Recent -selected- Research
References across the fence: measuring the dialogue between economists and geographers, Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, Vol.11, pp. Pp. 371-385, with H.Garretsen, C. van Marrewijk. link
Structural Change in OECD comparative Advantage, The Journal of International Trade& Economic Development, 2011, October, pp 1-22, with R.Inklaar, C. van Marrewijk. link
Adding Geography to the new economic geography; Bridging the gap between theory and empirics, Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbq003, with M.Bosker, H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
Economic Geography within and between European nations: The role of market Potential and Density across space and Time, Journal of Regional Science, 2009, Vol. 49, pp.777-800. with H.Garretsen, C van Marrewijk. link
Trade and Geography: Paul Krugman and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, Spatial Economic Analysis, 2009 vol. 4, issue 1. with H.Garretsen. link
Ports, Plagues, and Politics: Explaining Italian City Growth: 1300-1861, European Review of Economic History, 2009 Vol.12, pp. 97-131. with M.Bosker, H.Garretsen, H.de Jong. link
It's a big World after all: on the economic impact of location and distance, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2008, Vol.1, pp.1-27. with C. van Marrewijk. link
A Century of Shocks: The Evolution of the German City Size Distribution: 1925-1999,Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2008, Vol. 38, pp. 330-347. with M.Bosker, H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
Looking for Multiple Equilibria when Geography Matters: German City Growth and the WWII shock, Journal of Urban Economics, 2007, Vol.61, pp152-169. with M.Bosker, H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
Putting New Economic Geography to the test:Freeness of trade and Agglomeration in EU Regions, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, Vol.36, pp.613-635. with H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
The Strategic Bombing of German Cities during World War II and its Impact on City Growth, Journal of Economic Geography, 2004, Vol.4, 201-218. with H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
The Spatial Distribution of Wages and Employment: Estimating the Helpman-Hanson model for Germany, Journal of Regional Science,2004, Vol. 44, pp.437-466 2004. with H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
Recent working papers
Lumpy Countries, Urbanization and Trade, CESifo Working paper No. 3669, 2011, with C.van Marrewijk. link
The Positive Border Effect of EU Integration, CESifo Working paper No. 3335, 2011, with H.Garretsen, C.van Marrewijk, A. Oumer. link
Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China's Economic Geography,CEPR discussion paper, No. 8106, 2010. with M.Bosker, H.Garretsen, M.Schramm. link
Structural Change in OECD Comparative Advantage, Cesifo Working paper, No. 3033, 2010. with R. Inklaar, C van Marrewijk. link
Market Liberalization in the Natural Gas Market, Cesifo Working paper, No. 2697, 2009 link
Unlocking the Value of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Cesifo Working paper, 2294, 2008, link
Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: On revealed comparative advantage and merger waves, Cesifo Working paper, 1602, link