An Introduction to Geographical Economics

Steven Brakman (19.4.1957) has been an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands since 1996. He previously worked as a Researcher at the Dutch central bank and as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Groningen where he also got his MA and PhD in economics. At present he is also a research fellow of SOM (the University of Groningen). Apart from Geographical Economics his research focuses on International Economics. He has published in journals like Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Economics, Kyklos, Applied Economics, De Economist and to national scientific journals and has contributed to books published by i.a. Cambridge University Press, MacMillan, and wrote a monograph on International Transfers (together with Charles van Marrewijk, for Cambridge University Press and a monograph on Protectionism and one on Globalization (also together with Charles van Marrewijk). He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Regional Science and has developed two scientific television programmes (one on QWERTY and one on Keynes (together with Harry Garretsen)). Harry Garretsen (21.11.1962) has been a Professor of Economics at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands since 1996. He previously worked as a senior policy-adviser at the Dutch central bank and as an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Groningen where he also got his MA and PhD in economics. At present he is also a research fellow of SOM (the University of Groningen) and CESifo (Centre for Economic Studies, Munich). Apart from Geographical Economics his research focuses on monetary and financial economics. He has published in journals like Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Macroeconomics, Kyklos, Welwirtschaftliches Archiv, Economics of Transition, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Review of International Economics, and De Economist and contributed to books published by i.a. Cambridge University Press, MacMillan, Edward Elgar and Routledge. Charles van Marrewijk is Professor of International Macroeconomics at Utrecht University School of Economics (since 2008) and Director of the Tjalling Charles Koopmans Institute (since 2009). He studied horticulture and worked as a grower before studying economics in Holland at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1981-1985, BA and MA) and in the United States at Purdue University (1985-1988, MSc and PhD). He worked at the University of Groningen (1987-1990) and at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1990-2008), where he was also Academic Director of the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (2007-2008). His research focuses on international economics, geographical economics, economic growth, development economics, and urban economics. He is currently the European editor of The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development and associate editor of the Journal of Regional Science. He has organized several international conferences and served as a guest editor for various special issues of the above two journals. His research output is widely cited and has appeared in many top (field) journals, including the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Economic Geography, the International Economic Review, the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Oxford Economic Papers, Economica, the International Journal of Industrial Organization, the Journal of Population Economics, and the Journal of Regional Science. He has also (co-)authored ten books, eight of which were published either by Cambridge University Press or Oxford University Press (of which two were translated into Chinese).