The use of bilateral data for the analysis of international migration is at the same time a
blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because the dyadic dimension of the data allows …

The rate of migration observed between two countries does not depend solely on their
relative attractiveness, but also on the one of alternative destinations. Following the trade …

The recent surge of investors׳ interest for African land has triggered the debate about the
drivers and effects of the so-called land grabbing. After a review of the relationship between …

Urban parks provide numerous cultural ecosystem services that are essential to the
wellbeing of residents. However, our understanding of the key variables that determine the …

Recent theoretical work in economic geography has shown that agglomeration forces can
mitigate 'race‐to‐the‐bottom'tax competition, by partly or fully offsetting firms' sensitivity to tax …

We use the natural experiment provided by the opening and progressive extension of the
Regional Express Rail (RER) between 1970 and 2000 in the Paris metropolitan region, and …

The scale of international migration flows depends on moving costs that are, in turn,
influenced by host-country policies. This paper shows how to estimate the influence of …

We use disaggregated data by country and industry to empirically analyze the host country
determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for the years 2003 to 2011 …

We construct the location quotient (LQ) from a discrete data generating process and formally
test its statistical properties. First, we show that the LQ is typically unbiased, but exhibits finite …

The organization of modern economies is built upon an efficient transport system and an
increasing role is played by the logistics sector in overcoming the constraints of time and …