterns: European vs less developed countries. (CEPDP 305). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Puga, Diego (1996). The rise and fall of regional inequalities. (CEPDP 314). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Puga, Diego, Venables, Tony (1997). Agglomeration and economic development: import substitution versus trade liberalisation. (CEPDP 377). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Puga, Diego, Venables, Tony (1995). Preferential trading arrangements and industrial location. (CEPDP 267). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Puga, Diego, Venables, Tony (1996). Trading arrangements and industrial development. (CEPDP 319). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen (2021). Suburbanization in the United States 1970-2010. (CEP Discussion Papers 1768). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen, Nakajima, Kentaro, Miyauchi, Yuhei (2021). Consumption access and agglomeration: evidence from smartphone data. (CEP Discussion Papers 1745). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen, Turner, Matthew A. (2014). Transportation costs and the spatial organization of economic activity. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1277). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen J. (2024). Spatial economics. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2047). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen J., Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (2016). Quantitative spatial economics. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1452). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Relihan, Lindsay (2022). Is online retail killing coffee shops? Estimating the winners and losers of online retail using customer transaction microdata. (CEP Discussion Papers 1836). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Robert-Nicoud, Frederic (2005). The structure of simple 'new economic geography' models (or, on identical twins). Journal of Economic Geography, 5(2), 201-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh037

Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2006). The 'genome' of NEG models with vertical linkages: a positive and normative synthesis. Journal of Economic Geography, 6(2), 113-139. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbh070

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). Decomposing the impact of immigration on house prices. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP223). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Soo, Kwok Tong (2004). Zipf's law for cities: a cross country investigation. (CEPDP 641). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Stich, Christoph, Tranos, Emmanouil, Nathan, Max (2023). Modeling clusters from the ground up: a web data approach. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(1), 244 - 267. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221108185

Takeda, Kohei, Yamagishi, Atsushi (2024). The economic dynamics of city structure: evidence from Hiroshima's recovery. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1988). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Venables, Anthony J. (2020). Globalisation and urban polarisation. (CEP Discussion Papers 1707). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Venables, Tony (2003). Spatial disparities in developing countries: cities, regions and international trade. (CEPDP 593). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Waights, Sevrin (2018). Does the law of one price hold for hedonic prices? Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017749403

Economic History

Bertazzini, Mattia C. (2018). The long-term impact of Italian colonial roads in the Horn of Africa, 1935-2000. (Economic History working papers 272/2018). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gagliardi, Luisa (2019). The impact of foreign technological innovation on domestic employment via the industry mix. Research Policy, 48(6), 1523-1533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.03.005

Klein, Alexander, Leunig, Tim (2013). Gibrat's Law and the British industrial revolution. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0140). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Klein, Alexander, Leunig, Tim (2015). Gibrat’s law and the British industrial revolution. (Economic History working paper series 221/2015). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Economics

Amiti, Mary, Pissarides, Christopher (2002). Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor. (CEP discussion paper; CEPDP0541 541). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Amiti, Mary, Pissarides, Christopher (2005). Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor. Journal of International Economics, 67(2), 392-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.09.010

Arbia, Giuseppe, Espa, Giuseppe, Quah, Danny (2008). A class of spatial econometric methods in the empirical analysis of clusters of firms in space. Empirical Economics, 34(1), 81-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-007-0154-1

Balboni, Clare (2025). In harm's way? Infrastructure investments and the persistence of coastal cities. American Economic Review, 115(1), 77 – 116. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191943

Becker, Sascha O., Heblich, Stephan, Sturm, Daniel M. (2021). The impact of public employment: evidence from Bonn. Journal of Urban Economics, 122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2020.103291

Behrens, Kristian, Lamorgese, Andrea R., Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P., Tabuchi, Takatoshi (2009). Beyond the home market effect: market size and specialization in a multi-country world. Journal of International Economics, 79(2), 259-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.08.005

Breinlich, Holger, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P., Temple, Jonathan R. W. (2013). Regional growth and regional decline. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1232). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Casadei, Patrizia, Vanino, Enrico, Lee, Neil (2022). Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2112165

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Dyevre, Arnaud, Neffke, Frank (2020). Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 7). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Dyevre, Arnaud, Neffke, Frank (2022). Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation. Economic Geography, 98(3), 199 - 227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2022.2026766

Heblich, Stephan, Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel (2020). The making of the modern metropolis: evidence from London. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(4), 2059 - 2133. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjaa014

Hornbeck, Richard, Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand (2024). Identifying agglomeration shadows: long-run evidence from ancient ports. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2013). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Manning, Alan, Petrongolo, Barbara (2011). How local are labour markets? Evidence from a spatial job search model. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1101). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Manning, Alan, Petrongolo, Barbara (2017). How local are labor markets? Evidence from a spatial job search model. American Economic Review, 107(10), 2877-2907. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131026

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen (2013). Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000. (NBER working paper 18715). The National Bureau of Economic Research.

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen (2012). Urbanization and structural transformation. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(2), 535-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjs003

Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand, Redding, Stephen J. (2013). Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000. (Centre for Economic Performance discussion papers CEPDP1186). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Muûls, Mirabelle, Petropoulou, Dimitra (2008). A swing-state theory of trade protection in the electoral college. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0849). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2012). Agglomeration, trade and selection. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42(6), 987-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.06.004

Quah, Danny (2003). Digital goods and the new economy. (CEP discussion paper; CEPDP0563 563). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Quah, Danny (2003). Digital goods and the new economy. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0563). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Redding, Stephen J., Sturm, Daniel M. (2008). The costs of remoteness: evidence from German division and reunification. American Economic Review, 98(5), 1766 - 1797. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.5.1766

European Institute

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2012). Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational firms in European regions. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 53/2012). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael (2012). The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India. Journal of Economic Geography, 12(5), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs020

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2011). Making geographical sense of the Greek austerity measures: compositional effects and long-run implications. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 4(3), 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsr026

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2006). Sub-regional disparities in Britain: convergence, asymmetries and spatial dependence. (Research papers in environmental and spatial analysis 112). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Psycharis, Yiannis (2011). Without purpose and strategy?: a spatio-functional analysis of the regional allocation of public investment in Greece. (GreeSE 49). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Psycharis, Yiannis, Tselios, Vassilis (2012). Public investment and regional growth and convergence: evidence from Greece. Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00444.x

Geography and Environment

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Jedwab, Remi (2023). The skyscraper revolution: global economic development and land savings. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1959). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2010). From periphery to core: economic adjustments to high speed rail. London School of Economics & University of Hamburg.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0158). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2019). Ease versus noise: long-run changes in the value of transport (dis)amenities. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1631). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2016). Ease vs. noise: on the conflicting effects of transportation infrastructure. (CESifo Working Paper Series 6058). CESifo Group Munich.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen J., Sturm, Daniel, Wolf, Nikolaus (2012). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin wall. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0118). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2022). Optimal minimum wages. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1823). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2018). Weights to address non‐parallel trends in panel difference‐in‐differences models. CESifo Economic Studies, 2(1), 216-240. https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ify013

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2018). From periphery to core: measuring agglomeration effects using high-speed rail. Journal of Economic Geography, 18(2), 355-390. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx005

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. Journal of Economic Geography, 15(6), 1169-1193.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2019). Ease vs. noise: long-run changes in the value of transport (dis)amenities. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2019.102268

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel M., Wolf, Nikolaus (2015). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin Wall. Econometrica, 83(6), 2127 - 2189. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10876

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Roth, Duncan, Seidel, Tobias (2018). The regional effects of Germany’s national minimum wage. Economics Letters, 172, 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.032

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Wendland, Nicolai (2016). The spatial decay in commuting probabilities: employment potential vs. community gravity. Economics Letters, 143, 125-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.04.004

Amendolagine, Vito, Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2022). The geography of acquisitions and greenfield investments: firm heterogeneity and regional institutional conditions. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 33). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Amendolagine, Vito, Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2024). The geography of acquisitions and greenfield investments: firm heterogeneity and regional institutional conditions. Journal of Regional Science, 64(4), 1476 - 1505. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12705

Bosquet, Clément, Combes, Pierre-Philippe (2013). Do large departments make academics more productive? agglomeration and peer effects in research. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0133). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Brugiavini, Agar, Di Cataldo, Marco, Romani, Giulia (2025). Knowledge economy, internal migration, and local labour markets. Labour Economics, 97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102820

Cainelli, Giulio, Ganau, Roberto, Giunta, Anna (2022). Business groups, institutions, and firm performance. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(1), 215 - 233. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab046

Cainelli, Giulio, Ganau, Roberto, Giunta, Anna (2018). Spatial agglomeration, global value chains, and productivity: micro-evidence from Italy and Spain. Economics Letters, 169, 43-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.04.020

Carozzi, Felipe, Provenzano, Sandro, Roth, Sefi (2020). Urban density and Covid-19. (CEP Discussion Papers 1711). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Carozzi, Felipe, Provenzano, Sandro, Roth, Sefi (2022). Urban density and COVID-19: understanding the US experience. Annals of Regional Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-022-01193-z

Casadei, Patrizia, Vanino, Enrico, Lee, Neil (2022). Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2112165

Combes, Pierre-Philippe, Overman, Henry G. (2004). The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union. In Henderson, J. V., Thisse, J. F. (Eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography (pp. 2845-2910). North-Holland. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(04)07064-9

Combes, Pierre-Philippe, Overman, Henry G. (2003). The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union. (CEPDP 587). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Cooper, Zack, Gibbons, Stephen, Skellern, Matthew (2018). Does competition from private surgical centres improve public hospitals’ performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service. Journal of Public Economics, 166, 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.002

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Datu, Kerwin, Iammarino, Simona (2017). European cities and foreign investment networks. Scienze Regionali: Italian Journal of Regional Science, 16(2), 229-260. https://doi.org/10.14650/86465

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Dyevre, Arnaud, Neffke, Frank (2020). Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 7). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Ganau, Roberto (2022). When the rain comes, don’t stay at home! Regional innovation and trans-local investment in the aftermath of the Great Recession. (Economic Geography and Spatial Economics Series 36). Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Iammarino, Simona, Ioramashvili, Carolin, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael (2020). The geography of innovation and development: global spread and local hotspots. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 4). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2012). Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational firms in European regions. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 53/2012). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Dyevre, Arnaud, Neffke, Frank (2022). Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation. Economic Geography, 98(3), 199 - 227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2022.2026766

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Ganau, Roberto (2025). Inward FDI and regional performance in Europe after the Great Recession. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 18(1), 167 - 192. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae038

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Ganau, Roberto (2025). When the rain comes, don’t stay at home! Regional innovation and FDI in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Regional Studies, 59(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2503967

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Ganau, Roberto, Storper, Michael (2022). Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA. Journal of Economic Geography, 22(1), 53 - 79. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbab016

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Iammarino, Simona (2017). Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links. Regional Studies, 51(1), 97-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1262016

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Jaax, Alexander (2017). Innovation in Russia: the territorial dimension. Economic Geography, 93(1), 66 - 88. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2016.1208532

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2014). Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational corporations in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 14(6), 1053-1086. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbt018

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2016). Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe. European Planning Studies, 24(4), 645-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1129395

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2012). Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union. Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 487-615. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00439.x

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael (2012). The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India. Journal of Economic Geography, 12(5), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs020

Denti, Daria, Iammarino, Simona (2025). Forced labour in manufacturing and the local industry structure: the case of Italy. Journal of Economic Geography, 25(6), 831 - 851. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf028

Di Cataldo, Marco, Ferranna, Licia, Gerolimetto, Margherita, Magrini, Stefano (2023). Splitting up or dancing together? Local institutional structure and the performance of urban areas. Economic Geography, 99(1), 81 - 110. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2022.2130749

Diemer, Andreas (2020). Spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in social networks: evidence from the US fracking boom. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 12). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Diemer, Andreas, Regan, Tanner Weldon Dean (2020). No inventor is an island: social connectedness and the geography of knowledge flows in the US. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1731). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Diemer, Andreas, Regan, Tanner (2022). No inventor is an island: social connectedness and the geography of knowledge flows in the US. Research Policy, 51(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104416

Dijkstra, Lewis, Kompil, Mert, Proietti, Paola (2025). Are cities the real engines of growth in the EU? (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 52). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Duranton, Gilles (2002). City size distributions as a consequence of the growth process. (CEPDP 550). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Overman, Henry G. (2006). Exploring the detailed location patterns of UK manufacturing industries using microgeographic data. (CEPDP 756). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Overman, Henry G. (2002). Testing for localisation using micro-geographic data. (CEPDP 540). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Puga, Diego (2001). From sectoral to functional urban specialisation. (CEPDP 511). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Storper, Michael (2005). Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs. (CEP Discussion Paper 683). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles, Storper, Michael (2008). Rising trade costs? Agglomeration and trade with endogenous transaction costs. Canadian Journal of Economics, 41(1), 292 - 319. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.00464.x

Ehrlich, Maximilian v., Overman, Henry G. (2020). Place-based policies and spatial disparities across European cities. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1726). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Evenhuis, Emil, Lee, Neil, Martin, Ron, Tyler, Peter (2021). Rethinking the political economy of place: challenges of productivity and inclusion. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14(1), 3 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaa043

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C. (2019). Tales of the city what do agglomeration cases tell us about agglomeration in general? (CEP Discussion Papers 1619). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Faggio, Giulia, Overman, Henry G. (2013). The effect of public sector employment on local labour markets. Journal of Urban Economics, 79, 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2013.05.002

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C. (2020). Tales of the city what do agglomeration cases tell us about agglomeration in general? Journal of Economic Geography, 20(5), 1117 - 1143. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaa007

Feldman, Maryann, Guy, Frederick, Iammarino, Simona, Ioramashvili, Carolin (2021). Gathering round Big Tech: how the market for acquisitions reinforces regional inequalities in the US. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 28). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Feldman, Maryann, Guy, Frederick, Iammarino, Simona (2020). Regional income disparities, monopoly and finance. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaa024

Fierro, Pedro, Aravena-Gonzalez, Ignacio, Aroca, Patricia, Rowe, Francisco (2024). Geographies of discontent measuring and understanding the feeling of abandonment in the Chilean region of Valparaiso (2019–2021). Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 17(2), 275 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae004

Fingleton, Bernard, Szumilo, Nikodem (2019). Simulating the impact of transport infrastructure investment on wages: a dynamic spatial panel model approach. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 75, 148-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.12.004

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2023). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2339 - 2352. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159356

Frick, Susanne A., Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2018). Change in urban concentration and economic growth. World Development, 105, 156 - 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.12.034

Ganau, Roberto, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2019). Do high-quality local institutions shape labour productivity in Western European manufacturing firms? Papers in Regional Science, 98(4), 1633-1666. https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12435

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP117). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0214). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gordon, Ian R., Kaplanis, Ioannis (2012). Accounting for big city growth in low paid occupations: immigration and/or service class consumption. (SERC Policy Papers 106). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Guerrieri, Paolo, Iammarino, Simona (2002). 'Vulnerabilità' e regioni nell'Unione Europea: un servizio sul Mezzogiorno italiano. Scienze Regionali: Italian Journal of Regional Science, 2002(2), 5-28.

Helmers, Christian, Overman, Henry G. (2013). My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0131). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Henderson, J. Vernon, Ono, Yukako (2008). Where do manufacturing firms locate their headquarters? Journal of Urban Economics, 63(2), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2007.02.006

Henderson, J. Vernon, Storeygard, Adam, Deichmann, Uwe (2017). Has climate change driven urbanization in Africa? Journal of Development Economics, 124, 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.09.001

Henderson, Vernon, Squires, Tim, Storeygard, Adam, Weil, David (2018). The global distribution of economic activity: nature, history, and the role of trade. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1), 357-406. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx030

Iammarino, Simona, Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia, Mantegazza, Susanna (2005). Produttività, nuove tecnologie e divari regionali in Italia [Productivity, ICT and regional disparities in Italy]. QA: la Questione Agraria, 2005(3), 39-60.

Iammarino, Simona, McCann, Philip (2006). The structure and evolution of industrial clusters: transactions, technology and knowledge spillovers. Research Policy, 35(7), 1018-1036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.05.004

Iammarino, Simona, Piva, Mariacristina, Vivarelli, Marco, von Tunzelmann, Nick (2013). Firm capabilities and cooperation for innovation: evidence from the UK regions. In Crescenzi, Riccardo, Percoco, Marco (Eds.), Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance (pp. 281-302). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33395-8_14

Iammarino, Simona, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael (2019). Regional inequality in Europe: evidence, theory and policy implications. Journal of Economic Geography, 19(2), 273 - 298. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lby021

Ioramashvili, Carolin, Feldman, Maryann, Guy, Frederick, Iammarino, Simona (2024). Gathering round Big Tech: how the market for acquisitions concentrates the digital sector. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 17(2), 293 - 306. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsae003

Kemeny, Thomas, Storper, Michael (2020). Superstar cities and left-behind places: disruptive innovation, labor demand, and interregional inequality. (III Working Paper 41). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.8uvxv9nscxrc

Lafourcade, Miren, Mion, Giordano (2007). Concentration, agglomeration and the size of plants. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37(1), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.04.004

Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2016). Is there trickle-down from tech? Poverty, employment, and the high-technology multiplier in U.S. cities. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 106(5), 1114 - 1134. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1184081

Linsenmeier, Manuel (2021). Temperature variability and long-run economic development. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 26). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Linsenmeier, Manuel (2023). Temperature variability and long-run economic development. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102840

Mion, Giordano (2004). Spatial externalities and empirical analysis: the case of Italy. Journal of Urban Economics, 56(1), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2004.03.004

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2006). Sub-regional disparities in Britain: convergence, asymmetries and spatial dependence. (Research papers in environmental and spatial analysis 112). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nathan, Max, Overman, Henry G., Riom, Capucine, Sanchez Vidal, Maria (2024). Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2042). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G. (2000). Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods. (CEPDP 481). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G., Ehrlich, Maximilian V. (2020). Place-based policies and spatial disparities across European cities. (CEP Discussion Papers 1726). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G., Puga, Diego (1999). Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries. (CEPDP 434). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G., Winters, L. Alan (2004). The geography of UK international trade. (CEPDP 606). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry George, Winters, L. Alan (2003). Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0588). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry G. (2002). Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods. Urban Studies, 39(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980220099104

Overman, Henry G. (2018). Uneven economic development and its implications for policy: lessons from the UK. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 47, 106-111.

Prenzel, Paula, Iammarino, Simona (2021). Labor force aging and the composition of regional human capital. Economic Geography, 97(2), 140 - 163. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2021.1885294

Provenzano, Sandro (2020). Isolated and Poor: the cost of remoteness from the capital city. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 9). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Provenzano, Sandro (2024). Accountability failure in isolated areas: the cost of remoteness from the capital city. Journal of Development Economics, 167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103214

Robert-Nicoud, Frederic (2005). The structure of simple 'new economic geography' models (or, on identical twins). Journal of Economic Geography, 5(2), 201-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlecg/lbh037

Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2006). The 'genome' of NEG models with vertical linkages: a positive and normative synthesis. Journal of Economic Geography, 6(2), 113-139. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbh070

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Ganau, Roberto, Maslauskaite, Kristina, Brezzi, Monica (2020). Credit constraints, labor productivity and the role of regional institutions: evidence for manufacturing firms in Europe. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 17). Department of Geography and Environment, LSE.

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Psycharis, Yiannis, Tselios, Vassilis (2012). Public investment and regional growth and convergence: evidence from Greece. Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00444.x

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2026). Why size really doesn't matter: from megacity myths to place-sensitive prosperity. Spatial Economic Analysis, 1 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2603498

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Crescenzi, Riccardo (2008). Mountains in a flat world: why proximity still matters for the location of economic activity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1(3), 371-388. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsn011

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Ganau, Roberto, Maslauskaite, Kristina, Brezzi, Monica (2020). Credit constraints, labor productivity and the role of regional institutions: evidence from manufacturing firms in Europe. Journal of Regional Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12514

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Wilkie, Callum (2018). Innovating in less developed regions: what drives patenting in the lagging regions of Europe and North America. Growth and Change, https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12280

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Xiang, Leiboyu, Lee, Neil (2025). Finding stars: mapping the geography of the world’s scientific elites. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70055

Storper, Michael (2011). Why do regions develop and change?: the challenge for geography and economics. Journal of Economic Geography, 11(2), 333-346. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbq033

Wang, Han, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2025). Institutional reform, path development and firm creation: evidence from China. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaf039

Grantham Research Institute

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). Driving up wages: the effects of road construction in Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0120). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2014). First-come first-served: identifying the demand effect of immigration inflows on house prices. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0160). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hellenic Observatory

Fratesi, Ugo, Abreu, Maria, Bond-Smith, Steven, Corrado, Luisa, Ditzen, Jan, Felsenstein, Daniel, Fuerst, Franz, Ioramashvili, Carolin, Kopczewska, Katarzyna & Monastiriotis, Vassilis et al (2025). New theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions to spatial economics. Spatial Economic Analysis, 20(3), 363 - 367. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2545117

Fratesi, Ugo, Abreu, Maria, Bond-Smith, Steven, Corrado, Luisa, Ditzen, Jan, Felsenstein, Daniel, Fuerst, Franz, Ioramashvili, Carolin, Kopczewska, Katarzyna & Monastiriotis, Vassilis et al (2025). Spatial economic analysis in a globalised world. Spatial Economic Analysis, 20(4), 559 - 564. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2590297

Fratesi, Ugo, Abreu, Maria, Bond-Smith, Steven, Corrado, Luisa, Ditzen, Jan, Felsenstein, Daniel, Fuerst, Franz, Ioramashvili, Carolin, Kopczewska, Katarzyna & Monastiriotis, Vassilis et al (2025). Spillovers and small spatial scale analyses: contributions from spatial economics. Spatial Economic Analysis, 20(1), 1 - 7. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2466304

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2011). Making geographical sense of the Greek austerity measures: compositional effects and long-run implications. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 4(3), 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsr026

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2006). Sub-regional disparities in Britain: convergence, asymmetries and spatial dependence. (Research papers in environmental and spatial analysis 112). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Psycharis, Yiannis (2011). Without purpose and strategy?: a spatio-functional analysis of the regional allocation of public investment in Greece. (GreeSE 49). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.

International Development

Mukim, M. (2012). Does agglomeration boost innovation?: an econometric evaluation. Spatial Economic Analysis, 7(3), 357-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2012.694142

Nunnenkamp, Peter, Mukim, Megha (2012). The clustering of FDI in India: the importance of peer effects. Applied Economics Letters, 19(8), 749-753. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2011.602007

International Inequalities Institute

Capoani, Luigi, Lakócai, Csaba, Imbesi, Cristoforo, Van Veen, Violetta (2024). Blue Banana dynamics and the perspective of its edges. European Spatial Research and Policy, 31(2), 95 - 130. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.31.2.02

Fransham, Mark, Herbertson, Max, Pop, Mihaela, Bandeira Morais, Margarida, Lee, Neil (2023). Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality. Regional Studies, 57(11), 2339 - 2352. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159356

Gómez-Lobo, Andrés, Oviedo, Daniel (2023). Spatial inequalities in Latin America: mapping aggregate to micro-level disparities. (III Working Papers 123). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.7grkfyargkv1

Kemeny, Thomas, Storper, Michael (2020). Superstar cities and left-behind places: disruptive innovation, labor demand, and interregional inequality. (III Working Paper 41). International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.8uvxv9nscxrc

LSE

Diemer, Andreas, Regan, Tanner (2020). No inventor is an island: social connectedness and the geography of knowledge flows in the US. (CEP Discussion Papers 1731). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Duranton, Gilles (2007). Urban evolutions: the fast, the slow, and the still. American Economic Review, 97(1), 197-221. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.97.1.197

Livianos, Ilios, Tzika, Evi (2022). Precarious employment in Greece: economic crisis, labour market flexibilisation, and vulnerable workers. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 171). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nathan, Max, Overman, Henry G., Riom, Capucine, Sanchez Vidal, Maria (2024). Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2042). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Overman, Henry George, Winters, L. Alan (2003). Trade shocks and industrial location: the impact of EEC accession on the UK. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0588). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Robert-Nicoud, Frederic (2006). Agglomeration and trade with input-output linkages and capital mobility. Spatial Economic Analysis, 1(1), 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421770600662459

Scrutinio, Vincenzo, Fons-Rosen, Christian, Szemeredi, Katalin (2018). When a large company enters a local market, it stimulates local innovation.

LSE Human Rights

Arbia, Giuseppe, Espa, Giuseppe, Quah, Danny (2008). A class of spatial econometric methods in the empirical analysis of clusters of firms in space. Empirical Economics, 34(1), 81-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-007-0154-1

LSE IDEAS

Arbia, Giuseppe, Espa, Giuseppe, Quah, Danny (2008). A class of spatial econometric methods in the empirical analysis of clusters of firms in space. Empirical Economics, 34(1), 81-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-007-0154-1

Management

Estrin, Saul, Hu, Yuan, Shapiro, Daniel, Zhang, Peng (2024). Agglomeration costs limit sustainable innovation in cities in developing economies. PLOS ONE, 19(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308742

Huysentruyt, Marieke, Lefevere, Eva, Menon, Carlo (2013). Dynamics of retail-bank branching in Antwerp (Belgium) 1991–2006: evidence from micro-geographic data. Journal of Banking and Finance, 37(2), 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.08.023

McCann, Philip, Acs, Zoltan J. (2011). Globalization: countries, cities and multinationals. Regional Studies, 45(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.505915

School of Public Policy

Fierro, Pedro, Rivera, Sebastian, Brieba, Daniel (2026). The effects of marginalisation in areas of high political centralisation. Territory, Politics, Governance, 14(1), 42 - 65. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2435888

Urban and Spatial Programme

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Feddersen, Arne (2015). From periphery to core: measuring agglomeration effects using high-speed rail. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0172). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0158). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Nitsch, Volker, Wendland, Nicolai (2016). Ease vs. noise: on the conflicting effects of transportation infrastructure. (CESifo Working Paper Series 6058). CESifo Group Munich.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen J., Sturm, Daniel, Wolf, Nikolaus (2012). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin wall. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0118). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Moeller, Kristoffer, Wendland, Nicolai (2014). Chicken or egg? the PVAR econometrics of transportation. Journal of Economic Geography, 15(6), 1169-1193.

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel M., Wolf, Nikolaus (2015). The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin Wall. Econometrica, 83(6), 2127 - 2189. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10876

Ahrend, Rudiger, Farchy, Emily, Kaplanis, Ioannis, Lembcke, Alexander C. (2015). What makes cities more productive? Agglomeration economies and the role of urban governance: evidence from 5 OECD countries. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0178). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Becker, Sascha O., Heblich, Stephan, Sturm, Daniel (2018). The impact of public employment: evidence from Bonn. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP228). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bosquet, Clément, Combes, Pierre-Philippe (2013). Do large departments make academics more productive? agglomeration and peer effects in research. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0133). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Champion, Tony, Coombes, Mike (2012). Is Pennine England becoming more Polycentric or more Centripetal? an analysis of commuting flows in a transforming industrial region, 1981-2001. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0105). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Champion, Tony, Townsend, Alan (2012). Great Britain's second-order city regions in recessions, 1978-2010. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0104). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ciarli, Tommaso, Kofol, Chiara, Menon, Carlo (2015). Business as unusual. An explanation of the increase of private economic activity in high-conflict areas in Afghanistan. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0182). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Combes, Pierre-Philippe, Overman, Henry G. (2004). The spatial distribution of economic activities in the European Union. In Henderson, J. V., Thisse, J. F. (Eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography (pp. 2845-2910). North-Holland. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-7218(04)07064-9

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2012). Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational firms in European regions. (LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series 53/2012). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Pietrobelli, Carlo, Rabellotti, Roberta (2014). Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational corporations in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 14(6), 1053-1086. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbt018

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2012). Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union. Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 487-615. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00439.x

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael (2012). The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India. Journal of Economic Geography, 12(5), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs020

Dong, Zhengbin, Wu, Wenjie (2015). Exploring the geography of China's airport networks: a hybrid complex-network approach. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0173). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C. (2019). Tales of the city what do agglomeration cases tell us about agglomeration in general? (CEP Discussion Papers 1619). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Faggio, Giulia, Overman, Henry G. (2013). The effect of public sector employment on local labour markets. Journal of Urban Economics, 79, 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2013.05.002

Fingleton, Bernard, Longhi, Simonetta (2011). The effects of agglomeration on wages: evidence from the micro-level. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0081). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gagliardi, Luisa (2014). Employment and technological change: on the geography of labour market adjustments. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0165). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP117). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0214). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikäinen, Teemu, Overman, Henry, Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2019). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. Journal of Urban Economics, 110, 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.01.002

Gordon, Ian R., Kaplanis, Ioannis (2012). Accounting for big city growth in low paid occupations: immigration and/or service class consumption. (SERC Policy Papers 106). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Helmers, Christian, Overman, Henry G. (2013). My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0131). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Iammarino, Simona, Piva, Mariacristina, Vivarelli, Marco, von Tunzelmann, Nick (2013). Firm capabilities and cooperation for innovation: evidence from the UK regions. In Crescenzi, Riccardo, Percoco, Marco (Eds.), Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance (pp. 281-302). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33395-8_14

Jofre-Monseny, Jordi, Sánchez-Vidal, Maria, Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet (2015). Big plant closures and agglomeration economies. (SERC discussion papers SERCDP0179). Spatial Economics Research Centre.

Kemeny, Thomas, Storper, Michael (2012). Specialization and regional economic development. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0121). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Klein, Alexander, Leunig, Tim (2013). Gibrat's Law and the British industrial revolution. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0140). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Klein, Alexander, Leunig, Tim (2015). Gibrat’s law and the British industrial revolution. (Economic History working paper series 221/2015). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2011). Making geographical sense of the Greek austerity measures: compositional effects and long-run implications. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 4(3), 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsr026

Monastiriotis, Vassilis (2006). Sub-regional disparities in Britain: convergence, asymmetries and spatial dependence. (Research papers in environmental and spatial analysis 112). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Psycharis, Yiannis (2011). Without purpose and strategy?: a spatio-functional analysis of the regional allocation of public investment in Greece. (GreeSE 49). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Psycharis, Yiannis, Tselios, Vassilis (2012). Public investment and regional growth and convergence: evidence from Greece. Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00444.x

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Crescenzi, Riccardo (2008). Mountains in a flat world: why proximity still matters for the location of economic activity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1(3), 371-388. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsn011

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). Decomposing the impact of immigration on house prices. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP223). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). Driving up wages: the effects of road construction in Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0120). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2014). First-come first-served: identifying the demand effect of immigration inflows on house prices. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0160). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sarvimäki, Matti (2011). Agglomeration in the periphery. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0080). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vermeulen, Wouter (2011). Agglomeration externalities and urban growth controls. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0093). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wren, Colin (2011). Geographic concentration and the temporal scope of agglomeration economics: an index decomposition. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0094). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2012). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP117). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikainen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa (2017). New road infrastructure: the effects on firms. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0214). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Helmers, Christian, Overman, Henry G. (2013). My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0131). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.