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Working Papers

2025

1. Sorting to Expensive Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Comparative advantage and equilibrium unemployment
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Comparative advantage and equilibrium unemployment, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
3. Tech Clusters
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019)
   See also Journal Article Tech Clusters, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2019

4. Trade and frictional unemployment in the global economy
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (20)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (10)
   SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2015) View citations (12)
   Working Papers, University of Geneva, Geneva School of Economics and Management (2015) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Trade and Frictional Unemployment in the Global Economy, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2018

5. On the Heterogenous Effect of Trade on Unemployment
   UNCTAD Blue Series Papers, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
   Also in Working Papers, FERDI (2016) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, FERDI (2016) View citations (1)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (1)

2017

6. Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting
   SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (11)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) View citations (9)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (11)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (10) (2022)
7. Le commerce international bénéficie-t-il aux zones frontalières ?
   Post-Print, HAL

2016

8. The Optimal Distribution of Population across Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article The optimal distribution of population across cities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (35) (2019)

2015

9. Trade and Towns: Heterogeneous Adjustment to a Border Shock
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie (2015) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Trade and towns: Heterogeneous adjustment to a border shock, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (11) (2018)

2014

10. Agglomeration theory with heterogeneous agents
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous Agents, Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (65) (2015)
11. TRADE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
    UNCTAD Blue Series Papers, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development View citations (16)
    Also in Working Papers, FERDI (2014) View citations (16)
    Papers, World Trade Institute (2014) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, FERDI (2014) View citations (16)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (16)
    Papers, World Trade Institute (2014) View citations (4)

2012

12. On the Origins of Land Use Regulations: Theory and Evidence from US Metro Areas
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2009) View citations (6)
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) (2010) View citations (14)
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (10)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article On the origins of land use regulations: Theory and evidence from US metro areas, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (113) (2013)
13. THE ‘EMULATOR EFFECT’ OF THE URUGUAY ROUND ON UNITED STATES REGIONALISM
    UNCTAD Blue Series Papers, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

2010

14. Productive cities: Sorting, selection and agglomeration
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection, and Agglomeration, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (260) (2014)
15. The 'Emulator Effect' of the Uruguay Round on US Regionalism
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (6)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The “Emulator Effect” of the Uruguay Round on US Regionalism, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
16. Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An Integrating Framework
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An integrating framework, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (122) (2014)

2009

17. Industrial policy: why governments pick losers
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
18. Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Polarization, and Income Inequality
    Cahiers de recherche, CIRPEE View citations (5)

2008

19. A Simple Model of the Juggernaut Effect of Trade Liberalisation
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article A simple model of the juggernaut effect of trade liberalisation, International Economics, CEPII research center (2015) View citations (9) (2015)
20. Labor Market Reforms, Job Instability, and the Flexibility of the Employment Relationship
    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 (2008) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Labor market reforms, job instability, and the flexibility of the employment relationship, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
21. OWNERS OF DEVELOPED LAND VERSUS OWNERS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND: WHY LAND USE IS MORE CONSTRAINED IN THE BAY AREA
    ERES, European Real Estate Society (ERES) View citations (2)
22. Offshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade
    Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano View citations (1)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2007) View citations (48)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (53)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (52)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (57)
23. Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Agglomeration, Selection and Polarisation
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (14)
    Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2008) View citations (6)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) View citations (7)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (11)

2007

24. Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying: Why Governments Pick Losers
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (108)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (28)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (95)
    See also Journal Article Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying: Why Governments Pick Losers, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2007) View citations (114) (2007)
25. Homeownership and land use controls: a dynamic model with voting and lobbying
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (6)
26. Protection for Sale Made Easy
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (8)

2006

27. Agglomeration and welfare: The core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (49)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2003) View citations (12)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (14)
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2006) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Agglomeration and welfare: The core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (57) (2006)
28. Can South-South Trade Liberalisation Stimulate North-South Trade?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Can South-South trade Liberalisation Stimulate North-South Trade ?, Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University (2006) View citations (11) (2006)
29. Off-Shoring of Business Services and De-Industrialization: Threat or Opportunity - and for Whom?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (3)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (5)
30. Owners of Developed Land versus Owners of Undeveloped Land: Why Land Use is More Constrained in the Bay Area than in Pittsburgh
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (14)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (14)
31. Trade and Growth with Heterogeneous Firms
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (11)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (9)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (30)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (16)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Trade and growth with heterogeneous firms, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (122) (2008)

2004

32. Labor Market Frictions, Job Insecurity and the Flexibility of the Employment Relationship
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
33. The 'Genome' of NEG Models with Vertical Linkages: A Positive and Normative Synthesis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The 'genome' of NEG models with vertical linkages: a positive and normative synthesis, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2006) View citations (44) (2006)
34. The Core Periphery Model: Key Features and Effects
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
35. The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity: A Comment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (2)
36. The Structure of Simple 'New Economic Geography' Models
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (32)

2003

37. Economic Geography and Public Policy
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (879)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2003) View citations (757)
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL (2003) View citations (887)
    See also Book Economic Geography and Public Policy, Economics Books, Princeton University Press (2005) View citations (91) (2005)
38. The Role of Human Capital Investments in the Location Decisions of Firms
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The role of human capital investments in the location decision of firms, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (47) (2005)

2001

39. Agglomeration and Growth with and without Capital Mobility
    Discussion Paper Series, Hamburg Institute of International Economics
    Also in HWWA Discussion Papers, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) (2001)

1999

40. Endogenous Regional Policy in a Model of Agglomeration
    IHEID Working Papers, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Erratum to Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (643), 1233-1233 View citations (10)
2. Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (643), 1011-1036 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Highways, Market Access and Spatial Sorting, SERC Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2021

3. Editorial: into a third decade
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, (2), 165-168
4. On the economic geography of climate change
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, (4), 487-491 View citations (6)

2020

5. Comparative advantage and equilibrium unemployment
   European Economic Review, 2020, 127, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Comparative advantage and equilibrium unemployment, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
6. Tech Clusters
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34, (3), 50-76 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Tech Clusters, NBER Working Papers (2020) (2020)
7. Trade and Frictional Unemployment in the Global Economy
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (6), 2869-2921 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Trade and frictional unemployment in the global economy, CEPR Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (20) (2019)

2019

8. The optimal distribution of population across cities
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 110, (C), 102-113 View citations (35)
   See also Working Paper The Optimal Distribution of Population across Cities, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (7) (2016)

2018

9. Trade and towns: Heterogeneous adjustment to a border shock
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 105, (C), 162-175 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Trade and Towns: Heterogeneous Adjustment to a Border Shock, CEPR Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2017

10. Editorial: Economic Geography IMPULSES
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2017, 17, (5), 927-933 View citations (5)

2015

11. A simple model of the juggernaut effect of trade liberalisation
    International Economics, 2015, (143), 70-79 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper A Simple Model of the Juggernaut Effect of Trade Liberalisation, CEP Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (6) (2008)

2014

12. Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection, and Agglomeration
    Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122, (3), 507 - 553 View citations (260)
    See also Working Paper Productive cities: Sorting, selection and agglomeration, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (51) (2010)
13. Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Urbanisation and Inequality
    Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (581), 1371-1400 View citations (60)
14. The “Emulator Effect” of the Uruguay Round on US Regionalism
    Review of International Economics, 2014, 22, (5), 1049-1078 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The 'Emulator Effect' of the Uruguay Round on US Regionalism, CEPR Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
15. Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An integrating framework
    Journal of International Economics, 2014, 92, (1), 51-62 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An Integrating Framework, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (67) (2010)

2013

16. On the origins of land use regulations: Theory and evidence from US metro areas
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 75, (C), 29-43 View citations (113)
    See also Working Paper On the Origins of Land Use Regulations: Theory and Evidence from US Metro Areas, CEPR Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2011

17. Tempora mutantur: in search of a new testament for NEG
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11, (2), 215-230 View citations (10)

2009

18. Krugman's Papers in Regional Science: The 100 dollar bill on the sidewalk is gone and the 2008 Nobel Prize well‐deserved*
    Papers in Regional Science, 2009, 88, (2), 467-489 View citations (17)
19. Labor market reforms, job instability, and the flexibility of the employment relationship
    European Economic Review, 2009, 53, (1), 19-36 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Labor Market Reforms, Job Instability, and the Flexibility of the Employment Relationship, CEP Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

20. Offshoring of routine tasks and (de)industrialisation: Threat or opportunity--And for whom?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63, (2), 517-535 View citations (38)
21. Trade and growth with heterogeneous firms
    Journal of International Economics, 2008, 74, (1), 21-34 View citations (122)
    See also Working Paper Trade and Growth with Heterogeneous Firms, CEP Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (11) (2006)

2007

22. Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying: Why Governments Pick Losers
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5, (5), 1064-1093 View citations (114)
    See also Working Paper Entry and Asymmetric Lobbying: Why Governments Pick Losers, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (108) (2007)

2006

23. Agglomeration and Trade with Input–Output Linkages and Capital Mobility
    Spatial Economic Analysis, 2006, 1, (1), 101-126 View citations (12)
24. Agglomeration and welfare: The core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 325-347 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper Agglomeration and welfare: The core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls, Post-Print (2006) View citations (49) (2006)
25. Can South-South trade Liberalisation Stimulate North-South Trade ?
    Journal of Economic Integration, 2006, 21, 234-253 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Can South-South Trade Liberalisation Stimulate North-South Trade?, CEPR Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (12) (2006)
26. The 'genome' of NEG models with vertical linkages: a positive and normative synthesis
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2006, 6, (2), 113-139 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper The 'Genome' of NEG Models with Vertical Linkages: A Positive and Normative Synthesis, CEPR Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (5) (2004)

2005

27. The role of human capital investments in the location decision of firms
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2005, 35, (5), 570-583 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Human Capital Investments in the Location Decisions of Firms, CEPR Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (5) (2003)
28. The structure of simple 'New Economic Geography' models (or, On identical twins)
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2005, 5, (2), 201-234 View citations (65)

2004

29. Home-market vs. vote-market effect: Location equilibrium in a probabilistic voting model
    European Economic Review, 2004, 48, (1), 155-179 View citations (21)

2000

30. Free trade agreements without delocation
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (3), 766-786 View citations (25)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2000, 33, (3), 766-786 (2000) View citations (17)

Books

2005

1. Economic Geography and Public Policy
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (91)
   See also Working Paper Economic Geography and Public Policy, Post-Print, HAL (2003) View citations (879) (2003)

Chapters

2015

1. Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous Agents
   Elsevier View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper Agglomeration theory with heterogeneous agents, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2005

2. Introduction
   A chapter in Economic Geography and Public Policy, 2005

Editor

1. Journal of Economic Geography
   Oxford University Press