Suggested Papers on Spatial Economics in Macro/Trade
Thanks to Costas Arkolakis, Lorenzo Caliendo, and others for the suggestions. Thanks to Tomas Domínguez-Iino who generously shared the reading list on spatial economics from NYU.
Papers are not in any suggested order of importantance.
People to track
Instead of giving lists of papers, consider looking at recent papers by some of the following (in alphabetical order, and with all apologies to the amazing researchers not yet added)
- Treb Allen
- Costas Arkolakis
- David Atkin
- Lorenzo Caliendo
- Victor Couture
- Donald Davis
- Jonathan Dingel
- Dave Donaldson
- Ben Faber
- Pablo D. Fajgelbaum
- Cecile Gaubert
- Erik Hurst
- Sam Kortum
- Michael Peters
- Stephen Redding
- Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
- Edouard Schaal
- Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel
- Felix Tintelnot
Papers on Quantitative Trade/Spatial Models
For macro people to understand Eaton and Kortum, consider reading General equilibrium analysis of the Eaton–Kortum model of international trade (2007, JME) by Alvarez and Lucas
A good survey on these is Quantitative Spatial Economics (2017, Annual Review) by Redding and Rossi-Hansberg
- Spatial Linkages, Global Shocks, and Local Labor Markets: Theory and Evidence (2019) by Adao, Arkolakis, and Esposito
- Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of the China Trade Shock (ECMA, 2019) by Caliendo, Dvorkin, and Parro
- Universal Gravity (Forthcoming JPE, 2018) by Allen Arkolakis, and Takahashi
- Trade and the Global Recession (AER, 2016) by Eaton, Kortum, Neiman, Romalis
- Trade and Topography of the Spatial Economy (QJE, 2014) by Allen and Arkolakis
- On the Existence and Uniqueness of Trade Equilibria (2015) by Allen, Arkolakis, and Li
- The Geography of Path Dependence (2019) by Allen and Donaldson
- The Quantitative Effects of Trade Policy on Industrial and Labor Location (2019) By Caliendo and Parro
- The Impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the US Economy (ReStud 2018) by Caliendo, Parro, Rossi-Hansberg and Sarte
- The Economics of Density: Evidence From the Berlin Wall (ECMA, 2015) by Ahlfeldt, Redding, Strum, and Wolf
- Cognitive Hubs and Spatial Redistribution (2019) by Rossi-Hansberg, Sarte, and Schwartzman
- Commuting, Migration, and Local Employment Elasticities (AER, 2018) by Monte, Redding, and Rossi-Hansberg
- The Geography of Development (JPE, 2018) by Desmet, Nagy, and Rossi-Hansberg
- Spatial Development (AER, 2014) by Desmet and Rossi-Hansberg
- Trade, Structural Transformation and Development: Evidence from Argentina 1869-1914 (2018) by Fajgelbaum and Redding
- Internal Geography, International Trade, and Regional Specialization (AEJMicro, 2016) by Fajgelbaum and Cosar
- Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography, and Sorting (QJE, 2019) by Fajgelbaum and Gaubert
- State Taxes and Spatial Misallocation (REStud, 2019) by Fajgelbaum, Morales, Serrato, Zidar
- Changes in Between Group Inequality: Computers, Occupations, and International Trade (AEJMacro, 2019) by Burstein, Morales, Vogel
- Estimating Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from War-time Destruction in London (2016) by Redding and Sturm
- Railroads and American Economic Growth: a “Market Access” Approach (QJE 2016) by Donaldson and Hornbeck
- Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure (AER 2018) by Donaldson
- Firm Sorting and Agglomeration (AER 2018) by Gaubert
- Tourism and Economic Development: Evidence from Mexico’s Coastline (AER 2019) by Gaubert and Faber
- Spatial Structural Change by Peters and Eckert