Papers in Regional Science

Regional innovation systems, clusters, and knowledge networking
Thomas Brenner, Uwe Cantner, Dirk Fornahl, Martina Fromhold-Eisebith and Claudia Werker

Industrial agglomeration effects in Japan: Productive efficiency, market access, and public fiscal transfer
Akihiro Otsuka, Mika Goto and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi
Martin Beckmann Award Winner 2010

Classification of regional labour markets for purposes of labour market policy
Uwe Blien, Franziska Hirschenauer and Phan Thi Hong Van

Economic geography and African development
Anthony J. Venables

Trade costs in empirical New Economic Geography
Maarten Bosker and Harry Garretsen
Martin Beckmann Award Winner 2010

The duelling models: NEG vs amenity migration in explaining US engines of growth
Mark D. Partridge

Knowledge spillover agents and regional development
Michaela Trippl and Gunther Maier

Spatial patterns of inventors’ mobility: Evidence on US urban areas
Stefano Breschi and Camilla Lenzi

Heterogeneous transport costs and spatial sorting in a model of New Economic Geography
Corey Lang

Thirty years of spatial econometrics
Luc Anselin

Now Accepted in the Economics ISI Category
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High Impact Ranking
We are delighted to announce high impact ranking (ISI Journal Citation Reports®) for Papers in Regional Science making the journal the most highly cited regional science Journal.

Increased 2-Year Impact Factor 2011: 1.43
Increased 5-Year Impact Factor 2011: 1.659

Virtual Issue of Papers in Regional Science

The impact of 2008 Nobel Prize Winner Paul Krugman's new trade theory (NTT) and new economic geography (NEG) on the field of Regional Science June 2009

The 2013 Martin Beckmann Award for the best article published in Papers in Regional Science in 2012 is awarded to:

Social networks and regional recruitment of foreign labour: Firm recruitment methods and spatial sorting in Denmark - FREE ONLINE
Torben Dall Schmidt and Peter Sandholt Jensen
Volume 91, Issue 4, November 2012

Based on the criteria a. originality of the topic b. theoretical foundations c. appropriate methodology and d. empirical relevance the jury concluded unanimously that your paper was the best paper. It examines the interesting and complex issue of social networks in regional recruitment and inflows of foreign labor. Using both cross-section analysis and panel data analysis in Denmark, the paper successfully shows the importance of regional social networks and spatial sorting in the recruitment and inflows of foreign labor. The paper is innovative in empirical study on a new and complex issue of international importance.
Masahisa Fujita, Jean Paelinck, Roberta Capello and Jouke van Dijk

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International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China

The objective of this workshop is to increase the visibility of regional economics, urban economics, and spatial economics in China and to develop a stronger research network for top level Chinese scholars. We welcome submissions on any research issues on regional, urban, and spatial economics in China. Full call for papers.