The observed uneven distribution of economic activity across space is influenced by
variation in exogenous geographical characteristics and endogenous interactions between …

This chapter surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between the
spatial distribution of economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multiregion …

工业集聚的影响, 并利用1987—2001 年省级面板数据研究了导致中国地区工业集聚的因素.
我们的主要发现是:(1) 经济开放促进了工业集聚, 而经济开放又与地理和历史的因素有关;(2) …

Will COVID-19 end the urban renaissance that many cities have experienced since the
1980s? This essay selectively reviews the copious literature that now exists on the long-term …

We study the impact of widespread adoption of work-from-home (WFH) technology using an
equilibrium model where people choose where to live, how to allocate their time between …

We explore the role of natural characteristics in determining the worldwide spatial
distribution of economic activity, as proxied by lights at night, observed across 240,000 grid …

Using newly constructed spatially disaggregated data for London from 1801 to 1921, we
show that the invention of the steam railway led to the first large-scale separation of …

More than 100 natural disasters strike the United States every year, causing extensive
fatalities and damages. We construct the universe of US federally designated natural …

Understanding the potential impacts of climate change on economic outcomes requires
knowing how agents might adapt to a changing climate. We exploit large variation in recent …

We develop a general equilibrium framework to determine the spatial distribution of
economic activity on any surface with (nearly) any geography. Combining the gravity …