“Gentrification and pioneer businesses” (with B. Boualam, J. Martin, and F. Mayneris). Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
Behrens, Kristian, and Yasusada Murata. 2021, “On quantitative spatial economic models.” Journal of Urban Economics 123(103348): 1–8.
Behrens, Kristian, and Matthieu Chemin. 2020. "Non-binding peer review and effort in teams: Evidence from a field experiment.” Journal of Human Resources 55(4): 1365–1399
“Urban Economics” (with Jacques-François Thisse). In Richardson Dilworth (ed). Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies. New York: Oxford University Press.
Behrens, Kristian, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata, and Jens Südekum. 2020. “Quantifying the gap between equilibrium and optimum under monopolistic competition.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 135(4): 2299–2360.
Behrens, Kristian, Brahim Boualam, and Julien Martin. 2020. “Are clusters resilient? Evidence from Canadian textile industries.” Journal of Economic Geography 20(1): 1–36.
Behrens, Kristian, Ekaterina Aleksandrova, and Maria Kuznetsova. 2020. “Manufacturing (co)agglomeration in a transition country: Evidence from Russia." Journal of Regional Science 60(1): 88–128.
Albouy, David, Kristian Behrens, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud, and Nathan Seegert. 2019. “The optimal distribution of population across cities.” Journal of Urban Economics 110: 102–113.
Behrens, Kristian, Javier Barbero, and José L. Zofío. 2018. “Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 71: 1–24.
Behrens, Kristian, Théophile Bougna, and W. Mark Brown. 2018. “The world is not yet flat: Transport costs matter!” Review of Economics and Statistics 100(4): 712–724.
Behrens, Kristian, and W. Mark Brown. 2018. “Transport Costs, Trade, and Geographic Concentration: Evidence from Canada” In: Bruce A. Bloningen and Wesley W. Wilson (eds.), Handbook in International Trade and Transportation. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd: pp.188–235.
Behrens, Kristian, Dmitry Pokrovsky, and Evgeny Zhelobodko. 2018. “Market size, occupational self-selection, sorting, and income inequality.” Journal of Regional Science 58(1): 38–62.
Rowsell, Joe, Mary R. Brooks, Kristian Behrens, Trevor Heaver, and John Lawson. 2018. “Methodologies for valuing freight transport: A review of the options”, Research in Transportation Business & Management 29: 77–84.
Behrens, Kristian. 2016. “Agglomeration and Clusters: Tools and Insights from Coagglomeration Patterns”. Canadian Journal of Economics 49(4): 1293–1339.
Behrens, Kristian, and Théophile Bougna. 2015. “An Anatomy of the Geographical Concentration of Canadian Manufacturing Industries.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 51(C): 47–69.
Behrens, Kristian, Yoshitsugu Kanemoto, and Yasusada Murata. 2015. “The Henry George Theorem in a Second-Best World.” Journal of Urban Economics 85(1): 34–51.
Behrens, Kristian, and Frédéric L. Robert-Nicoud. 2015. “Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous Agents.” In : Duranton, Gilles, J. Vernon Henderson, and William C. Strange (eds.) Handbook in Regional and Urban Economics, vol.5B, North-Holland, Elsevier B.V., pp.171–245.
Behrens, Kristian, and Frédéric L. Robert-Nicoud. 2014. “Survival of the Fittest in Cities: Urbanisation and Inequality.” Economic Journal 124(581): 1371–1400.
Behrens, Kristian, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata, and Jens Südekum. 2014. “Trade, Wages, and Productivity.” International Economic Review 55(4): 1305–1348.
Behrens, Kristian, Susana Peralta, and Pierre M. Picard. 2014. “Transfer Pricing Rules, OECD Guidelines, and Market Distortions.” Journal of Public Economic Theory 16(4): 650– 680.
Behrens, Kristian, Gilles Duranton, and Frédéric L. Robert-Nicoud. 2014. “Productive Cities: Sorting, Selection and Agglomeration.” Journal of Political Economy 122(3): 507–553.
Behrens, Kristian, Grégory Corcos, and Giordano Mion. 2013. “Trade Crisis? What Trade Crisis?” Review of Economics and Statistics 95(2): 702–709.