Trade and geography

SJ Redding - Handbook of International Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent research on geography and trade. One of the key empirical
findings over the last decade has been the role of geography in shaping the distributional …

The future of the corporate office? Emerging trends in the post-Covid city

S Fiorentino, N Livingstone… - Cambridge Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Part of an ongoing longitudinal study, this article provides evidence on the emerging impacts
of Covid-19 on the demand for, configuration and role of offices in cities, drawing on primary …

Reframing urban and regional 'development'for 'left behind'places

D MacKinnon, L Kempton, P O'Brien… - … Journal of Regions …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The recent wave of populism has focused attention on 'left behind'places as hotspots of
discontent. Seeking to remedy their neglect in urban and regional studies, the aim of this …

The returns to face-to-face interactions: Knowledge spillovers in Silicon Valley

D Atkin, MK Chen, A Popov - 2022 - nber.org
The returns to face-to-face interactions are of central importance to understanding the
determinants of agglomeration. However, the existing literature studying patterns of …

How do street attributes affect willingness-to-walk? City-wide pedestrian route choice analysis using big data from Boston and San Francisco

R Basu, A Sevtsuk - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2022 - Elsevier
This study adds to the nascent but growing literature on the use of big data for pedestrian
route choice analysis. We explore behavioral preferences for various route attributes in …

Matching in cities

W Dauth, S Findeisen, E Moretti… - Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Using administrative German data, we show that large cities allow for a more efficient
matching between workers and firms and this has important consequences for geographical …

The foundational economy and regional development

T Hansen - Regional Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The foundational economy approach to economic development suggests that the production
of goods and services that are critical to human welfare (eg, water, energy, education and …

Coworking in the digital economy: Context, motivations, and outcomes

N Clifton, A Füzi, G Loudon - Futures, 2022 - Elsevier
The number of self-employed, freelancers, and remote workers has risen steadily;
simultaneously a range of collaborative shared workspaces–coworking spaces–has …

From LA to Boise: How migration has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

P Haslag, D Weagley - Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2022 - cambridge.org
We examine how broad changes in work arrangements and lifestyles brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic have affected households' location decisions. Using data on over …

Social proximity to capital: Implications for investors and firms

T Kuchler, Y Li, L Peng, J Stroebel… - The Review of Financial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We show that institutional investors are more likely to invest in firms from regions to which
they have stronger social ties but find no evidence that these investments earn a differential …