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CEP Insights
 Cities and regions Henry G. Overman
August 2021
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Tags: economic geography; cities; regions; spatial disparities
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 Consumer city: evidence from smartphone data Yuhei Miyauchi, Kentaro Nakajima and Stephen J. Redding
August 2021
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Tags: economic geography; technological change; cities; transport; consumerism; labour markets
CEP discussion paper
 Dynamic spatial general equilibrium Benny Kleinman, Ernest Liu and Stephen J. Redding
July 2021
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Tags: spatial dynamics; economic geography; trade; migration
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 Reflections on struggling high streets Henry G. Overman
June 2021
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Tags: covid-19; economic geography; trade; growth; policy; business
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 State capacity and development clusters Timothy Besley, Chris Dann and Torsten Persson
June 2021
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Tags: economic geography; trade; development; conflict; institutions; development; politics;
External publication
 Pancakes to Pyramids: City Form to Promote Sustainable Growth (English) Somik V. Lall, Mathilde Lebrand, Hogeun Park, Daniel M. Sturm and Anthony J. Venables June 2021
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Tags: growth; economic geography; environment; cities; urban
CEP discussion paper
 Suburbanization in the United States 1970-2010 Stephen J. Redding
May 2021
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JEL Classification: R12; R30; R40

Tags: economic geography; suburbanization; transportation
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 Government urban regeneration initiative failed to improve Britain's most deprived areas Henry G. Overman
May 2021
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Tags: economic geography; social mobility; regeneration; growth; policy
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 Why housing is built in flood-prone coastal areas Yatang Lin, Thomas K.J. McDermott and Guy Michaels
April 2021
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Tags: economic geography; urban; enivronment
Journal article
 The impact of public employment: Evidence from Bonn Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich and Daniel M. Sturm
March 2021
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Tags: economic geography; german division; place-based policies; public employment
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 Why central London has seen the biggest rises in house prices, despite COVID Paul Cheshire, Christian A. L. Hilber and Olivier Schöni March 2021
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Tags: covid-19; economic geography; housing market; housing; houses; prices
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 Understanding Educational Progression at the Local Level: Portsmouth, The Northern City on the South Coast Jo Blanden, Hector Espinoza, Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura March 2021
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Tags: economic geography; schools; education; equality; policy
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 Trade protection along supply chains: how antidumping measures against China hurt downstream industries Chad Bown, Paola Conconi, Aksel Erbahar and Lorenzo Trimarchi February 2021
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Tags: economic geography; supply chains; usa; china; policy; tax; production; employment; wages; investment; sales; trade
CEP discussion paper
 Quantifying the externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data: The case of biogas Christian Krekel, Julia Rechlitz, Johannes Rode and Alexander Zerrahn December 2020
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JEL Classification: C23; Q42; Q51; R20

Tags: renewables; biogas; externalities; social acceptance; wellbeing; spatial analysis; economic geography
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 Lockdown shows us it is not work that attracts us to big cities - but the social life Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel December 2020
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Tags: covid-19; geography; economic geography; cities; employment;
CEP discussion paper
 Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel
December 2020
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JEL Classification: J2; J3; R2; R3; R5

Tags: covid-19; dynamic; housing; migration; rents; pollution; productivity; spatial equilibrium; quality of life; wages; welfare; economic geography; productivity; wages; wellbeing
CEP discussion paper
 Are bigger banks better? Firm-level evidence from Germany Kilian Huber
December 2020
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JEL Classification: E24; E44; G21; G28

Tags: bank regulation; big banks; bank size; economic growth; brexit; economic geography; employment; globalisation; productivity; technological change
CEP discussion paper
 All aboard: the effects of port development César Ducruet, Réka Juhász, Dávid Krisztián Nagy and Claudia Steinwender
December 2020
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JEL Classification: R40; O33; F6

Tags: port development; containerization; quantitative economic geography
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 The impact of public employment: evidence from West Germany's post-war capital Bonn Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich and Daniel M. Sturm November 2020
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Tags: economic geography; public employment; private sector; west germany; bonn; spillovers; synthetic control
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 Transport infrastructure expenditure: while there is no strong evidence of significant regional differences, the data available is problematic Henry G. Overman October 2020
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Tags: economic geography; inequality; infrastructure
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 The use of designer reputation to build tall in London Paul Cheshire
October 2020
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Tags: economic geography; urban
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CEP discussion paper
 Prime locations Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Thilo N. H. Albers and Kristian Behrens
October 2020
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JEL Classification: R38; R52; R58

Tags: prime services; internal city structure; agent-based model; multiple equilibria and path dependence; transport networks; cities; economic geography
Blog
 Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus? Matthew Clancy, Diane Coyle, Jonathan Dingel, Elena Magrini, Philip McCann, Max Nathan, Henry G. Overman and Helen Simpson September 2020
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Tags: covid-19; urban; economic geography; productivity
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 Benefits, costs, and 'levelling up' Henry G. Overman
September 2020
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CEP discussion paper
 Trade and geography Stephen J. Redding
September 2020
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JEL Classification: F1; J4; R1; R4

Tags: trade; geography; local labor markets
Journal article
 Devolving skills: the case of the apprenticeship grant for employers Chiara Cavaglia, Sandra McNally and Henry G. Overman
August 2020
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Tags: economic geography; apprenticeships; devolution; employment
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 The effects of supporting local business: evidence from the UK Elias Einiö and Henry G. Overman
July 2020
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Tags: uk economy; employment; inequality; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Gravity in international finance: evidence from fees on equity transactions Luke Milsom, Vladimír Pažitka, Isabelle Roland and Dariusz Wójcik July 2020
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JEL Classification: F14; F23;;F65; G15; G24

Tags: gravity; international trade; international finance; equity securities underwriting; multinational business networks; financial geography
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 Migration and Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa Jan David Bakker, Christopher Parsons and Ferdinand Rauch
June 2020
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Tags: economic geography; migration; natural experiment; urbanization
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 Place-based policies and spatial disparities across European cities Maximilian v. Ehrlich and Henry G. Overman
June 2020
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Tags: economic geography; human capital; skills; occupational choice; labor productivity; wage level and structure; regional labor markets; population; neighborhood characteristics
Journal article
 The Belt and Road Initiative: Reshaping economic geography in Central Asia? Julia Bird, Mathilde Sylvie Maria Lebrand and Anthony J. Venables May 2020
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Tags: central asia; economic geography; regional integration; spatial modeling; transport infrastructure
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 The making of the modern metropolis: evidence from London Stephan Heblich, Stephen J. Redding and Daniel M. Sturm
May 2020
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JEL Classification: O18; R12; R40

Tags: economic geography; transportation; housing; infrastructure; agglomeration; urbanization
Journal article
 The role of demand in land re-development Felipe Carozzi
May 2020
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Tags: economic geography; brownfields; land re-development; land supply
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 Housing: 'no shortage' - is it nonsense? Paul Cheshire
December 2019
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Tags: economic geography; housing; policy
Journal article
 Geography, competition, and optimal multilateral trade policy Antonella Nocco, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano and Matteo Salto
September 2019
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JEL Classification: D4;D6;F1;L0;L1

Tags: international trade policy; monopolistic competition; firm heterogeneity; pricing to market; multilateralism; productivity; globalisation; economic geography
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 Are all trade agreements equal? The role of distance in shaping the effect of economic integration agreements on trade flows Rebecca Freeman and Samuel Pienknagura May 2019
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Tags: economic distance; geography; gravity; integration agreements; trade agreements;
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 Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities Stephen Gibbons, Sandra McNally and Martina Viarengo October 2018
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Tags: school funding; economic geography; pupil attainment
Journal article
 Market Potential and Global Growth over the Long Twentieth Century David S. Jacks and Dennis Novy
September 2018
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Tags: economic geography; market potential; structural gravity; trade costs;
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CEP discussion paper
 The making of the modern metropolis: evidence from London Stephan Heblich, Stephen J. Redding and Daniel M. Sturm
September 2018
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JEL Classification: O18; R12; R40

Tags: agglomeration; urbanization; transportation; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Market potential and global growth over the long twentieth century David S. Jacks and Dennis Novy
July 2018
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JEL Classification: F1; N7

Tags: economic geography; market potential; structural gravity; trade costs
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 The Impact of Public Employment: Evidence from Bonn Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich and Daniel M. Sturm
January 2018
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JEL Classification: F15; J45; N44; R12

Tags: economic geography; public employment; place-based policies; german division
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 Where industry is strong and where it’s weak – key facts of UK business geography Sandra Bernick, Richard Davies and Anna Valero October 2017
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Tags: brexit; british and irish politics and policy; cep; economy and society; featured; british business; british economy; business; firms; geography; industry
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CEP discussion paper
 Quantitative spatial economics Stephen J. Redding and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
October 2016
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JEL Classification: F10; F14; R12; R23; R41

Tags: agglomeration; cities; economic geography; quantitative models; spatial economics
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CEP discussion paper
 Estimating border effects: the impact of spatial aggregation Cletus C. Coughlin and Dennis Novy
May 2016
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JEL Classification: F10; F15; R12

Tags: gravity; geography; borders; trade costs; heterogeneity; home bias; spatial attenuation; modifiable areal unit problem (maup)
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 The economics of density: evidence from the Berlin Wall Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Stephen J. Redding, Daniel M. Sturm and Nikolaus Wolf November 2015
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Tags: economic geography
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 Urban Economics and Urban Policy Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry G. Overman
May 2014
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Tags: economic geography; cities; urban policy making
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Urbanity Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt
May 2013
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JEL Classification: R20; R30

Tags: amenities; consumer city; hedonic analysis; photography geography; property prices
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Do Large Departments Make Academics More Productive? Agglomeration and Peer Effects in Research Clément Bosquet and Pierre-Philippe Combes April 2013
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JEL Classification: R12; J24; I3

Tags: productivity determinants; economic geography; networks; economics of science; selection and endogeneity
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CEP discussion paper
 The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Stephen J. Redding, Daniel M. Sturm and Nikolaus Wolf June 2012
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JEL Classification: N34; O18; R12

Tags: agglomeration; dispersion; density; cities; economic geography

'The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall', Econometrica, Volume 83, Issue 6, November 2015
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CEP discussion paper
 Agglomeration, Trade and Selection Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano
February 2012
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JEL Classification: F12; R11; R12

Tags: agglomeration; trade; heterogeneity; selection; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 A Many-Country Model of Industrialization Holger Breinlich and Alejandro Cuñat
September 2011
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JEL Classification: F11; F12; F14; O14

Tags: industrialization; economic geography; international trade
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 The Effects of Agglomeration on Wages: Evidence from the Micro-Level Bernard Fingleton and Simonetta Longhi
June 2011
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JEL Classification: C21; C31; C33; D1; O18; R20; R12

Tags: urban economics; new economic geography; household panel data
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Economic Geographers and the Limelight: The Reaction to the 2009 World Development Report Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
April 2010
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JEL Classification: R0; R19

Tags: economic geography
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Self-Reinforcing Shocks: Evidence from a Resettlement Policy Aki Kangasharju and Matti Sarvimäki
April 2010
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JEL Classification: F12; J10; R12; N94

Tags: economic geography; agglomeration; migration
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Regional Manufacturing Wages: Dancing to the Tune of Trade Shocks Filipe Lage de Sousa
April 2010
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; R12

Tags: economic geography; trade shocks; manufacturing wages
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Predicting the Geography of House Prices Bernard Fingleton
February 2010
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JEL Classification: C21; C31; O18; R12; R31

Tags: new economic geography; real estate prices; spatial econometrics; panel data; prediction
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Analysing the Impact of Public Capital Stock Using the NEG Wage Equation: A Panel Data Approach Bernard Fingleton and Miguel Gómez-Antonio June 2009
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JEL Classification: H54; R11; R15; C21

Tags: spatial economics; public infrastructure; productivity; panel data; economic geography
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Simulating Wages and House Prices Using the NEG Bernard Fingleton
April 2009
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JEL Classification: C21; C31; O18; R12; R31

Tags: new economic geography; real estate prices; spatial econometrics
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CEP discussion paper
 The Empirics of New Economic Geography Stephen J. Redding
April 2009
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; O10

Tags: new economic geography; market access; industrial location; multiple equilibria
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CEP discussion paper
 Economic Geography: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature Stephen J. Redding
January 2009
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; O10

Tags: new economic geography; market access; home market effect; multiple equilibria
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CEP discussion paper
 Why Capital does not Migrate to the South: A New Economic Geography Perspective Jang Ping Thia
November 2008
Paper No' CEPDP0895:
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JEL Classification: F12; F15

Tags: firm heterogeneity; capital mobility; economic geography
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SERC/Urban and Spatial Programme Discussion Paper
 Prediction Using Panel Data Regression with Spatial Random Effects Bernard Fingleton
September 2008
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JEL Classification: C33; O10; F02

Tags: panel data; spatially correlated error components; economic geography; spatial econometrics
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CEP discussion paper
 History and Industry Location: Evidence from German Airports Stephen J. Redding, Daniel M. Sturm and Nikolaus Wolf
July 2007
Paper No' CEPDP0809:
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JEL Classification: F14; F15; N74

Tags: industry location; economic geography; german division; german reunification
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CEP discussion paper
 Economic Linkages Across Space Henry G. Overman, Patricia Rice and Anthony J. Venables
June 2007
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JEL Classification: R00; R58

Tags: spatial linkages; urban systems; new economic geography; urban and regional policy
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CEP discussion paper
 Firms in International Trade Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott
May 2007
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; O10

Tags: economic geography; international trade
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CEP discussion paper
 Shifts in Economic Geography and their Causes Anthony J. Venables
December 2006
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JEL Classification: F1; R1

Tags: economic geography; urbanisation; world economy; productivity
Journal article
 Causes of sprawl: a portrait from space Marcy Burchfield, Henry G. Overman, Diego Puga and Matthew A. Turner
May 2006
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Tags: economic geography; urban development; metropolitan growth; transport infrastructure
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 Testing for localization using micro-geographic data Gilles Duranton and Henry G. Overman
October 2005
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CEP discussion paper
 Agglomeration and the Adjustment of the Spatial Economy Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton and Henry G. Overman
May 2005
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JEL Classification: R00; R58

Tags: urban systems; new economic geography; urban and regional policy; diagrammatic exposition
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CEP discussion paper
 The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from German Division and Reunification Stephen J. Redding and Daniel M. Sturm
May 2005
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JEL Classification: F15; N94; O18

Tags: market access; economic geography; german division; german reunification
Journal article
 Economic geography and international inequality Stephen J. Redding and Anthony J. Venables
January 2004
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; O10

Tags: economic geography; economic development; international trade; inequality; globalisation; wages
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CEP discussion paper
 The Geography of UK International Trade Henry G. Overman and L. Alan Winters
January 2004
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JEL Classification: F15; F14; R12

Tags: uk trade; eec; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Trade Shocks and Industrial Location: the Impact of EEC Accession on the UK Henry G. Overman and L. Alan Winters
November 2003
Paper No' CEPDP0588:
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JEL Classification: F15; F14; R12

Tags: uk manufacturing industry; eec; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Can We Learn Anything from Economic Geography Proper? Henry G. Overman
October 2003
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JEL Classification: B41; B52; F12; R00

Tags: economic geography; geographical economics; regional science; relational economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Distance, Skill Deepening and Development: Will Peripheral Countries Ever Get Rich? Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott
June 2003
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JEL Classification: F12;F14;O10

Tags: economic geography; human capital; international inequality; international trade
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CEP discussion paper
 Explaining Cross-Country Export Performance: International Linkages and Internal Geography Stephen J. Redding and Anthony J. Venables September 2002
Paper No' CEPDP0549:
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JEL Classification: F12;F14;O10

Tags: economic development; economic geography; international trade
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CEP discussion paper
 Factor Price Equalization in the UK? Andrew B. Bernard, Stephen J. Redding, Peter K. Schott and Helen Simpson
September 2002
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JEL Classification: F14;C14

Tags: elative factor prices; diversification cones; technology; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Globalization in History: A Geographical Perspective Nicholas Crafts and Anthony J. Venables
March 2002
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JEL Classification: F1;N1;N7

Tags: globalization; economic geography; economic history
Book
 The Spatial Economy Masahisa Fujita, P Krugman and Anthony J. Venables
July 2001
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CEP discussion paper
 Economic Geography and International Inequality Stephen J. Redding and Anthony J. Venables
May 2001
Paper No' CEPDP0495:
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JEL Classification: F12; F14; O10

Tags: economic development; economic geography; international trade
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CEP discussion paper
 Spatial Evolution of the US Urban System Y Ioannides and Henry G. Overman
November 2000
Paper No' CEPDP0482:
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Tags: urban growth; spatial evolution; economic geography
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CEP discussion paper
 Internet Cluster Emergence Danny Quah
February 2000
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Tags: distribution dynamics; economic geography; internet; location; space; time; toepitz; weightless economy
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