Journal of Regional Science

1962 - 2026

Current editor(s): Marlon G. Boarnet, Matthew Kahn and Mark D. Partridge

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Volume 66, issue 4, 2026

Beyond Dispersion: Density, Industry, and Political Fragmentation in the Geography of Regional Job Centers pp. 1005-1028

Zakhary Mallett and Nicholas Wilsey

When Infrastructure Pushes Residents Out: High‐Speed Rail and Tourism Outflows pp. 1029-1050

David Boto‐García, José Francisco Baños‐Pino and Alejandro Cazón‐Flores

Strengthening Institutions for a Green and Digital Future: Regional Evidence from Europe's Twin Transition pp. 1051-1067

Martina Dal Molin and Chiara Leggerini

Telecom Expansion and Internal Migrants in Indian Cities pp. 1068-1092

Arnab Dutta and Gregory Randolph

Do Land Value Taxes Curb Land Prices? Capitalization, Speculation, and Spatial Inequality in Loja, Ecuador pp. 1093-1108

José María Tubío‐Sánchez and Fabián Reyes‐Bueno

Sweating Assets: The Effect of Extreme Heat on the Housing Market pp. 1109-1121

Jindong Pang, Jie Feng and Yuan Zhao

Impact of Place‐Based Policy on Land Lease Price and Its Productivity Premium: Evidence From China's Development Zone Program pp. 1122-1139

Lin Mei and Qiangmin Xi

The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis pp. 1140-1165

Isaac Mann and David M. Levinson

The Impact of Autonomous Truck Technology on US Interstate Trade pp. 1166-1189

Taejun Mo, Sandy Dall'erba, William Ridley, Yilan Xu and Hyungsun Yim

Urban Administrative Restructuring and Gender Gap in the Labor Market: Evidence From China's City‐County Merger Reform pp. 1190-1209

Hao Li, Xiuyan Liu and Jingjing Ye

House Prices and Bank Lending to SMEs: Evidence From UK Local Authorities pp. 1210-1220

Jalal Siddiki and Zilong Wang

Local Crime Spillover Onto Public–Private Partnership Financing Commitment: Do Urban Proximity and Local Affluence Matter? pp. 1221-1241

King Yoong Lim, Lin Lang, Diego Morris and Waseem Toraubally

Voting Red Again: How Social Capital and Local Change Drove the Trump Swing pp. 1242-1264

Pedro Fierro, Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose, Francisco Rowe and Ellen Johanna Helsper

Dynamic Probit Models With Network Interdependence and Unobserved Heterogeneity With an Application to Multinational‐Firm Participation in China pp. 1265-1297

Peter H. Egger and Michaela Kesina

From Isolation to Integration: The Legacy of Treaty Ports on Inter‐City Connectivity pp. 1298-1318

Shi Chen, Daidai Shen and Huan Yang

Uneven Greening: Dynamics of Urban–Rural Income Gap During the Green Transition pp. 1319-1336

Xiaoping He, Jiahui Chen and Yuxuan Yu

When Integration Backfires: Examining the Effects of Mandatory Inter‐Municipal Cooperation on Local Housing Markets pp. 1337-1361

Alessandro Sovera

Volume 66, issue 3, 2026

The Livability Effects of Place‐Based Policy: Evidence From the Chinese Civilized City Program pp. 709-726

Wei Jiang and Nana Jiang

Factor Market Segmentation and Regional Innovation: Evidence From China pp. 727-745

Xin Fan, Chuan Li and Xiaoyu Song

Delinking Social Identity From Rural‐Urban Stereotypes: The Labor Market Effects of Abolishing Agricultural Hukou in China pp. 746-765

Ye Jiang and Yue Yin

Structural Reforms During the Greek Economic Adjustment Program: The Amalgamation of Municipalities pp. 766-793

Nikolaos Benos, Maurizio Conti, Massimiliano Ferraresi, Stelios Karagiannis and Michail Papazoglou

The Impact of Centralized Regional Development Strategy on Local Tax Effort in China pp. 794-812

Baoshun Wang, Licheng Xie and Xiaodong Chen

The Spillover Effect of Driving Restrictions on Intercity Travel pp. 813-829

Wenbo Li

Relocating to Peripheral Cities: Development and Diversity From Relocating Government Jobs pp. 830-843

Peter Jensen, Torben Dall Schmidt and Jens Fyhn Lykke Sørensen

Banking Development and the Economic Impact of Natural Disasters: From Short to Long Term Effects pp. 844-867

Valentina Peruzzi, Pierluigi Murro and Matteo Alessi

Disrupted Development: Urban Productivity Under Changing Place‐Based Industrial Policies in China pp. 868-890

Yang Shen, Jing Wu, Shuping Wu and Jiaxin Zheng

Patterns of Regional Firm Mobility in Germany: Urbanization, Suburbanization, or Counterurbanization? pp. 891-927

Benedikt Schröpf and Tim Kovalenko

From Sharing to Capitalizing: Evaluating the Rise of Airbnb in Housing Prices pp. 928-949

Yacine Allam, Marie Breuillé and Julie Le Gallo

Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia pp. 950-977

Aleksandar Kešeljević, Stefan Nikolić and Rok Spruk

Attracting Top Talent: Analyzing Local Policies in China With Economists' CV Data pp. 978-998

Liya Ma, Weizeng Sun, Zhiling Wang and Frank van Oort

Volume 66, issue 2, 2026

A Country of Waiters: The Economic Consequences of Tourism Specialization pp. 353-375

Ghizlen Ouasbaa

Location‐Based Accessibility and Innovation Performance pp. 376-398

Linda Bandelow and Hanna Hottenrott

Industrial Robots, Resource Misallocation, and Firm Innovation Performance: Evidence From China pp. 399-425

Bo Yang, Fei Fan, Shangze Dai and Siyi Chen

Cluster Policy, Innovation, and Firm Productivity. An Econometric Assessment of the Flemish Spearhead Cluster Program pp. 426-444

Pierluigi Angelino, Dirk Czarnitzki and Astrid Volckaert

High‐Speed Broadband and Educational Achievements pp. 445-483

Filippo Boeri

Peer Interactions, Local Markets, and Within Occupation Wages: Evidence From Italy pp. 484-499

Irene Brunetti, Valerio Intraligi, Andrea Ricci and Claudia Vittori

Unveiling Spatial Dependencies — Investigating the Determinants of Firm Exit in Germany pp. 500-515

Simon Knappe, Dominik Wied and Tobias Jansen

Housing Prices and Segregation: The Case of Social Frontiers pp. 516-541

Alexander J. W. Myatt, Urban Lindgren and Liv Osland

Roads to Growth: Evidence From Rural China pp. 542-562

Wei Chen, Junliang Chen, Huanguang Qiu, Jialing Yu, Wei Chen and Xinyue Wang

Intercity Innovation Collaboration and Catch‐Up of Laggard Cities pp. 563-573

Cui Zhang, Baifang Wang and Dandan Zhang

Urban Creativity: An Efficiency Evaluation Combining DEA With SFA Models pp. 574-601

Francesco Rania, Emanuela Macrì and Valeria Morea

Internal Migration and Structural Change in China pp. 602-625

Yi Wang and Giulia Felice

Local News Deserts and Community Social Capital Erosion pp. 626-649

Tess Haddock, K Aleks Schaefer, Brian E. Whitacre and Trey Malone

Targeting and Effectiveness of Location‐Based Policies pp. 650-666

Vincenzo Carrieri, Guido de Blasio, Antonella Ferrara and Rosanna Nisticò

Hear Ye, Bear Ye: Housing Values, Noise Levels, and Noise Inequality pp. 667-684

Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus Coughlin and Felix Friedt

The Causal Relationship Between Jurisdiction Size and Institutional Quality pp. 685-702

Augusto Cerqua, Costanza Giannantoni and Federico Zampollo

Volume 66, issue 1, 2026

Assessing the Economic Impacts of Transformative Activities: Embedding Entrepreneurial Ideas Into a Spatial CGE Approach in Hungary pp. 5-21

Norbert Szabó, Krisztina Polónyi‐Andor, Zsolt Bedő and Katalin Erdős

The Impact of Commuting Time on Students' Academic Performance: Evidence From Nearby Enrollment Policy in China pp. 22-45

Jiahui Cheng

Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in US Agriculture pp. 46-88

Jingfang Zhang, Emir Malikov, Ruiqing Miao and Prasenjit Ghosh

Hometown Favoritism and Political Rewards: Evidence From South Korean Municipalities pp. 89-104

Min‐Young Hwang and Dongwon Lee

The Impact of the BP Oil Spill on Residential Mortgage Lending and Its Mechanisms pp. 105-123

Robert Forster and Xiaojin Sun

Explaining the Big Mac Urban‐Rural Price Gap in the United States pp. 124-139

Fernanda Alfaro, Scott Loveridge, Dusan Paredes and Mark Skidmore

Access to the Future: Traffic Convenience and the Birth of Startup Companies pp. 140-164

Mingyue Lu, Shijin Zhou, Tong Xiang, Shiyue Luo and Yu Hao

How Do Natural Disasters Affect Regional Innovation? pp. 165-200

Ziyang Zhan, Dongxing Jia, Kai Wu and Huiming Zhang

Market Access, the Skill Premium and Human Capital in Spain (1860–1930) pp. 201-228

Rafael González‐Val, Pau Insa‐Sánchez, Julio Martinez‐Galarraga and Daniel A. Tirado‐Fabregat

Illuminating Insights: The Impact of Chinese Infrastructure Projects on Economic Activities in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 229-243

Yan Wang and Yinyin Xu

On the Disentanglement of an Economic Union pp. 244-269

Jorge Saraiva, José M. Gaspar and Kiyohiro Ikeda

Are We in the Same Boat? The Legacy of Historical Emigration on Attitudes Towards Immigration pp. 270-292

Erminia Florio

Is the Occupational Evolution of Chinese Cities Driven by Industrial Structures? Insights From Industry‐Occupation Cross‐Relatedness pp. 293-314

Rongjun Ao, Ling Zhong, Jing Chen, Xiaojing Li and Xiaoqi Zhou

Decomposing Variations in Quality of Life Through Amenities: Evidence From Korean Cities pp. 315-348

Heepyung Cho