Economic complexity methods have become popular tools in economic geography,
international development and innovation studies. Here, I review economic complexity …

The diffusion of tacit knowledge involves direct human interactions. This implies that the
international diffusion of knowledge should follow the pattern of international migration. We …

Given the global imperative to meet 'net zero', and growing interest in the potential for green
jobs growth, there is an urgent need to better understand the drivers and processes …

There is little question that new communication and transportation technologies have
effectively “shrunk the world” for a great many activities. At the same time, the “death of …

During the early 1990s Germany offered temporary protection to over 700,000 Yugoslavian
refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many had been repatriated. We exploit this natural …

This article derives a gravity equation for commuting and uses it to identify the effect of
regional borders on commuting. We build on the seminal trade paper by Anderson and Van …

The transition into non-traditional export activities attracts important policy and academic
attention. Using international trade data, we explore how alternative linkages relate to the …

Prominent theories of state formation hold that states formed because of warfare and
competition on the one hand, or the diffusion of organizational templates and practices …

How we can accelerate the diffusion of new clean energy technologies worldwide is a highly
relevant topic for energy and climate policies, as well as industrial policies. We trace the time …

Despite the fact that the determinants and the consequences of R&D activities have been
extensively studied in previous research, further efforts to integrate disparate streams of …