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Economics and Finance
UK
2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
70
Citations
23317
World Ranking
461
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Philip McCann is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance with significant contributions in social sciences as well.

The main subfields within which they have published include economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, surgery, sociology and political science, and finance.

Their work covers a range of topics, with emphasis on:

  • Regional economics and spatial analysis
  • Regional development and policy
  • Regional resilience and development
  • Spatial and panel data analysis
  • Housing market and economics
  • Fiscal policy and economic growth
  • Shoulder injury and treatment

Philip McCann has several recent papers that reflect their research interests, including:

  • Place-based innovation for sustainability, 2020, published in RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
  • The UK 'geography of discontent': narratives, Brexit and inter-regional 'levelling up', 2021, published in Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
  • UK Interregional inequality in a historical and international comparative context, 2020, published in National Institute Economic Review
  • The implications of Brexit for UK and EU regional competitiveness, 2020, published in Economic Geography
  • Smart specialisation on the move: reflections on six years of implementation and prospects for the future, 2020, published in Regional Studies

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • J. Paul Elhorst
  • Maria Abreu
  • Pedro Amaral
  • Arnab Bhattacharjee
  • Coro Chasco

Philip McCann often publishes in venues oriented toward regional and spatial economics and policy issues. These frequent publication outlets are:

  • Spatial Economic Analysis
  • Regional Studies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • National Institute Economic Review
  • Regional Science Policy & Practice

Best Publications

  • Industrial Clusters: Complexes, Agglomeration and/or Social Networks?:

    Ian R. Gordon;Philip McCann

  • THE CASE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION: PLACE-BASED VERSUS PLACE-NEUTRAL APPROACHES*

    Fabrizio Barca;Philip McCann;Andres Rodriguez-Pose

  • The structure and evolution of industrial clusters: Transactions, technology and knowledge spillovers

    Simona Iammarino;Simona Iammarino;Philip McCann;Philip McCann

  • Smart Specialization, Regional Growth and Applications to European Union Cohesion Policy

    Philip Mccann;Raquel Ortega-Argiles

  • Innovation, agglomeration, and regional development

    Ian R. Gordon;Philip McCann

  • Urban and Regional Economics

    Philip McCann

  • Human capital, graduate migration and innovation in British regions.

    Alessandra Faggian;Philip McCann

  • Multinationals and Economic Geography: Location, Technology and Innovation

    Simona Iammarino;Philip McCann

  • Modern regional innovation policy

    Philip McCann;Raquel Ortega-Argiles

  • Analytical differences in the economics of geography: the case of the multinational firm

    Philip McCann;Ram Mudambi

  • The Economic Performance of European Cities and City Regions: Myths and Realities

    Lewis Dijkstra;Enrique Garcilazo;Philip McCann

  • The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Industrial Location Theory

    Philip Mccann;Stephen Sheppard

  • Human capital flows and regional knowledge assets: a simultaneous equation approach

    Alessandra Faggian;Philip McCann

  • SOME EVIDENCE THAT WOMEN ARE MORE MOBILE THAN MEN: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN U.K. GRADUATE MIGRATION BEHAVIOR

    Alessandra Faggian;Philip McCann;Stephen Sheppard

  • Perceptions of regional inequality and the geography of discontent: insights from the UK

    Philip McCann

  • The mismatch between local voting and the local economic consequences of Brexit

    Bart Los;Philip McCann;John Springford;Mark Thissen

  • Multinationals and Economic Geography

    Simona Iammarino;Philip McCann

  • The Location Behavior of the Multinational Enterprise: Some Analytical Issues

    Philip McCann;Ram Mudambi

  • Introduction: Place, space and organization— economic geography and the multinational enterprise

    Sjoerd Beugelsdijk;Philip McCann;Philip McCann;Ram Mudambi

  • Globalization and economic geography: the world is curved, not flat

    Philip McCann

  • Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography

    S. Iammarino;Philip McCann

Frequent Co-Authors

Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino London School of Economics and Political Science
Jacques Poot
Jacques Poot University of Waikato
Franz Fuerst
Franz Fuerst University of Cambridge
Bernard Fingleton
Bernard Fingleton University of Cambridge
Les Oxley
Les Oxley University of Waikato
Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen University of Groningen
Frank van Oort
Frank van Oort Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bart Los
Bart Los University of Groningen
Peter Nijkamp
Peter Nijkamp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose London School of Economics and Political Science

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