Kristian Behrens
- Chief Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics
- Kristian Behrens has been at HSE University since 2018.
20212
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y. On quantitative spatial economic models // Journal of Urban Economics. 2021. Vol. 123. Article 103348. doi
- Preprint Behrens K., Kichko S., Thisse J. Working from home: Too much of a good thing? / CEPR. Series CEPR "DP". 2021. No. DP15669.
20204
- Article Behrens K., Boualam B., Martin J. Are clusters resilient? Evidence from Canadian textile industries // Journal of Economic Geography. 2020. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 1-36. doi
- Article Aleksandrova E., Behrens K., Kuznetsova M. Manufacturing (co) agglomeration in a transition country: Evidence from Russia // Journal of Regional Science. 2020. Vol. 60. No. 1. P. 88-128. doi
- Article Behrens K., Chemin M. Nonbinding Peer Review and Effort in Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment // Journal of Human Resources. 2020. Vol. 55. No. 4. P. 1365-1399. doi
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y., Mion G., Suedekum J. Quantifying the gap between equilibrium and optimum under monopolistic competition // Quarterly Journal of Economics. 2020. Vol. 135. No. 4. P. 2299-2360. doi
20192
- Preprint Behrens K., Kichko S., Ushchev P. Intersectoral linkages: Good shocks, bad outcomes? / CEPR. Series DP "CEPR". 2019. No. DP13946.
- Article Albouy D., Behrens K., Robert-Nicoud F., Seegert N. The optimal distribution of population across cities // Journal of Urban Economics. 2019. Vol. 110. P. 102-113. doi
20185
- Article Behrens K., Barbero J., Zofio J. L. Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks // Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2018. Vol. 71. P. 1-24. doi
- Preprint Kichko S., Behrens K., Ushchev P. Intersectoral Markup Divergence / CESifo Group Munich. Series "CESifo working paper". 2018. No. WP6965.
- Preprint Aleksandrova E., Behrens K., Kuznetsova M. Manufacturing (co)agglomeration in a transition country: Evidence from Russia / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2018.
- Article Behrens K., Pokrovsky D. A., Zhelobodko E. Market size, occupational self-selection, sorting, and income inequality // Journal of Regional Science. 2018. Vol. 58. No. 1. P. 38-62. doi
- Article Behrens K., Bougna T., Brown M. The World is not yet Flat: Transport costs matter! // The Review of Economics and Statistics. 2018 doi (in press)
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- Chapter Behrens K., Robert-Nicoud F. Agglomeration Theory with Heterogeneous Agents, in: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Vol. 5. Elsevier North Holland, 2015. P. 171-245. doi
- Article Behrens K., Bougna T. An anatomy of the geographical concentration of Canadian manufacturing industries // Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2015. Vol. 51. P. 47-69. doi
- Article Behrens K., Kanemoto Y., Murata Y. The Henry George Theorem in a second-best world // Journal of Urban Economics. 2015. Vol. 85. P. 34-51.
20147
- Article Behrens K., Kichko S., Zhelobodko E. V. Competition in the traditional sector does not matter for the ‘Core–Periphery’ model // Economics Letters. 2014. No. 122. P. 94-99. doi
- Preprint Pokrovsky D. A., Zhelobodko E. V., Behrens K. Market Size, Entrepreneurship, and Income Inequality / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2014. No. DP9831.
- Preprint Pokrovsky D. A., Behrens K., Zhelobodko E. V. Market Size, Entrepreneurship, and Income Inequality / EERC. Series "Labor markets and social policy". 2014.
- Article Behrens K., Duranton G., Robert-Nicoud F. Productive cities: Sorting, selection and agglomeration // Journal of Political Economy. 2014. Vol. 122. No. 3. P. 507-553.
- Article Behrens K., Robert-Nicoud F. Survival of the fittest in cities: Urbanisation and inequality // The Economic Journal. 2014. No. 124. P. 1371-1400.
- Article Behrens K., Mion G., Sudekum J., Murata Y. Trade, wages, and productivity // International Economic Review. 2014. Vol. 55. No. 4. P. 1305-1348.
- Article Behrens K., Peralta S., Picard P. M. Transfer pricing rules, oecd guidelines, and market distortions // Journal of Public Economic Theory. 2014. Vol. 16. No. 4. P. 650-680.
20132
- Article Behrens K., Bala A. P. Do rent-seeking and interregional transfers contribute to urban primacy in Sub-Saharan Africa? // Papers in Regional Science. 2013. Vol. 92. No. 1. P. 163-195.
- Article Behrens K., Corcos G., Mion G. Trade crisis? What trade crisis? // The Review of Economics and Statistics. 2013. Vol. 95. No. 2. P. 702-709.
20122
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y. Globalization and individual gains from trade // Journal of Monetary Economics. 2012. No. 59. P. 703-720.
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y. Trade, competition, and efficiency // Journal of International Economics. 2012. No. 87. P. 1-17. doi
20112
- Article Robert-Nicoud F., Behrens K. Tempora mutantur: In search of a new testament for neg // Journal of Economic Geography. 2011. No. 11. P. 215-230.
- Article Behrens K., Picard P. Transportation, freight rates, and economic geography // Journal of International Economics. 2011. No. 85. P. 280-291.
20094
- Article Behrens K., Lamorgese A., Ottaviano G., Tabuchi T. Beyond the Home Market Effect: Market size and specialization in a multi-country world // Journal of International Economics. 2009. No. 79. P. 259-265.
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y. City size and the Henry George theorem under monopolistic competition // Journal of Urban Economics. 2009. No. 65. P. 228-235.
- Article Behrens K., Hamilton J., Ottaviano G., Thisse J. Commodity tax competition and industry location under the destination and the origin-principle // Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2009. No. 39. P. 422-433.
- Article Behrens K., Gaigné C., Thisse J. Industry location and welfare when transport costs are endogenous // Journal of Urban Economics. 2009. No. 65. P. 195-208.
20081
20073
- Article Behrens K., Lamorgese A., Ottaviano G., Tabuchi T. Changes in transport and non-transport costs: local vs global impacts in a spatial network // Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2007. No. 37. P. 625-648.
- Article Behrens K., Murata Y. General equilibrium models of monopolistic competition: a new approach // Journal of Economic Theory . 2007. No. 136. P. 776-787.
- Article Behrens K., Picard P. Welfare, home market effects, and horizontal foreign direct investment // Canadian Journal of Economics. 2007. Vol. 40. No. 4. P. 1118-1148.
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Education
2004 – 07: Post-doctoral, core, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
2000 – 03: PhD in Regional and Urban Economics, Université de Bourgogne, France.
1998 – 00: MA in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Université de Bourgogne.
Call for papers: The Fourth International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics”
The Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the Fourth International Workshop 'Market Studies and Spatial Economics', which will take place in Moscow, Russia on April 5–6, 2022 as part of the XXIII Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE).
Call for papers: The Third International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics”
Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the The Third International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics” that will take place in Moscow, Russia on April 15–16, 2021 as part of the XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE).
Paper by CMSSE leading research fellows Kristian Behrens and Yasusada Murata accepted for publication to the The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Our colleagues' Kristian Behrens' and Yasusada Murata's paper "Quantifying the gap between equilibrium and optimum under monopolistic competition" (joint with G. Mion and J. Suedekum) has been accepted to The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Congratulations!
Call for papers: The 9th International conference 'Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics'
The Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the 9th International conference 'Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics'.
Submission deadline: February 15, 2020
Call for papers: The Second International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics”
Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the The Second International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics” (https://ces.hse.ru/msse) that will take place in Moscow, Russia on April 7–8, 2020 as part of the XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE).
Submission deadline: December 25, 2019.
Paper by CMSSE Academic Advisor accepted at the Journal of Urban Economics
The paper by David Albouy, Kristian Behrens, Frédéric Robert-Nicoud, and Nathan Seegert "The optimal distribution of population across cities" has been accepted for publication at the Journal or Urban Economics.
Researcher Seeks to Understand Economics of Clusters
Kristian Behrens serves as Leading Research Fellow at the HSE Centre for Market Studies and Spatial Economics (CMSSE) and Academic Supervisor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Basic Research at HSE St. Petersburg. Professor Behrens focuses primarily on regional and urban economics, new economic geography, international and interregional trade, multiregional spatial and urban systems, and monopolistic competition. He recently spoke with the HSE New Service about the work currently being undertaken by CMSSE, his broader research interests, and his impressions of working in St. Petersburg.
Paper by CMSSE academic advisor accepted at "Regional Science and Urban Economics"
The paper "Industry location and wages: The role of market size and accessibility in trading networks" by the Academic advisor of CMSSE Kristian Behrens, co-authored with Javier Barbero and José Zofio, has been accepted for publication at the "Regional Science and Urban Economics" journal.
Paper by CMSSE Academic Advisor accepted for publication at Review of Economic and Statistics
The paper “The World in not yet Flat: Transport costs matter!” by the academic advisor of CMSSE Kristian Behrens co-authored with W. Mark Brown и Théophile Bougna is forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics.
MSSE academic advisor gets an award in Quebeck
MSSE academic advisor Kristian Behrens received the prize for ‘Research and Creation’ from the University of Quebec network.
Paper by MSSE researchers accepted for publication at the Journal of Regional Science
The paper "Market size, occupational self-selection, sorting, and income inequality" by MSSE academic advisor Kristian Behrens co-authored with MSSE associated researchers Dmitry Pokrovsky (HSE - Saint Petersburg) and Evgeny Zhelobodko has been accepted for publication and the Journal of Regional Science.
Paper by the MSSE Academic Advisor accepted for publication at the Canadian Journal of Economics
The paper "Agglomeration and clusters: Tools and insights from coagglomeration patterns" has been accepted for publication at the Canadian Journal of Economics.
A paper by Kristian Behrens accepted by the Journal of Politial Economy
A paper by Kristian Behrens, titled "Productive cities: Agglomeration, selection and sorting" (co-authors: G. Duranton and F. Robert-Nicoud) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Political Economy.