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Working Papers

2019

1. Economic Geography Aspects of the Panama Canal
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019)
   Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz (2019)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019)
2. Migration and Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
   Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2016)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (1)
3. The distance elasticity at short distances - A study of the library choice of Oxford students
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
4. Trade and growth in the Iron Age
   CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2018

5. A Dissection of Trading Capital: Trade in the Aftermath of the Fall of the Iron Curtain
   Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2018)
6. Of Mice and Merchants: Trade and Growth in the Iron Age
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (3)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (3)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2018) View citations (5)
   Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz (2018) View citations (3)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2018) View citations (3)
7. Roads and Urban Growth
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2017

8. Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long Run Evidence from Tanzania
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich (2017) View citations (1)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2017) View citations (1)
   SERC Discussion Papers, Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE (2017) View citations (7)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (1)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) View citations (1)
9. Resetting the urban network: 117-2012
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (32)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (20)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013) View citations (27)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (30)
   2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) View citations (27)

2016

10. Flooded Cities
    CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (4)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) View citations (8)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (8)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (6)
    GRI Working Papers, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (2015)

2015

11. The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (3)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2015) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2017)
12. The upside of London Tube strikes
    CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2014

13. A Dissection of Trading Capital: Cultural persistence of trade in the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain
    Discussion Papers in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (1)
14. A Fable of Bees and Gravity
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
15. Can cities be trapped in bad locations?
    CentrePiece - The Magazine for Economic Performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2013

16. Cities as Spatial Clusters
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Geography (2014)
17. Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (10)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (16)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (24)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (9)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (14)

2011

18. Advertising Expenditure and Consumer Prices
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2013)
19. Success and Failure of African Exporters
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (37)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2013)

2010

20. Trade as an Engine of Creative Destruction Mexico experience with Chinese competition
    Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (2013)

2008

21. An explanation for the inverted-U relationship between competition and innovation
    Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics View citations (3)
22. Urbanisation and Structural Transformation
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012)

Journal Articles

2019

1. The Open Sea: The Economic Life of the Ancient Mediterranean World from the Iron Age to the Rise of Rome. By J. G. Manning. Princeton, New Jersey and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018. Pp. xxvi, 414. $35.00, hardcover
   The Journal of Economic History, 2019, 79, (1), 294-296

2018

2. A Dissection of Trading Capital: Trade in the Aftermath of the Fall of the Iron Curtain
   The Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78, (2), 358-393
   See also Working Paper (2018)
3. Resetting the Urban Network: 117–2012
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (608), 378-412 View citations (8)

2017

4. The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (4), 2019-2055 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

5. The Geometry of the Distance Coefficient in Gravity Equations in International Trade
   Review of International Economics, 2016, 24, (5), 1167-1177 View citations (8)

2014

6. Cities as spatial clusters
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2014, 14, (4), 759-773 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

7. Advertising expenditure and consumer prices
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2013, 31, (4), 331-341 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
8. Success and failure of African exporters
   Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101, (C), 284-296 View citations (55)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
9. Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition
   Journal of International Economics, 2013, 89, (2), 379-392 View citations (58)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2012

10. Urbanization and Structural Transformation
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (2), 535-586 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

Chapters

2015

1. Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition**The authors are grateful to Gerardo Leyva and Abigail Duran for granting us access to INEGI data at the offices of INEGI in Aguascalientes under the commitment of complying with the confidentiality requirements set by the Mexican Laws. Special thanks go to all INEGI employees who provided assistance and answered our questions. in particular to Gabriel Romero, Alejandro cano. Araceli Martinez, Armando Arellanes, Ramon Sanchez, Otoniel Soto, candida Aguilar. and Adriana Ramirez. We also thank Christian Hansen for his help with the implementation of the quantile IV regressions and Philippe Aghion, Tibor Besedes, Chad Bown. Ana Cusolito, Judith Dean, Aaditya Mattoo. Guy Michaels, Emanuel Ornelas, Stephen Redding, Daniel Sturm as well as the participants at the seminars ofETSG, USITC, Penn State, Boston University, University of Vienna, london School of Economics, St Andrews University, FREIT, the World Bank trade seminar. the Econometric Society World Congress and the University of Kent for helpful comments. The views contained in this paper are of the authors and not necessarily those of the World Bank. The financial support of the World Bank's Research Support Budget is gratefully acknowledged
   Chapter 19 in Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty Essays in Applied International Trade Analysis, 2015, pp 393-406 View citations (1)