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Overview

Harry Garretsen is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, notably:

  • Regional resilience and development
  • Global trade and economics
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

The publication record includes articles in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  • The Leadership Quarterly
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Among recent papers, the following are noted with year and venue:

  • "Leading and Working From Home in Times of COVID-19: On the Perceived Changes in Leadership Behaviors" (2021), Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • "Globalisation in reverse? Reconfiguring the geographies of value chains and production networks" (2022), Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  • "The turn from just-in-time to just-in-case globalization in and after times of COVID-19" (2020), Social Sciences & Humanities Open
  • "Robots do not get the coronavirus: The COVID-19 pandemic and the international division of labor" (2021), Journal of International Business Studies
  • "The pandemic that shocked managers across the world: The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on leadership behavior" (2022), The Leadership Quarterly

Harry Garretsen has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Janka I. Stoker
  • Steven Brakman
  • Charles van Marrewijk
  • Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
  • Samuele Murtinu

The scientist has authored books published by University of Groningen and Cambridge University Press. Titles include:

  • "An Introduction to Geographical and Urban Economics: A Spiky World" (2020), University of Groningen
  • "International Economics and Business" (2023), Cambridge University Press

Best Publications

  • The Strategic Bombing of German Cities during World War II and its Impact on City Growth

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • An introduction to Geographical Economics: Trade location and growth

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

  • RECESSIONARY SHOCKS AND REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE ON THE RESILIENCE OF U.K. REGIONS*

    Bernard Fingleton;Harry Garretsen;Ron Martin

  • The New Introduction to Geographical Economics

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

  • An Introduction to Geographical Economics

    Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk;Steven Brakman

  • The Return of Zipf: Towards a Further Understanding of the Rank‐Size Distribution

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles Van Marrewijk;Marianne Van Den Berg

  • The New Introduction to Geographical Economics

    S. Brakman;J.H. Garretsen;C. van Marrewijk

  • The Spatial Distribution of Wages:Estimating the Helpman-Hanson model for Germany

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Do trade agreements stimulate international trade differently? Evidence from 296 trade agreements

    Tristan Kohl;Steven Brakman;Jan Garretsen

  • Putting New Economic Geography to the Test: Free-ness of Trade and Agglomeration in the EU Regions

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China's economic geography

    Maarten Bosker;Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • A century of shocks : The evolution of the German city size distribution 1925-1999

    Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Rethinking (New) Economic Geography Models: Taking Geography and History More Seriously

    Harry Garretsen;Ron Martin

  • Regional resilience across Europe: On urbanisation and the initial impact of the Great Recession

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

  • FDI and the relevance of spatial linkages: do third-country effects matter for Dutch FDI?

    Harry Garretsen;Jolanda Peeters

  • Looking for multiple equilibria when geography matters: German city growth and the WWII shock

    E. Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Liquidity constraints and investment in transition economies - the case of Bulgaria

    Nina Budina;Harry Garretsen;Eelke de Jong

  • Nations And Firms in the Global Economy: An Introduction to International Economics And Business

    Steven Brakman;C. van Marrewijk;A. van Witteloostuijn;Harry Garretsen

  • Monetary and Fiscal Policy Transmission in the Euro-area: evidence from a structural VAR analysis

    Bas van Aarle;Bas van Aarle;Harry Garretsen;Niko Gobbin

  • Geography and economic theory

    Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

  • A Century of Shocks: The Evolution of the German City Size Distribution 1925-1999

    Erik Maarten Bosker;Erik Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Harry Garretsen;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Looking for Multiple Equilibria when Geography Matters: German City Growth and the WWII Shock

    Erik Maarten Bosker;Erik Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Harry Garretsen;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

  • Geography and development

    Harry Garretsen;Mark Roberts;Peter Tyler

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Brakman
Steven Brakman University of Groningen
Charles van Marrewijk
Charles van Marrewijk Utrecht University
Ron Martin
Ron Martin University of Cambridge
Bernard Fingleton
Bernard Fingleton University of Cambridge
Philip McCann
Philip McCann University of Manchester
Franz Fuerst
Franz Fuerst University of Cambridge
Robert S. Chirinko
Robert S. Chirinko University of Illinois at Chicago
Joris Lammers
Joris Lammers University of Cologne
Robert Lensink
Robert Lensink University of Groningen
Henri L.F. de Groot
Henri L.F. de Groot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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