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Frank van
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Department of Economic
Geography, Faculty of Geosciences,
Utrecht University E: f.vanoort@geo.uu.nl
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Research Interests
- Agglomeration
economics
- Urban economics
- Planning and housing
- Geography of
knowledge production
Publications
International refereed journals:
2010: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger & O. Raspe,
“On the economic foundation of the urban network paradigm. Spatial integration,
functional integration and economic complementarities within the Dutch
Randstad”. Urban Studies. Working paper version: ERIM Research
Report 2009-039.
2010: M. de Bok & F.G. van Oort, “Agglomeration
economies, accessibility and the spatial choice behavior of relocating firms”. Journal
of Transportation and Land Use.
2010: M. Brienen, M. Burger &
F.G. van Oort, “The geography of Chinese and Indian greenfield investments
in Europe”. Eurasian Geography and Economics.
2010: K. Frenken, R. Ponds & F.G.
van Oort, “The citation impact of research collaboration in
science-based industries: a spatial-institutional analysis”. Papers in
Regional Science.
2010: J.
Knoben, R. Ponds & F. van Oort, “Employment from new firm formation in the
Netherlands: agglomeration economies and the knowledge spillover theory of
entrepreneurship”. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.
2010: O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort, “Growth of new
firms and spatially bounded knowledge externalities. The Annals of Regional
Science. Open access [doi: 10.1007/s00168-009-0357-9].
2010: B. de Goei, M.J. Burger,
F.G. van Oort & M. Kitson, “Functional polycentrism
and urban network development in the Greater South East UK: evidence from
commuting patterns 1981-2001” Regional Studies. Working paper version: ERIM Research
Report 2009-038.
2010: M.J. Burger, F.G.
van Oort & G.A. van der Knaap, “A treatise on the
geographical scale of agglomeration externalities and the modifiable areal unit
problem”. Scienze Regionali. Working paper version:
ERIM Research
Report 2008-076.
2010: R. Ponds, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken, “Innovation,
spillovers, and university-industry collaboration: an extended knowledge
production function approach”. Journal of Economic
Geography 10, 231-255. Working paper version: Papers in
Evolutionary Economic Geography #09-03.
2009: M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken
(eds.), “Networks and economic
agglomeration”. Journal of
Economic and Social Geography (TESG) 100, 139-145.
2009: F.G. van Oort, J. Oud & O. Raspe, “The
urban knowledge economy and employment growth: a spatial structural equation
modelling approach”. The Annals of
Regional Science 43, 859-877.
2009: M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & G.J.M.
Linders, “On the specification of the gravity model of trade: zeros, excess
zeros and zero-inflated estimation”. Spatial Economic
Analysis 4, 167-187. Working paper version: ERIM Research
Report 2009-003.
2009: J. Hoekman, K. Frenken & F.G. van Oort,
“The geography of collaborative knowledge production in Europe”. The Annals of
Regional Science 43, 721-738. Working
paper version: CESPRI Working Papers No 214.
2008: O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort, “Firm growth and
localized knowledge externalities”. Journal of Regional
Analysis and Policy 38, 100-116.
2008: G.J.M. Linders, M.J. Burger & F.G. van
Oort, “A rather empty world: the many faces of distance and the persistent
resistance to international trade”. The Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 1,
439-458.
2008: J. Weltevreden, O. Atzema, K. Frenken, K. de
Kruif & F.G. van Oort, “The geography of internet adoption by independent
retailers in the Netherlands. Environment and
Planning B 35, 443-460.
2007: K. Frenken, F.G. van Oort & T. Verburg,
“Related variety, unrelated variety and regional economic growth”. Regional Studies 41,
685-697. Working paper version: Papers in Evolutionary Economic
Geography #05-02.
2007: F.G. van Oort, “Spatial
and sectoral composition effects of agglomeration economies in the
Netherlands”. Papers in
Regional Science 86, 5-30. Working paper version.
2007: R. Ponds, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken, “The
geographical and institutional proximity of research collaboration”. Papers in
Regional Science 86, 423-444. Working paper version.
2006: S.
Farag, J. Weltevreden, T. van Rietbergen, M. Dijst & F.G. van Oort, “E-shopping in the Netherlands: does geography
matter?” Environment and Planning B 33, 59-74.
2006: O. Raspe & F.G. van Oort, “The knowledge
economy and urban economic growth”. European Planning
Studies 14, 1209-1234. Working paper version: Papers in Evolutionary Economic
Geography #06-07.
2006: D. van Soest, S. Gerking & F.G. van Oort,
“Spatial impacts of agglomeration externalities”. Journal of
Regional Science 46, 881-899. Working paper
version: CentER Discussion
Paper 2003-41.
2004: F.G. van Oort & O.A.L.C. Atzema, “On the
conceptualization of agglomeration economies: the case of new firm formation in
the Dutch ICT sector”. The
Annals
of Regional Science 38, 1-28.
2003: F.G. van Oort, A. Weterings & H.
Verlinde, “Residential amenities of knowledge workers and the location
of ICT-firms in the Netherlands”. Journal of
Economic and Social Geography (TESG) 94,
516-523.
2002: F.G. van
Oort, “Innovation and agglomeration economies in the Netherlands”. Journal of
Economic and Social Geography(TESG) 93,
344-360.
International books, edited volumes
and contributions to books:
2009: F.G. van Oort & E. Stam, “Agglomeration economies and
firm growth: testing for spatial externalities". In: C. Karlsson, B.
Johnasson & R. Stough (eds.), Innovation, agglomeration and regional
competition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
346-374.
2009: K.
Frenken, J. Hoekman, S. Kok, R. Ponds, F. van Oort & J. van Vliet, “Death
of distance in science? A gravity approach to research collaboration”. In:
A. Pyka & A. Scharnhorst (eds.), Innovation networks – new approaches in
modelling and analysing. Berlin: Springer,
43-57.
2009: R. Ponds, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken,
“Internationalization and regional embedding of scientific research in the
Netherlands”. In: A. Varga (ed.), Universities, knowledge transfer and
regional development. Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 109-137.
2009: M.J. Burger, F.G. van Oort & K. Frenken
(eds.), Networks and economic agglomeration Special
issue of Journal of
Economic and Social Geography (TESG) 100.
2009: P. McCann & F.G. van
Oort, “Theories of agglomeration and regional economic growth: a historical
review”. In: R. Capello & P. Nijkamp (eds.), Handbook of regional growth
and development theories. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 19-32.
2008: F.G. van Oort, M.J.
Burger & O. Raspe, “Interfirm relations and economic clustering in the
Dutch Randstad region. In: U. Blien & G. Maier (eds.), The economics of
regional clusters: networks, technology and policy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 145-165.
2007: F.G. van Oort & O. Raspe, “Urban heterogeneity in knowledge-related economic
growth”. In: J. Surinach, R. Moreno & E. Vaya (eds.), Knowledge
externalities, innovation clusters and regional development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 280-303.
2007: P. de Bruijn & F.G. van Oort, “Connectivity and co-location in innovation processes
of Dutch firms”. In: P. Cooke & D. Schwartz (eds.), Creative
regions: technology, culture and knowledge entrepreneurship.
London: Routledge, 62-80.
2007: K. Frenken, J. Hoekman & F. van Oort, Towards a European Research Area. Rotterdam: Nai
Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2006: K. Frenken, F.G.
van Oort & T. Verburg, “Variety and regional growth: theory, measurement
and outcomes”. In: A. Reggiani & P. Nijkamp (eds.), Spatial Evolution
and Modelling. Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 203-239.
2005: J. Lambooy & F.G. van Oort, “Agglomerations in equilibrium?” In:
S. Brakman & H. Garretsen (eds.), Location and Competition. London: Routledge, 79-108.
2005: F. van Oort, D. van
Soest & S. Gerking, “Dynamic information externalities and employment
growth in the Netherlands”. In: R. Boschma & R. Kloosterman (eds.), Learning
from clusters. A critical assessment from an economic-geographical
perspective. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 303-332.
2005: F.G. van
Oort, M. Thissen & L. van Wissen, A survey of
spatial-economic planning models in the Netherlands. Theory,applications,and
evaluation. Rotterdam:
Nai-Publishers.
2004: K. Frenken & F.G. van Oort, “The
geography of research collaboration: theoretical considerations and stylised
facts in biotechnology in Europe and the United States”. In: P. Cooke & A.
Piccaluga (eds.), Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 38-57.
2004: F.G. van Oort, Urban
growth and innovation. Spatially bounded externalities in the Netherlands.
Aldershot: Ashgate.
Book-reviews:
2010: ”Susana Borras & Dimitrios Tsagdis (2008) –
Cluster policies in Europe. Firms, institutions and governance” Papers in
Regional Science.
2010:
“Thomas Hutton (2008) – The new economy of the inner city.
Restructuring, regeneration and dislocation in the twenty-first-century
metropolis”, International Journal of Housing Policy
10, 94-97.
2009:
“Roberta Capello (2007) – Regional Economics”, Regional Studies 43, 994-997.
2008:
“Bernard Fingleton (2007) – New directions in
economic geography”, Economic Geography Research Group.
2006:
“Richrad Florida (2005) – The flight of the creative class”. Stedebouw
& Ruimtelijke Ordening 97, 64-66
(in Dutch).
2005:
“Grant Black (2004) – The geography of small firm
innovation”. Journal
of Evolutionary Economics 15, 361-363.
2005:
“Paul Cheshire & Gilles Duranton (2004) – Recent
developments in urban and regional economics”. Regions no. 258, 25-27.
2004:
“Matthew Drennan (2002) - The information
economy and American cities”.
Papers in Regional Science 83, 505-507.
National (Dutch) refereed journals:
2009: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger, M.J.P.M. Thissen & E.-J. Visser, “De ontwikkeling van economische specialisaties en
complementariteit in de Randstad in de periode 1963-2004”. Historisch Tijdschrift Holland 41, 240-252.
2008: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger & G.J.M. Linders, “De vele gezichten
van afstand in internationale handelsrelaties”. TPEdigitaal 2, 106-124.
2007: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger &
O. Raspe, “Economische netwerken en stedelijke complementariteit in de
Randstad”. Kwartaalschrift Economie 4, 11-30.
2006: L. van der Laan, F. van Oort & O. Raspe, “Regionale variaties in
innovatie, kennis en het gebruik van ICT”. Kwartaalschrift Economie 3,
377-396.
2006: R. Ponds, F. van Oort & K. Frenken, “De regionale inbedding van
kennisnetwerken in Nederland”. Kwartaalschrift Economie 3, 355-376.
2005: L. van der Laan, F.G. van Oort & O. Raspe,
“Kennis, ict-gebruik en organisaties: een regionaal perspectief”. Tijdschrift
voor Arbeidsvraagstukken 21, 299-313.
2005: F.G. van Oort & O. Raspe, “Nederlandse steden
in de kenniseconomie”. Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomie 27, 4-24.
National (Dutch) books and
contributions to books:
2010: O.Raspe, A. Weterings, M. van
den Berge, F. van Oort, G. Marlet, V. Schutjens & W. Steenbeek. Bedrijvigheid en
leefbaarheid in stedelijke woonwijken. Den Haag: Planbureau voor de
leefomgeving.
2008: F.G. van Oort, T. de Graaff, G. Renes & M. Thissen, “Economische dynamiek en de
Randstedelijke woningmarkt”. In: H. Don (ed.), Agenda voor de woningmarkt.
Preadviezen van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staatshuishoudkunde,
Amsterdam, 101-124.
2008: T. de Graaff, F. van Oort & S. Boschman, Woon-werkdynamiek
in Nederlandse gemeenten. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers en Planbureau voor de
Leefomgeving.
2007: F. van Oort, R. Ponds e.a., Verhuizingen van
bedrijven en groei van werkgelegenheid. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers en
Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2007: A. Weterings, F. van Oort, O. Raspe & T. Verburg, Clusters en
economische groei. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2006: I. van Aalst, O. Atzema, R. Boschma & F. van Oort, “Creatieve klasse en economische groei in stedelijk
Nederland”. In: B.
Hofstede & S. Raes (eds.), Creatief Vermogen. Den Haag: Elsevier,
123-154.
2006: J. Ritsema Van Eck, F. van Oort & O. Raspe, Vele steden maken
nog geen Randstad. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2006: F. van Oort, M. Burger & O. Raspe, Economische
netwerken in de regio. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2006: R. Ponds & F. van Oort, Kennishubs in
Nederland. Ruimtelijke patronen van onderzoekssamenwerking. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers &
Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2005: D. Evers, A. van Hoorn & F. van Oort, Winkelen in
Megaland. Rotterdam:
Nai Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2005: F. van Oort & O. Raspe, Kennisassen en
kenniscorridors. Over de structurerende werking van infrastructuur in de kenniseconomie. Rotterdam: Nai Uitgevers &
Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2004: O. Raspe, F. van Oort & P. de Bruijn, Kennis op de
kaart. Ruimtelijke patronen in de kenniseconomie. Rotterdam: Nai
Uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
2003: J.
Lambooy & F.G. van Oort, “Agglomeratie(s)
in evenwicht?”. In: S. Brakman & H.
Garretsen (eds.), Competitie en Ruimte. Preadviezen van de Koninklijke
Vereniging voor de Staatshuishoudkunde, Amsterdam, 67-94.
2003: F.
van Oort, O. Raspe & D. Snellen, De ruimtelijke
effecten van ICT.
Rotterdam: Nai-uitgevers & Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
Other publications:
2008: B. de Goei, M. Burger, F.G. van Oort & M. Kitson, “Testing the
superregion”. Town and Country Planning, 460-468.
2008: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger & R. Wall, “Dossier - Alle
macht aan de metropool”. Financieel Dagblad Outlook 2, 53-59.
2007: M. Burger, F.G. van Oort, O. Raspe & B. van der Knaap, “Steden in de netwerkeconomie”. Geografie 16, 34-36.
2007: F.G. van Oort, “Dossier Business
Valleys - De kracht van de stad”. Financieel Dagblad Strategie
2, 41-54.
2007: F.G. van Oort, M.J. Burger &
O. Raspe, “De Randstad hangt als los zand aaneen”. Economisch Statistische
Berichten 92, 292-295.
2005: K.
Frenken, F. van Oort & T. Verburg, “Het gelijk van variëteit”. Economisch Statistische Berichten 90, nr. 4462,
247-249.
2005: F. van Oort, O. Raspe & P. de Bruijn, “Industriële focus ruimtelijk kennisbeleid geeft eenzijdig
beeld”. Economisch
Statistische Berichten 90, 131-134.
2005:
A. Weterings, O. Raspe & F. van Oort, De atlas van
kennis en innovatie.
Den Haag: Ruimtelijk Planbureau.
Current Projects
Regional
innovation and the spatial structure
of knowledge networks
Do people follow jobs or do jobs
follow people?
Project
with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
(PBL) and the Free University
Amsterdam (prof. dr Raymond Florax). In simultaneous equation and spatial
econometric modelling, localized employment growth and population growth in
Dutch municipalities are determined. Researchers are Thomas de Graaff (Thomas.degraaff@pbl.nl) and Frank van Oort.
Agglomeration
externalities and the modifiable areal unit problem
We test how serious the Modifiable
Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) is in current urban economic analysis by means of a
field experiment. We examine whether local government reorganization in the Netherlands
moderates the relationship between localized agglomeration externalities and
sectoral employment growth between 1996-2008. Researchers are Martijn Burger (mburger@few.eur.nl) and Frank van Oort.
Trade networks and regional European
development
Analysing the
embedding of European regions in international networks of business and trade,
we assess the degrees of competition and complementarities for European
regions, as well as their relation with productivity and productivity growth.
Principle researchers are Frank van Oort and Mark Thissen (mark.thissen@pbl.nl).
Social and economic determinants of entrepreneurial success in
neighborhoods
The survival
and growth of new and moving entrepreneurs in neighbourhoods in Dutch cities
are analysed, using multilevel and survival modelling techniques. Researches
are Bart Sleutjes (b.sleutjes@geo.uu.nl), Veronique Schutjens (v.schutjens@geo.uu.nl) and Frank van Oort.
Curriculum Vitae
Study:
1988‑1994: Spatial and Business Economics, Erasmus
University Rotterdam (graduation 1994).
Working experience:
1991‑1994
Research assistant at the Economic Geography Institute
(EGI) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Research on spatial variations in
employment dynamics. During 1994 research on final thesis (on spatial welfare
differences in the Netherlands).
1994-1995
Scientific researcher at the Economic Geography Institute
at Erasmus University Rotterdam and research institute TNO Inro, Delft. Teacher
of subjects: ‘Methods en statistical techniques for spatial research’, ‘Urban
Economics’ and ‘Economic and Historical Geography of the Netherlands’.
Development and implementation of a multiregional labour- and employment model
for the Netherlands (for the Dutch Planning Agency, RPD).
1995-2002
PhD-researcher at Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University
Rotterdam. The dissertation “Agglomeration, economic growth and innovation.
Spatial analyses of knowledge externalities in the Netherlands” was CUM LAUDE
defended on April 4, 2002 at the EUR.
1999-2001
As policy-advisor related to the department of Future and
Strategic Studies of the Spatial Planning Agency (RPD) in The Hague.
Participation in research projects on spatial-economic and technological (ICT-)
development in the Netherlands. Working on the Fifth National Document of
Spatial Development in the Netherlands.
2002-2010
Senior- and coordinating researcher and sectoral director
of Spatial Economics at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
in The Hague.
2005-
Professor of Urban Economics (2005-) at Utrecht
University. Embedded in the Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU)
and the NETHUR research school.
Other formal activities:
Member of the Dutch board of the Regional Science
Association (since 2004).
Advisor spatial and economic statistics for Statistics
Netherlands CBS (since 2005).
Scientific Advisory Group on Interreg Evaluation for
DG-Region, Brussels (INTEREG III, since 2008).
Advisor on the Spatial Quality and Development Board of
the municipality of Rotterdam (since 2007).
Editor of Regional Studies (since 2007).
Other interests:
Medieval architecture, photography, theatre, film,
progressive rock music.
Urban
and Regional Economics (USE)
Course
manual, final version (download pdf)
1: Introduction and basic
principles of agglomeration, 12-2-2010 (download pdf)
2:
Cluster and cluster polices, 12-2-2010 (download pdf)
3:
Accessibility and New Economic Geography, 12-2-2010 (download pdf)
4:
Knowledge networks and innovation in cities, 19-2-2010 (download pdf1 and pdf2)
5:
Urban networks, 26-2-2010 (download pdf)
6:
Urban knowledge economy and economic growth, 5-3-2010 (download pdf)
7:
Firm migration and agglomeration economies, 5-3-2010 (download pdf)
8:
Housing policies in the Netherlands, 12-3-2010 (download pdf)
9:
Employment-population dynamics, 12-3-2010 (download pdf)
Urban
Economics (ABR)
1a:
Agglomeration (download pdf)
1b:
Accessibility (download pdf)
1c:
Canon (download pdf)
2a:
Knowledge economy (download pdf)
2b:
Clusters (download pdf)
2c:
Firm migration (download pdf)
Interesting Links
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
Papers in Evolutionary Economic
Geography
Regional Science Association Netherlands (RSANL)
Last update: 25 February 2010