Andrés Rodríguez Pose is a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics and a current holder of a European Research Council Advanced Grant. He is President-elect of the Regional Science Association International.
Institutions are an important ingredient for economic growth. Using data from European regions for the period 1999-2013, this column shows that government quality matters for regional gro...
Inequality among cities and regions in the developed world – after falling in the 1990s from high levels in 1980 – has turned sharply up again since beginning of the millennium. Many smal...
Urban concentration is typically deemed to lead to greater national economic growth. This column challenges this view, using an original dataset covering 68 countries over the past three ...
