2026 Henry G. Overman: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	47	1564	1397	172	157	377	13298

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Henry G. Overman is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on various aspects of economics, econometrics, and social sciences with particular attention to regional economics, spatial analysis, and related policy issues.

Their recent publications cover topics such as place-based policies, urban economics, and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key papers include:

"Place-Based Policies and Spatial Disparities across European Cities" (2020), published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
"Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus?" (2020), published in Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
"The effects of supporting local business: Evidence from the UK" (2020), published in Regional Science and Urban Economics
"The local economic impacts of regeneration projects: Evidence from UK's single regeneration budget" (2020), published in Journal of Urban Economics
"Devolving Skills: The Case of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers" (2020), published in Fiscal Studies

Henry G. Overman has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

Timothy Besley
Maitreesh Ghatak
Daniel J. Gottlieb
Max Nathan
Wouter Denhaan

Common publication venues for their work include:

Economica
Journal of Urban Economics
The Journal of Economic Perspectives
Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
Regional Science and Urban Economics

The main fields of study for Henry G. Overman encompass 12 publications in Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Social Sciences. Their subfields span:

Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Finance

The primary research topics they address include:

Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Regional Development and Policy
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Rural development and sustainability
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
Social Policy and Reform Studies

Henry G. Overman has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, an indication of their contribution within social science disciplines.

Best Publications

Testing for localization using micro-geographic data

Gilles Duranton;Henry G. Overman

1612
Citations
Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space

Marcy Burchfield;Henry G. Overman;Diego Puga;Matthew A. Turner

1002
Citations
The location of European industry

K.H. Midelfart;Henry Overman;Stephen Redding;Anthony Venables

807
Citations
MOSTLY POINTLESS SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS

Stephen Gibbons;Henry G. Overman

705
Citations
The Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities in the European Union

Pierre-Philippe Combes;Henry G. Overman

640
Citations
The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy

Chiara Criscuolo;Ralf Martin;Henry G. Overman;John Van Reenen

574
Citations
Unemployment clusters across Europe's regions and countries

Henry G. Overman;Diego Puga

530
Citations
Zipf's law for cities: an empirical examination

Yannis Menelaos Ioannides;Henry G. Overman

517
Citations
Delocation and European integration: is structural spending justified?

Karen Helene Midelfart-Knarvik;Henry G. Overman

504
Citations
The economic geography of trade, production, and income: a survey of empirics

Henry G. Overman;Stephen Redding;Anthony J. Venables

473
Citations
New road infrastructure: The effects on firms

Stephen Gibbons;Teemu Lyytikäinen;Henry G. Overman;Rosa Sanchis-Guarner

399
Citations
Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity

Jean Eid;Henry G. Overman;Henry G. Overman;Henry G. Overman;Diego Puga;Diego Puga;Diego Puga;Matthew A. Turner

321
Citations
EXPLORING THE DETAILED LOCATION PATTERNS OF U.K. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES USING MICROGEOGRAPHIC DATA

Gilles Duranton;Henry G. Overman

298
Citations
Labour pooling as a source of agglomeration: An empirical investigation

Henry G Overman;Diego Puga

267
Citations
Assessing the Effects of Local Taxation using Microgeographic Data

Gilles Duranton;Laurent Gobillon;Henry G. Overman

262
Citations
The effect of public sector employment on local labour markets

Giulia Faggio;Henry G. Overman

237
Citations
Spatial evolution of the US urban system

Yannis M. Ioannides;Henry G. Overman

197
Citations
Urban Economics and Urban Policy: Challenging Conventional Policy Wisdom

Paul C. Cheshire;Max Nathan;Henry G. Overman

181
Citations
The urban wage growth premium: Sorting or learning?

Sabine D'Costa;Henry G. Overman

180
Citations
Agglomeration and the adjustment of the spatial economy

Pierre-Philippe Combes;Gilles Duranton;Henry G Overman

166
Citations
Testing for Localisation Using Micro-Geographic Data

Gilles Duranton;Henry G Overman

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Gibbons London School of Economics and Political Science

Diego Puga Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros

Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester

Gilles Duranton University of Pennsylvania

L. Alan Winters University of Sussex

Paul Cheshire London School of Economics and Political Science

Yannis M. Ioannides Tufts University

John Van Reenen London School of Economics and Political Science

Pierre-Philippe Combes Sciences Po

Stephen J. Redding Stanford University

External Links

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