2026 Steven Brakman: 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	49	1448	1290	43	39	302	9949

Overview

Steven Brakman is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on economics, econometrics, and finance, with a significant number of publications (39) in these fields. They have contributed work to various subfields, including economics and econometrics, general economics, econometrics and finance, political science and international relations, general health professions, and sociology and political science.

The main topics of their research include global trade and economics, regional economics and spatial analysis, economic growth and productivity, employment and welfare studies, economic policies and impacts, regional resilience and development, as well as the global financial crisis and policies.

Brakman has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Among the most common co-authors are Charles van Marrewijk, Harry Garretsen, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Samuele Murtinu, and Tristan Kohl.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of academic venues. Prominent publication venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, De Economist, the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, and the Review of International Economics.

Among the recent papers authored by Steven Brakman are:

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)
Tasks, occupations and slowbalisation: on the limits of fragmentation (2022, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society)

In addition to articles, Brakman has contributed to books published by Cambridge University Press, including "The Economics of Developing and Emerging Markets" (2022) and "International Economics and Business" (2023).

Best Publications

Of hype and hyperbolas : introducing the new economic geography

J. Peter Neary

709
Citations
The Strategic Bombing of German Cities during World War II and its Impact on City Growth

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

682
Citations
An introduction to Geographical Economics: Trade location and growth

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

677
Citations
The New Introduction to Geographical Economics

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

388
Citations
An Introduction to Geographical Economics

Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk;Steven Brakman

376
Citations
The Return of Zipf: Towards a Further Understanding of the Rank‐Size Distribution

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

288
Citations
The New Introduction to Geographical Economics

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

278
Citations
The Spatial Distribution of Wages:Estimating the Helpman-Hanson model for Germany

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

273
Citations
Do trade agreements stimulate international trade differently? Evidence from 296 trade agreements

Tristan Kohl;Steven Brakman;Jan Garretsen

268
Citations
The Gravity Model in International Trade: Advances And Applications

Peter A. G. van Bergeijk;Steven Brakman

257
Citations
Putting New Economic Geography to the Test: Free-ness of Trade and Agglomeration in the EU Regions

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

256
Citations
The monopolistic competition revolution in retrospect

Steven Brakman;Bernardus Heijdra

252
Citations
Relaxing Hukou: Increased labor mobility and China's economic geography

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

221
Citations
A century of shocks : The evolution of the German city size distribution 1925-1999

Maarten Bosker;Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Marc Schramm

218
Citations
Regional resilience across Europe: On urbanisation and the initial impact of the Great Recession

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

205
Citations
Looking for multiple equilibria when geography matters: German city growth and the WWII shock

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

196
Citations
Nations And Firms in the Global Economy: An Introduction to International Economics And Business

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

180
Citations
Geography and economic theory

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Charles van Marrewijk

159
Citations
Negative feedbacks in the economy and industrial location

Steven Brakman;Harry Garretsen;Richard Gigengack;Charles van Marrewijk

155
Citations
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

69
Citations
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

59
Citations
Monopolistic competition and optimum product diversity (February 1975)

Avinash K. Dixit;Joseph E. Stiglitz;Steven Brakman;Ben J. Heijdra

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Garretsen University of Groningen

Charles van Marrewijk Utrecht University

Robert Inklaar University of Groningen

Erik Dietzenbacher University of Groningen

Mark D. Partridge The Ohio State University

Avinash Dixit Princeton University

Wilfred J. Ethier University of Pennsylvania

Marlon G. Boarnet University of Southern California

Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University

Siegwart Lindenberg University of Groningen

External Links

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