Recent publications
Forthcoming:
“Gentrification and pioneer businesses” (with B. Boualam, J. Martin, and F. Mayneris). Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
Published (last five years):
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.
Older publications (last 10 years):
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.