Maarten Bosker

CV                                               email: bosker[at]ese[dot]eur[dot]nl                             

Main affiliation:        Professor of International Trade and Development, Erasmus University Rotterdam
 
Other affiliations:    London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment
                                Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
                                Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam/Rotterdam
                                CESifo, Munich
 
Research interests:  applied econometrics, trade and economic development, economic geography
                                urban history

Work in Progress

The network origins of the gains from trade. With Bastian Westbrock.

        - pdf - 


Domestic infrastructure and the regional effects of trade liberalization. With Mark Roberts and Bravish          

        Mallavarapu and Megan Haasbroek.


Shock propagation in global supply chains. Evidence from the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement. 

        With Nam Le and Bastian Westbrock.



Publications


Definition Matters. Metropolitan areas and agglomeration economies in a large developing country. With       

        Jane Park and Mark Roberts. Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming. - pdf - 


Iceberg Transport Costs. Evidence from the 19th century ice trade. With Eltjo Buringh.
        Economic Journal, 2020, Vol.130, pp.1262-1287. - pdf - 

Nether Lands. Evidence on the price and perception of rare natural disasters. Journal of the European 
        Economic Association, 2019, Vol.17, pp.413-453. With Harry Garretsen, Gerard Marlet and               Clemens van Woerkens.  - pdf - - slides - 

Hukou and Highways. The impact of China's spatial development policies on urbanization and regional                inequality. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, Vol.71, pp.91-109. With Uwe 
        Deichmann and Mark Roberts.- pdf - 

City seeds: geography and the origins of European cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 2017,
         Vol.98, pp.139-157. With Eltjo Buringh.                                   
         the rise of the European city system visualized    (red: city >= 5k)
 
Ethnicity and the spread of civil war. Journal of Development Economics, 2014, Vol.108, pp.206-221.
         With Joppe de Ree. - pdf -

From Baghdad to London: unravelling urban development in Europe and the Arab world 800-1800.

         Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, Vol.95-4, pp.1418-1437. With Eltjo Buringh and                Jan Luiten van Zanden. - pdf - - Appendix A - - Data Appendix -

 
Economic geography and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Economic
         Review, 2012, Vol.26-3, pp.443-485. With Harry Garretsen. - pdf - 
 
Relaxing Hukou. Increased labor mobility and China's Economic Geography. Journal of Urban
         Economics, 2012 Vol.72, pp.252-266. With Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen and Marc         
         Schramm. - pdf -
 
The rise and decline of European parliaments, 1188-1800. Economic History Review, 2012, Vol.65-
         3, pp.835-861. With Jan Luiten van Zanden and Eltjo Buringh. - pdf -  

 

Adding geography to the new economic geography. Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, Vol.10-

         6, pp.793-823. With Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen and Marc Schramm. [lead article]- pdf-

 

A century of shocks: The evolution of the German city size distribution 1925-1999. Regional Science               and Urban Economics, 2008, Vol.38, pp.330-347. With Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen                 and Marc Schramm. - pdf -

 

Regional income evolution in South Africa after Apartheid. Journal of Regional Science, 2008,

         Vol.48-3, pp.493-524. With Waldo Krugell. [lead article] - pdf -


Looking for multiple equilibria when geography matters: German city growth and the WWII shock.

         Journal of Urban Economics, 2007, Vol.61, pp.152-167. With Steven Brakman, Harry

         Garretsen and Marc Schramm. - pdf -

 

On the aggregation of Eurozone data. Economics Letters, 2006, Vol.90-2, pp.260-265.

         - pdf - (my MA thesis)



Book Chapters

Soldiers and Booze, the rise and decline of a Roman market economy in north-western Europe. 2014. In          R.J.  van der Spek, Jan Luiten van Zanden and Bas van Leeuwen (eds.), A history of market                     performance. From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World. Routledge. With Eltjo Buringh.

Pre-Modern Cities: Economy. 2013. In Peter Clarke (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History,
         Oxford University Press. With Bas van Bavel, Eltjo Buringh and Jan Luiten van Zanden.

New Economic Geography and Market Access. 2010. In Ejaz Ghani (ed.), The Poor Half Billion in South          Asia. What is Holding Back Lagging Regions?, Oxford University Press. With Harry Garretsen.
 
New economic geography and services. 2010. In Ejaz Ghani (ed), The Service Revolution in South
         Asia, Oxford University Press. With Harry Garretsen.
 
 
Press coverage
 
The network origins of the gains from trade. VoxEU, January 4, 2019. - click here -

Hvor skal vi bygge og bo. Weekendavisen, August 3, 2018. - click here -

The spread of civil war. VoxEU, January 18, 2012. - click here -
 
De verspreiding van burgeroorlog. EconomieOpinie.nl, December 2, 2011. - click here -
 
The service elevator. The Economist, May 19, 2011. - click here -
 
South Asia Revitalised. Deccan Herald, November 14, 2010. - click here -
 
Warum gibt es eigentlich Düsseldorf? Handelsblatt, November 1, 2010. - click here -
         Online version: - click here -
 
Van Bagdad naar Londen. Meer welvaart door grotere macht stedeling.
         Het Financieele Dagblad, May 23, 2009 - click here - (Weekend-essay)
 
1000 years of urban history: the rise and fall of European and Arab cities.
         VoxEU, June 28, 2008 - click here - (main column)
         The Economist (Free exchange), July 2, 2008 - click here -
         Marginal Revolution, July 2, 2008 - click here -

Van Bagdad naar Londen: Lessen uit duizend jaar stedelijke netwerken in Europa en de Arabische                 wereld. Me Judice, August 19, 2008 - click here -

Vrijhandel goed voor de welvaart. Kennislink, June 6, 2008. - click here -