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Frank van Oort is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance as well as social sciences. The main subfields of study include economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, general economics, econometrics and finance, strategy and management, and sociology and political science.

Their scholarly contributions revolve around several research topics, notably regional economics and spatial analysis, regional resilience and development, global trade and economics, firm innovation and growth, regional development and policy, economic growth and productivity, and international business and foreign direct investment (FDI).

Frequent publication venues for Frank van Oort include:

  • Regional Studies
  • World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Urban Economics
  • Journal of Economic Geography

Selected recent papers reflect the breadth of their work:

  • The dynamics of industry agglomeration: Evidence from 44 years of coagglomeration patterns, 2022, Journal of Urban Economics
  • Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions, 2020, Journal of Economic Geography
  • Spatial structure and productivity in European regions, 2021, Regional Studies
  • The Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Regional Competitiveness, 2020, Economic Geography
  • Spatial structure and subjective well-being in North-West Europe, 2021, Regional Studies

Frank van Oort has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Nicola Cortinovis, Jeroen van Haaren, Mark Thissen, Bas Karreman, and Martijn Burger.

Best Publications

  • Related variety, unrelated variety and regional economic growth

    Koen Frenken;Frank van Oort;Thijs Nicolaas Verburg

  • The geographical and institutional proximity of research collaboration

    R Ponds;FG van Oort;K Koen Frenken

  • On the Specification of the Gravity Model of Trade: Zeros, Excess Zeros and Zero-inflated Estimation

    Martijn Burger;Frank van Oort;Gert-Jan Linders

  • The geography of collaborative knowledge production in Europe

    Jarno Hoekman;Koen Frenken;Frank van Oort

  • Innovation, spillovers, and university-industry collaboration: An extended knowledge production function approach

    Roderik Ponds;Frank Oort;Koen Frenken

  • Innovation, spillovers and university–industry collaboration: an extended knowledge production function approach

    R Ponds;R Ponds;FG van Oort;FG van Oort;K Koen Frenken

  • Urban Growth and Innovation : Spatially Bounded Externalities in the Netherlands

    Frank G. Van Oort

  • E-Shopping in the Netherlands: Does Geography Matter?

    Sendy Farag;Jesse Weltevreden;Ton van Rietbergen;Martin Dijst

  • On the Economic Foundation of the Urban Network Paradigm: Spatial Integration, Functional Integration and Economic Complementarities within the Dutch Randstad:

    Frank van Oort;Martijn Burger;Otto Raspe

  • Variety and regional economic growth in the Netherlands

    Koen Frenken;Frank Oort;Thijs Verburg;Ron Boschma

  • The Continental Divide? Economic Exposure to Brexit in Regions and Countries on Both Sides of The Channel

    Wen Chen;Bart Los;Philip McCann;Raquel Ortega-Argilés

  • Functional Polycentrism and Urban Network Development in the Greater South East, United Kingdom: Evidence from Commuting Patterns, 1981–2001

    Bastiaan De Goei;Martijn J. Burger;Frank G. Van Oort;Michael Kitson

  • Quality of government and social capital as drivers of regional diversification in Europe

    Nicola Cortinovis;Jing Xiao;Ron Boschma;Frank G van Oort

  • Modeling knowledge networks in economic geography: a discussion of four methods

    Tom Broekel;Pierre-Alexandre Balland;Martijn Burger;Frank van Oort

  • The heterogeneous skill-base of circular economy employment

    Martijn Burger;Spyridon Stavropoulos;Shyaam Ramkumar;Joke Dufourmont

  • Spatial impact of agglomeration externalities

    Daan P. van Soest;Shelby Gerking;Frank G. van Oort

  • On the conceptualization of agglomeration economies: The case of new firm formation in the Dutch ICT sector

    Frank G. van Oort;Oedzge A. L. C. Atzema

  • Related Variety and Regional Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of European Urban Regions

    Frank van Oort;Stefan de Geus;Teodora Dogaru

  • Multilevel Approaches and the Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies

    Frank G. van Oort;Martijn J. Burger;Joris Knoben;Otto Raspe

  • Spatial and sectoral composition effects of agglomeration economies in the Netherlands

    Frank G. Van Oort

  • Review of Regional Economics

    Frank van Oort

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Frenken
Koen Frenken Utrecht University
Ron Boschma
Ron Boschma Utrecht University
Stan Geertman
Stan Geertman Utrecht University
John Goddard
John Goddard Newcastle University
Niels Bosma
Niels Bosma Utrecht University
Beate Völker
Beate Völker Utrecht University
Martin Dijst
Martin Dijst Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino London School of Economics and Political Science
Robert Hassink
Robert Hassink Kiel University
Frank Witlox
Frank Witlox Ghent University

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